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Help where it's needed: Community safety gets mobile
Police and community safety officers will now be able to do even more to help improve community safety, thanks to the launch of a new mobile unit. The community safety vehicle, complete with state-of-the-art CCTV equipment, allows a flexible approach to safety surveillance and crime reduction.

Shareholding a Stake in Freebridge
Freebridge Community Housing is inviting tenants to become shareholders. Shareholders have the right to attend the Annual General Meeting and vote on major issues in the running of the organisation.

New Development of 12 New Homes
A planning application for 12 new homes has recently been submitted for consideration by the Borough Council for the old Fairstead pub site, Fernlea Road, King's Lynn.

Tenant Mystery Shoppers Wanted
Freebridge Community Housing has an ongoing recruitment programme for Tenant Mystery Shoppers to help us monitor our Service Standards.

Sunnyside Court Refurbishment
Henry Bellingham MP cut the ribbon as residents at Sunnyside Court sheltered housing scheme celebrated the opening of thier new communal lounge.

Fishing Tournament for North Lynn Young People
A group of young people aged between 13 and 18 took part in a fishing tournament today organised by Children's Serivces - Western Area Youthwork Team and funded by Freebridge Community Housing.

Civic Pride Day - North Lynn
On 22nd October Freebridge Community Housing was proud to take part in the North Lynn Civic Pride day organised by the Community Pride Sub Group of the North End & North Lynn Neighbourhood Partnership.

New Freebridge Homes for Downham Market
A sod turning ceremony marked the beginning of construction work at Elizabeth Avenue, Downham Market for Freebridge Community Housing.

Freebridge Tenants Benefit from Extra Security
Freebridge tenants benefit from police scheme to boost home security in Dersingham.

Freebridge Annual General Meeting
This year's Annual General Meeting took place at the King's Lynn Corn Exchange in September. Video from this event can be viewed on YouTube by using the following the link in this article.

My UK Website - Information in Your Language
myUKinfo.com is a website that gives migrant workers access to important information about working and living in the UK.

Freebridge Supports Norfolk's Gay Pride Event
This weekend saw the first gay pride event take place in Norwich. Freebridge is proud to have supported the event by sponsoring Lectures at the Cube at the Forum.

Youth Club Take Responsibility for Communal Garden
A South Lynn garden that was recently transformed from an overgrown wilderness into a beautiful green space was officially handed over the South Lynn Youth Club by the Prince's Trust this week.

Local Youths Transform Community Garden
Thanks to the valiant efforts of a group of local youths the garden at the Freebridge Community House in South Lynn has been transformed from an overgrown wilderness into a beautiful community garden within a week.

Communal Garden gets a Makeover
Horsleys Court communal garden got a much needed makeover thanks to office workers from the Change Support department at Construction Skills at Bircham Newton.

Energy Efficiency Scheme Does Freebridge Homes a Power of Good
Energy firm, Southern Electric, will help Freebridge tenants to create lifetime savings of more than 21,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide, thanks to work carried out in the last two years alone to make their homes more energy efficient.

Fairstead Property Refurbishments
Approximately 200 Freebridge Community Housing tenants on the Fairstead estate, King's Lynn have been invited to attend an information day as Freebridge plans the next three year phase of major home inprovements in the area.

Freebridge Community Housing gets one star from watchdog
Freebridge Community Housing (FCH) provides a 'fair' service with 'promising prospects for improvement' according to an independent report released today by the Audit Commission.

Freebridge Tackles Anti Social Behaviour
In an attempt to tackle the issue of Anti Social Behaviour Freebridge Community Housing hosted its first multi-agency ASB conference at Lynnsport last week.

Tenants Warm Up in North Lynn
Freebridge Community Housing tenants in North Lynn are reporting a 50% plus cut in heating bills following improvement works to their homes.

Credit Union for Freebridge Tenants
Freebridge Community Housing is working with Norfolk Credit Union Ltd to ensure their tenants have access to safe savings and low cost loans. The aim is to encourage Freebridge tenants to save what they can and give them access to affordable loans and protect them from high cost doorstep lenders and loan sharks”.

Streets Ahead Video Version Available On Line
Streets Ahead, our tenant newsletter is now available online in video format in the following languages Latviesu, Lietuvių, Polski and Portugues as well as English. http://needtohost.co.uk/freebridge

Freebridge Silver Surfers
A 90 year old who had never touched a computer is one of Freebridge Community Housing's enthusiastic band of novice IT students.

Freebridge Leads the Way on Diversity
Freebridge Community Housing, the largest Social Landlord in West Norfolk, is the first Housing Association in the East of England to become a Stonewall Diversity Champion. Stonewall's Diversity Champions programme is the employers' forum on sexual orientation issues in the Workplace.

Heacham's Ready, steady, Cook Team
Freebridge sheltered housing scheme managers from Heachm and Snettisham joined forces to host a Ready, Steady, Cook event as part of West Norfolk Food Fortnight.