12/03/2012

THE BIG LUNCH: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ON A PLATE

Time to unpack the sandwiches and get involved. The Big Lunch is coming. Check out Ian’s latest Guardian Housing blog here for top tips on how housing providers can make the big lunch worth a munch.

Read the full article here.

15/02/2012

SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE
OF BENEFITS

Senior consultant Ian Hembrow has been at it again, blogging for Guardian Housing network that is.

This time Ian is talking of the need for housing providers to help residents understand how the proposed welfare reforms will affect them and offering suggestions of how this can be done.

Read the full article here.

14/02/2012

WRITING HONOURS

VU-tbg Senior Consultant, Ian Hembrow, has gained a Honours Diploma in features journalism from the London School of Journalism. He is one of only a handful of students to score this top mark in the last five years.

Ian took the one-year distance learning course to complement his existing skills and knowledge of housing and plain language - he’s already enrolled for a follow up course on arts and music journalism so he can pen reviews of his son’s Death Metal band and other cultural highlights!