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2 Left City Deal delivery partners announced (p6) Below The danger of loan sharks (p10) WELCOME IN THIS ISSUE... Hello, and a very warm welcome to the Accord Group’s revamped customer magazine, Our House. 3 Let’s get digital! We’ve given your old newsletter a fresh new look and worked hard to deliver news stories and articles that we hope you will find interesting and useful. I’d love to know what you think of the new format. Let me know through Facebook and Twitter, or with a good oldfashioned letter. There’s lots of info for you in the issue. Our main article is all about using the internet to get the most out of our services, with your very own guide, Shelby the digital tortoise. We’ve also got top tips about fire safety in the home, lots of information about benefit changes, and of course news stories from across the Group. 4 News 6 Jobs & skills 8 Health & wellbeing 10 Money matters 12 #myownaccord 13 Get involved 14 Our survey says... 16 Take a break If you’d like to be involved in putting this magazine together, I’d love to hear from you. Perhaps you’d like to write an opinion piece, or submit a recipe or review? If so, get in touch and let me know. TAP accordgroup.org.uk Have a great summer! LIKE facebook.com/accordgroup TWEET @theaccordgroup Jim Deaves Our House Editor @accordgroup_jim TAG #ourhousenews #myownaccord EMAIL [email protected] CALL 0300 111 7000