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St Leger Homes launches money advice website
A Doncaster housing organisation has responded to the credit crunch by launching a new website to give help and advice to council tenants on money matters.
St Leger Homes of Doncaster has just launched SLHD Moneywise, which provides information and help in a range of financial areas including benefits, how to budget, how to choose the cheapest energy supplier and what to do when money problems occur.
(Click on 'logo' picture to go to the SLHDmoneywise website)
‘Judith Jones, St Leger Homes Director of Customer Services and
Matthew Larner, St Leger Homes Benefits Advisor view the new site'
“The website is packed full of easy to understand information about a wide range of important issues,” she added. “We’ve worked with customers to find out what matters most to them.”
St Leger Homes will also be including information from the website in future editions of ‘HouseProud’ – the bi-monthly magazine for St Leger Homes’ customers.
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