Community spirit was in full swing at Brownsover in Rugby when a team of 11 management trainees from property support service company, Fortem, renovated the local youth hut completely free of charge.  Despite the pandemic, work started on Brownsover Youth Hut in July and, in just six weeks, the team has completely transformed it, thanks to support from various local businesses.

Orbit and the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) make the case for change, as governments across the UK decide how to boost investment after the COVID-19 crisis.

The Grow, Cook and CrEATe project, which provides online cooking and gardening workshops to reduce loneliness and social isolation across Stratford District, says it has been delighted with the number of people who adapted to it becoming a remote service during the pandemic.

Three Orbit customers have a good yarn to tell about their time in lockdown after they knitted over 4,000 bands for key workers to attach their face masks onto, after nurses and carers complained about ear soreness.

Dorothy Mitchel, an Orbit customer of 23 years, has celebrated her 101st birthday at St. Marks Court in Rugby.