The Big Picture

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) are celebrating 100 years by launching an exciting competition.

The Big Picture is a photography competition designed to illustrate the real value of housing. They are inviting housing staff and housing residents (including property guardians) to submit a photograph they think sums up the real value of housing.

We think it sounds like a really exciting opportunity for our staff and guardians who are engaged in the real value of housing to participate in.

If you would like to be in with a chance of winning, and for more information about rules and guidelines, please take a look at The Big Picture page on their website.

Submit your photographs along with a brief description to marketing.communications@cih.org by 6^th January 2016, we will be! And please do mention us if you’d like.

This week’s top five micro-volunteering opportunities

1.Motor Neurone Disease Association 

Complete a SnapAction to help raise awareness of motor neurone disease (MND) on social media.

Share their infographic  on Facebook or re-tweet on Twitter. Don’t forget to include the hashtags #SnapAction and #MND

For more information, click here.

2.Johnson and Johnson 

You take a photo, they make it a way to do good.

For every photo you share through Donate a Photo, Johnson and Johnson gives $1 to a cause you want to help.

To find out more, click here.

3.Casserole Club

Casserole Club volunteers share extra portions of home-cooked food with people in their area who aren’t always able to cook for themselves. They share once a week, once a month, or whenever works best for them.

To find out more, see here.

4.CharityPush

CharityPush is a portal of free to install apps and games. Download the apps you want and for every one CharityPush donate money to various partner charities.

For more information, see here.

5.Postcard Happiness

Send postcards to others who could benefit from a posted note or a message.

To join in, click here.