Latest News
Tuesday 25th July 2023
Welcome to our summer newsletter, yes it really is still summer everyone, despite what the weather may be suggesting, and here’s an update on what’s been happening at WISH during the previous quarter…
Thursday 15th July 2021
WISH North West Summer Newsletter
WISH North West are looking forward to welcoming you back to face-to-face events
Thursday 15th July 2021
WISH Yorkshire and Humberside Summer Newsletter 2021
In May this year WISH Yorkshire and Humberside welcomed their brand new chair Charlotte Murray
Thursday 15th July 2021
WISH London Summer Newsletter 2021
London has some good news to share, we are very proud of Kathryn one of our talented board members.
Tuesday 13th July 2021
WISH North East Summer Newsletter 2021
Read the latest summer news from WISH North East region...
Tuesday 13th July 2021
WISH South West Summer Newsletter 2021
Read the latest summer news from WISH South West Region...
Tuesday 13th July 2021
WISH Midlands Summer Newsletter 2021
Catch up on the latest news from our WISH Midlands Region...
Tuesday 13th July 2021
WISH South East Summer Newsletter 2021
Catch up on all the latest news from WISH South East region...
Thursday 25th March 2021
Wednesday 16th December 2020
WISH London Winter Newsletter 2020
Happy Christmas and look forward to seeing everyone in 2021
Tuesday 15th December 2020
WISH Midlands Winter Newsletter 2020
From all of the board members at WISH Midlands we would like to wish all our members a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and thank you for your support.
Tuesday 15th December 2020
WISH Yorkshire & Humber Winter Newsletter 2020
The WISH Yorkshire & Humber board would like to send all their members the very best of Christmas wishes and here’s hoping to a healthy and happy 2021.
Monday 14th December 2020
WISH South West: Winter Newsletter 2020
Wishing you all a very happy, healthy Christmas season.
Monday 14th December 2020
WISH North East: Winter Newsletter 2020
We hope you have a lovely Christmas as best you can in the circumstances and we are hoping to see you soon (properly) in the New Year.
Sunday 13th December 2020
WISH South East: Winter Newsletter 2020
From all the board members at WISH South East: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Sunday 13th December 2020
WISH North West Winter Newsletter 2020
We wish all our members a Happy and Healthy Christmas, and look forward to the challenges that 2021 brings.
Friday 14th August 2020
Friday 3rd July 2020
Friday 5th June 2020
The past month has brought us Wales' sunniest May on record (that's a fact!), plans for local businesses to re-open in some areas have started to form and we've even seen the arrival of the 'rock snake' - spreading positivity in many towns in our region!
Tuesday 12th May 2020
WISH North Wales Spring Updates
Hello from all of us at WISH North Wales! We're excited to update you on everything that's been going on across the WISH network, with some exciting new Board Member news!
Tuesday 14th April 2020
WISH Yorkshire Spring News 2020
WISH Yorkshire & Humberside held a fantastic morning learning about board skills with the brilliant Liz Cross, Gelradine Howley and Tony Stacey.
Thursday 9th April 2020
WISH London held their first ever speed-mentoring event in the new offices of Lovell in central London, where around 45 women from our sector attended and found new mentors.
Thursday 9th April 2020
WISH East is working alongside Greenacre to help women in the East of England grow and develop their network in 2020!
Wednesday 8th April 2020
Celebrating International Women’s Day with WISH South East
Earlier in March, WISH South East celebrated International Women’s Day with more than 40 brilliant women working across the housing sector.
Monday 16th March 2020
WISH North West Spring News 2020
For International Women’s Day WISH North West held a joint event with Women in Property.
Monday 16th March 2020
WISH Midlands Spring News 2020
WISH Midlands have been very busy recruiting new board members to strengthen their team. Hear about their recent events...
Thursday 4th April 2019
WISH London Spring Newsletter 2019
WISH London have had a busy start to the year hosting two sell out events 'How to develop the right career strategy' and a joint event with the Housing Forum at the Brighton CIH. We have also welcomed a new Chair and Board members.
Saturday 3rd November 2018
WISH Midlands - Winter Newsletter 2018
Following on from its recent session on public speaking, WISH Midlands is looking forward to hosting its final event of 2018!
Thursday 1st November 2018
WISH South West - Winter Newsletter 2018
WISH South West are excited to be re-launching the region at their event on Wednesday 14th November!
Thursday 1st November 2018
WISH North Wales - Winter Newsletter 2018
We can't believe how quickly 2018 is passing by. So far this year we have hosted some great events to further our mission to support those working in the housing sector, particularly women working in North Wales, to reach their true potential and help positive change in gender equality.
Thursday 1st November 2018
WISH Yorkshire & Humber - Winter Newsletter 2018
Welcome from WISH Yorkshire, we've had a busy year so far including a brand new website and logo! We hope you like it as much as we do.
Thursday 1st November 2018
WISH Cumbria - Winter Newsletter 2018
WISH Cumbria has had an array of exciting and topical events within the past few months
Thursday 1st November 2018
WISH North West - Winter Newsletter 2018
WISH North West have held a variety of events over the last few months ...
Monday 19th March 2018
WISH Yorkshire & Humberside Spring Newsletter
Here in Yorkshire our WISH regional events programme is about helping you #unlockyournetwork and create connections with like-minded individuals in the sector.
Sunday 18th March 2018
WISH North West Spring Newsletter
On Thursday 7th December, the wonderful Equity Housing Group hosted our Christmas drinks event to round off a fun filled 2017.
Sunday 18th March 2018
WISH North Wales Spring Newsletter
Our North Wales WISH community continues to grow from strength to strength, with over 60 companies from across North Wales now members.
Friday 16th March 2018
WISH South West Spring Newsletter
The South West region began 2018 with enthusiasm and a lively board meeting at the offices of Clarke Willmott in Bristol at the end of January.
Thursday 15th March 2018
WISH Midlands Spring 2018 Newsletter Update
WISH Midlands has had a busy start to 2018, kicking off in January with a wellness workshop. The networking session gave members practical tools to increase resilience and manage stress - key skills essential to housing professionals asked to do more with less.
Thursday 15th March 2018
WISH London Spring 2018 Newsletter Update
WISH London have had a busy start to the year hosting a number of events over the last couple of months.
Thursday 15th March 2018
Monday 11th December 2017
WISH South West Winter Newsletter
WISH SW have a new Board Member, Faye Galvin, from Merlin Housing who has lots of PR, Social Media and Marketing experience which we are grateful for. Sadly, we say goodbye to two of our longest standing BMs, Dee O'Neill and Wendy Murphy, who are moving on to pastures new. We wish them both well and thank them very much for all of their commitment and hard work over the last years.
Monday 11th December 2017
WISH North Wales Winter Newsletter
'Since our launch nearly eleven months ago, WISH North Wales has gone from strength to strength. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support and look forward to seeing you at all our future events.' The WISH North Wales Board
Monday 11th December 2017
WISH Midlands Winter Newsletter
The last few months has seen the blossoming of a new WISH Region for the Midlands. The networking group aims to connect women from a range of housing-focused organisations to provide them with support, mentoring, training and career opportunities.
Monday 11th December 2017
The rain subsided and the sun shone for the WISH Golf Day which was held at the prestigious Blackheath Golf Club on the 13th September. WISH was delighted to see over 40 enthusiastic women put their skills to the test and receive instruction from professionals in the principles of playing golf with the additional benefits of putting their new learned skills to the test on the driving range and putting green.
Monday 11th December 2017
WISH Yorkshire & Humber Winter Newsletter
Welcome to your Winter newsletter from Yorkshire & Humberside. We have a series of exciting events lined up for you in the coming months!
Monday 11th December 2017
WISH North West Winter Newsletter
This autumn we welcomed our new Chair, Sasha Deepwell. Sasha has been a board member since May 2015 and was unanimously voted Chair at our annual AGM in September.
Friday 8th December 2017
WISH Cumbria Winter Newsletter
WISH Cumbria continues to go from strength to strength since it was created in 2015. We are growing steadily with more event attendees becoming members and a diverse range of people attending our events who work right across the social housing sector from housing officers to architects, surveyors and solicitors working in Cumbria.
Monday 31st July 2017
WISH Cumbria had a successfu 'Mastering the Digital' event in June, with the guys from Comms Hero providing some top Twitter tips and advice. Attendees of the event have been upping their Twitter game on both personal and professional accounts - my favourite bit of advice from the event was to use pictures in your tweets as people love them!
Friday 28th July 2017
WISH SW's first event of early summer was held in Bristol to coincide with the CIH Housing Conference. The venue was the excellent and historic Horts Pub in the city centre and around 30 ladies (plus a few brave men!) came along for lunch and networking. We on the SW committee have already decided to repeat this next year as it was such a success!
Monday 24th July 2017
North West Region - Summer News 2017 - Happy 5th Birthday To Us!
Throughout 2017 we will be celebrating five years of WISH in the North West. It's been quite a journey since the first tentative steps, and we're delighted we're thriving. We've always shaped our programme to meet our WISH members' and WISH friends' needs and aspirations, and we're changing things around some more in 2017.
Tuesday 18th July 2017
WISH Yorkshire & Humber Region Summer Newsletter
Gone are those winter blues with the summer season finally here. (Well maybe, it is England after all!) We hope you've enjoyed the events with us so far, for those who couldn't make it, here are some of the highlights
Thursday 30th March 2017
What's Happening In The North West?
This year we are celebrating five years of WISH in the North West! It hardly seems possible that it's been so long, the time has flown. We have built our network to include colleagues in social landlord organisations, development, maintenance, legal, finance, governance, consultancy and more.
Wednesday 29th March 2017
WISH SW has continued its run of holding informative and entertaining events. We held a Networking Skills event on March 23rd, kindly hosted by sponsors, Blake Morgan Solicitors in Southampton. WISH SW board members Michelle Thomas and Dee O'Neill provided hints and tips on how to 'read' a room when you first walk in so that you can approach individuals or groups of people with ease; explained what a good 'networking suit' is and how to follow up on leads to ensure business success. Michelle and Dee both have backgrounds in the male-dominated world of development and construction and have around fifty years of networking experience between them! The event was well attended by women who are both new to the world of social housing and those who were looking to brush up their skills.
Tuesday 28th March 2017
WISH Yorkshire & Humber - Spring Newsletter
We've gotten off to a flying start for 2017! We kicked off the year with our New Year New You event and are looking forward to our Step Out and Speak Out Event coming up next week!
Tuesday 28th March 2017
WISH Mentoring Project Gets A Boost!
Due to the generous support of sponsors Blake Morgan and calfordseaden, WISH has been able to set up a project fund to drive forward specific revenue generating initiatives, including our long awaited online mentoring programme.
Tuesday 28th March 2017
WISH North Wales - Spring Newsletter
The North Wales WISH region group is still less than six months old but is going from strength to strength.
Tuesday 28th March 2017
WISH Celebrates Biggest And Best WISH Brighton Event Ever
Over 90 members and their colleagues enjoyed the WISH London annual lunchtime networking reception at the Revolution Bar in Brighton on Tuesday 7 March. Held as part of CIHse this popular annual event just gets bigger and better every year.
Monday 13th February 2017
Happy Birthday To WISH North West! - WISH North West Spring Newsletter
Throughout 2017 we will be celebrating five years of WISH in the North West. It's been quite a journey since the first tentative steps, and we're delighted we're thriving.