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Win a ticket to meet Father Christmas at Tudor House
Experience the traditional magic of Christmas at Tudor House.
Special Christmas tickets include:
- Admission to the house for one child and two adults
- A visit with Father Christmas and a Christmas gift
- A festive craft activity
- Christmas mouse trail
- A sweet treat in the café for each child
We have two Christmas tickets for 21 December to give away to Tenants Link readers. To enter, simply send us an email with your name, address and contact number with the title ‘Meet Father Christmas Tenants Link competition’.
The closing date is 11 December 2024.
Christmas opening hours
Our phone lines and Local Housing Offices will be closed for Christmas from midday on Tuesday 24 December 2024. They will reopen on Friday, 27 December 2024.
Offices are also closed on New Years Day, Wednesday January 1 2025. Normal hours will resume from Tuesday 2 January 2025.
If you need to contact us while we are closed you can Report repairs online or call our out of hours service on 023 8023 3344.
And if you’re looking at bidding for a new home via Homebid please note that bidding over the Christmas period will open on 20 December 2024 and close on Tuesday 7 January 2025.
Look out for the survey
If you’re one of the 1600 people selected to receive a call or email inviting you to participate in our Tenant Satisfaction Measures survey in the new year, please do take the time to respond. Your views are invaluable in helping us to make important improvements.
5 for £5 returns for Christmas
Until Sunday 5 January 2025, up to five people can buy a group ticket to travel on Bluestar and Unilink Bus services, or First Bus Solent's X4 and X5 services within the city and pay just £5 for the entire day, with no time restrictions.
Plan your festive day, or night, out with family or friends and choose the greener, affordable travel option to get around the city and do all the things you want to do with My Journey Southampton.
Feature News
Art workshops to raise awareness of autism
Tenants from Golden Grove who set up an autism support group for Black and minority communities have recently organised a series of successful creative workshops for local residents
Changing the way we allocate council homes
We are making changes to the way that we allocate council homes from 2025
Christmas wrapped and recycled!
Putting things that don’t belong in recycling causes major disruption and delays the collection and emptying of bins
Help to get on top of debt
If you’re heading into Christmas struggling with money problems and worrying how to afford the rent, our Debt Management Centre is here to help
Tenants helping to bring about change
Complaints and communication were two of the main themes at an interactive day of tenant training and networking held in Southampton
Stay safe this Christmas
We wish all our tenants and leaseholders a very merry Christmas and peaceful and prosperous new year
Previous Month's News
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- Whatever you want to say – we’re listening!
