Voice Magazine
The Voice magazine is a publication for all Muir residents. In 2008, the magazine went from bi-annual publication to quarterly, and still we struggle for space in each issue!
Each issue is packed with scheme and resident news, interviews, announcements, competitions, recipes and much more.
Below you can download all of our back issues, which are presented in PDF format. You may need to download a PDF reader before you can view them. To go to a site where you can download one if necessary, please click
here.
You can also listen to the issues wherever you see the MP3 link. To hear the recordings, you can either click on the link and your browser will play the track for you once it loads, or you can right click on the link and select Save Target As to save to your computer to listen to at your own convenience. Please remember that the audio tracks are quite long, so the file size of each issue tends to be around 30mb, and this may take some time to load on your computer.
Winter 2009
In this issue... Important information regarding new ways to contact us... How Friends of Muir Group can help your community... Learn about Muir's Spring into Action week... A reminder of energy saving free gifts from British Gas... an article on paying your rent via text message... a message from Childline... Are there benefits you could be claiming?... be fire and gas safe... and lots lots more, including mobile phones to be won!...
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Autumn 2009 - Special Edition
In this issue... we combined our annual review and the Voice magazine to create a special edition Voice magazine, packed with information
for residents and our association members on our performance and service activity over the last
year, with the theme - "Back to the Future!!"...
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Summer 2009
In this issue... Meet Muir's new Welfare Benefits Advisor... The Big Lunch information... Money Saving Advice from Martin Lewis... Energy Saving free gifts from British Gas... Budding actors and presenters wanted for Muir productions... Information on this year's European Neighbours Day... Meet John Cheshire, board member... a great, healthy mexican recipe... A focus piece on the South East and West region...
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Spring 2009
In this issue... New Years Resolutions competition results... Clubs and groups special report... Information about dealing with loan sharks, and the myths that surround them... Find out what the Customer Service Team can do for you... Christmas photos... An introduction to our sales team... Meet Chris Moseley, board member... flapjack recipe... And a special springtime competition!
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Winter 2008
In this issue... Muir partner up with energy companies, and we have lots of tips for cutting energy costs in your home... We have lots of festive spending tips, and provide some advice on tackling the Credit Crunch... An important message from the maintenance team, and the true costs of borrowing money... Also this issue, meet Sian Taylor, CST Team Leader, and Les Patterson - A Muir Group board member from Northampton... (.mp3)
This issue came with two inserts: New Years Resolution Card (.mp3), and Quarterly Prize Draw
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Autumn 2008
In this issue... We announce the prize winners from the Customer Information Form prize draw... Customer Services team member Val Smith tells us all about her job... We tell you all about what happened at the Rowlands Lodge open day, and the Gorse Hill family fun day... Learn what we all got up to at Muir's 40th Anniversary events in Chester and Huntingdon... Meet our Deputy Chairman - Councillor Brian Bailey. (.mp3)
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Summer 2008
In this issue... We have a report on all the events that took place as part of European Neighbours' Day... Learn about the work and funding that went into the creation of the children's games area at Glebe Green... A special story on Conservative leader David Cameron's visit to our shared ownership apartments in Chester... An introduction to Maria Thompson, one of our customer service advisors... Muir's Community Heroes are revealed!
This issue came with two inserts: Getting Better All The Time, and Muir's 2008 Training Programme.
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Spring 2008
In this issue... Learn about Muir's new maintenance partnerships, and how they affect you... A special report from Melton, about the lauch of a new youth club at the community centre... Top tips for going green... Meet Julie De Lucia, customer service advisor... A great lemon cake recipe... An introduction to David Booth, a member of Muir's board.
This issue also came with an insert, Resident Satisfaction STATUS Survey Results 2007.
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Winter 2007
In this issue... Could you be SAD? A report on Seasonal Affective Disorder... An update on QHS and their auditing of our services... In the customer service team corner this issue - Andrew Warren... Information on cheap petrol, travel discounts and also on housing transfers... Learn about future developments for Muir Group... Fusilier Court open day... A story about the floods devestating the country... Aids and Adaptions - a message from the housing team.
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Summer 2007
In this issue... We have stories on National Tree Week, and World Environment Day... A special article on litter and recycling... What is RESPECT?... A very special gardening and planting pullout... How to cope with debt problems... The smoking ban, and tobacco related facts... Beware bogus callers!
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Winter 2006
In this issue... Winter boosters - top tips from the editorial team for fighting those winter ailments... A fantastic pork pie recipe... Changes at Glebe Green... How to deal with domestic violence... Read the Stern Environmental Report, and leatn how you can help the environment around you... Management take over the customer services team?!?... A message from Muir's finance department... News on Housing Services Restructure...
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Summer 2006
In this issue... Caldicot residents put down roots... Healthy eating sessions begin at Sunflower House in Blackpool... Cultural Diversity Day, and Muir's role in it... Do you know about the Basic Bank Account?... Cases from the Citizen's Advice Bureau... A Chester MP judges Muir's Green Poetry Competition... Learn all about shared ownership... Fire detection for the deaf... Stamp out hate crime...
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Winter 2005
In this issue... An evening of wartime music, dance and nostalgia at McCartney House... Teenages tackle racism and stereotyping... Learn more about equality and diversity... Tips and tricks for keeping warm throughout the winter... Blackpool eyesore demolished to make way for community centre... A special report from Friends of Muir Group... Your suggestions for improvements - and what Muir did with them!
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Summer 2005
In this issue... a story from the diversity fun day in Huntingdon... A report from the focus group meetings between Muir's director of housing services and our residents... Some fun facts on healthy eating, and a sporty story from Blackpool... A very special centenary... An article on the 'Dream Scheme' and 'Live the Dream' projects... Tweedsmuir is "Bloomin'" Marvelous!
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