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Read our Autumn Newsletter
Our Autumn newsletter is now available for you to read, you can find out more about our recent 40th celebrations, our AGM and our development at Monteith Street.Please click on the 'Download file' button to view Read more
Read our Revised Allocation Policy
You can read our revised Allocation Policy by clicking on the download link below. Thank you to everyone who took part in the consultation. Read more
Annual Assurance Statement
As a Registered Social Landlord (RSL), Thenue Housing Association is required to submit its first Annual Assurance Statement to the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) before the end of October 2019. Read more
A Very Happy Anniversary
We celebrated our 40th anniversary with our Members on Friday, October 25 at West on the Green near our office in Calton.As you can imagine it was a very special day filled with nostalgia and, of course, a great sense of history.
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Our Happy Anniversary Homes!
Housing Minister Kevin Stewart has officially opened our new development of 49 homes costing £9.3 million in the east end on the same day we are 40 years old .A centrepiece of the development has been the restoration of the “listed” and iconic former Monteith Hotel – once an impressive city mansion built in 1823.
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Read our Annual Report on the Charter 2018-19
You can click on the download file link below to read our Charter Report. This report summarises all of our statistics that the Scottish Housing Regulator publishes.We hope that this information is useful for you to compare our performance to the Scottish average and also to benchmark our performance over time. Read more
Election Call for Polish Citizens in Calton
The Calton Heritage and Learning Centre is to be a polling station for Poland’s general election on October 13.The announcement was made by Poland’s Consulate General in Edinburgh.
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Draft Allocation Policy
Our Board approved our new draft Allocation Policy. It has been drafted following an extensive consultation exercise. To see a copy of the draft please click on the download file link below.If you’d like to make any further comments on it, please send them to paola.doyle@thenuehousing.co.uk Read more
Read our 2018-19 Annual review
Our 2018-19 Annual Review is now available for you to read by clicking on 'download file' below Read more
Beth Reilly Shortlisted for National Award
Beth Reilly retired from Thenue in August after 28 years with the Association.Now Beth has been shortlisted for the Chartered Institute of Housing’s Excellence Award in the category of “Outstanding Contribution to Housing.”
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Choices for Change Making a Difference - YouTube
Choices for Change is a 10-week personal development course which improves people's health and well-being and supports them to make positive choices in their lives. We deliver this, in partnership with Glasgow Kelvin College. Generously funded by The National Lottery Community Fund. Read more
New Head of Property Services Appointed
We are pleased to announce our new Head of Property Services. Eleanor Derbyshire has been appointed succeeding Beth Reilly who retires at the end of August after 28 years. Read more
Job and Volunteering Fair
We are holding a job and volunteering fair on Thursday, 12 September from 12.30 to 3 pm at the Calton Heritage and Learning Centre, London Road, Calton.It is a Jobs and Volunteering Fair with a Difference. A key highlight will be a Jobs and Volunteering Board with actual opportunities for people to apply for. Read more
28 Years Later - Thank You!
Earlier this summer Thenue announced the pending retiral of Beth Reilly, Head of Property Services, who had been with us for 28 years. Attending her very last meeting of the Board of Management, Beth was presented with an oil painting depicting a scene from Colonsay, a place where Beth and her family have spent many a happy summer holiday. Read more
Read our Allocation Policy Review Report
The Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 requires social landlords to consult with the following stakeholders when they review their Allocation Policy:• Applicants on their housing list
• Their tenants
• Registered Tenant Organisations, and
• Such other persons as landlords see fit. Read more
Do you want to apply to us for housing?
Check out the Homeseekers section of our website. More information on this can be found by clicking on our leaflet here. Read more
Summer Newsletter
The summer newsletter is now available for you to read. You can find out about our recent customer conference, a tea dance for our 40th anniversary celebrations and the Great Get Together events that took place. You will also find our special seven page Cashpoint insert that contains lots of useful financial information. Please click on 'download file' below Read more
Tenancy Support – Avril is Here to Help
Avril McLaughlin is our Tenancy Support Officer at Thenue. Her role is to try and help people manage as best as they can in their homes and to feel part of their local community. Read more
Help us Shape our Community Regeneration Strategy
Our Community Regeneration Strategy is due for review. This document sets out our priorities for community projects for the next 3 years.We know that many of our residents are facing increasing challenges such as welfare reform, securing employment, living in the digital age, social isolation, lack of opportunities and health inequality. What is required is local action to tackle area inequality, create opportunities and improve communities.
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Free Health & Wellbeing Event - Thursday 13th June 2019
Come along to the Calton Heritage & Learning Centre on Thursday 13th June from 12pm to 2.30pm for an afternoon of health & wellbeing activities including a free healthy lunch, free massage, a motivational speaker and much more...
Making the Right Choice!
Our trail-blazing personal development course is proving a big hit with its participants.Choices for Change delivers opportunities to people to improve confidence, self-esteem and learn new skills.
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Do you know what our Service Standards are?
Our Service Standards set out our service commitments to our customers (for example how quickly we will respond to an enquiry etc.)They also recognise that the way we provide our services can be as important as the service itself. Read more
We are reviewing our Allocation Policy
We are reviewing our Allocation Policy. This policy sets out the rules for how we allocate available homes as fairly as possible. We have worked with our Tenant Scrutiny Panel to decide on a list of survey questions for customers to consider as part of this policy review consultation.Read more
Choices for Change Course - Sign up Now
We are now recruiting for our fourth Choices 4 Change Course which will start on 30th April in the Calton Heritage and Learning Centre.Read more
Community Bursaries
We are proud to announce details of our community bursaries, set up to mark our 40th birthday. The bursary is aimed at helping YOU in keeping with our proud track record of assisting our communities. Read more
Spring Newsletter
The spring newsletter is now available for you to read. You can read about our recent rent review, our community bursaries and much more... Read more
Rent Increase and Universal Credit Claimants
If you are in receipt of Universal Credit, you will be responsible for informing the DWP of your rent increase on the 1st of April.Read more
Factoring Matters - Newsletter for owners now available to read
You can read our newsletter created especially for factored owners - Factoring Matters by clicking on the download file button below Read more
Access our Services 24/7 - No Need to Wait for the Office to Open!
We reached our target of one third of our tenants using our Self Service App or Web Tenant Portal in December 2018! Read more
Calton Gardening Project: Making a Real Difference
Our “Calton Gardening Project” has resulted in a dramatic reclaiming of the local neighbourhood by residents. It has led to significant improvement in the physical appearance of the local area which has drawn much praise from local people.The project employs a community gardener to work directly on increasing the ability of residents to take responsibility for their environment. Meanwhile, tenants will now have received a copy of “Your Rent – Time to Have Your Say” - a special update inviting you to give your views on our rent proposals from April 2019.
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