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An important new chapter has begun for Port of Leith Housing Association and its subsidiaries which have revealed new names and branding.

Creative talents transformed the streets of Leith Quay Community Improvements and Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) have won the Best Practice in Equality and Diversity Award at the Tenant Participation Advisory Service Scotland National Good Practice Awards 2018.

Quay Community Initiatives, along with Changeworks, has transformed a former Barratt show flat in Lochend using second-hand furniture and soft furnishings as part of the Zero Waste Leith project.

Quay Community Improvements, a social enterprise set up by Port of Leith Housing Association in 2016, has secured a three-year contract to deliver cleaning services for West Granton Housing Co-operative. Clare Halliday, business & communities initiatives manager at Quay Community Improvements, s

The streets of Leith were transformed into outdoor art galleries this month as the Window Wanderland concept visited the area for the first time. The event was organised by Port of Leith Housing Association’s (PoLHA) subsidiary company Quay Community Improvements (Quay) which enabled community gro

A new initiative which transforms everyday streets into outdoor art galleries is coming to the streets of Leith for the first time this month, giving the community the chance to show off their creative talents. Organised by Port of Leith Housing Association’s (PoLHA) subsidiary company, Quay Commu

The Quay Team (Arek Chudak, Artur Lisiecki and Paul Wylie) at the Vennel, one of Edinburgh’s most famous stairwells Quay Community Improvements, a subsidiary company of Port of Leith Housing Association, is celebrating its first anniversary with an impressive list of achievements under its belt, i

Quay Community Improvements, a social enterprise set up by Port of Leith Housing Association in October 2016, has been awarded three new contracts to deliver cleaning services for Muirhouse Housing Association, West Granton Housing Co-Op and Hunters Hall Housing Co-op. Starting with a stair cleaning

Keith Anderson, chief executive of Port of Leith Housing Association (blue suit) and Clare Halliday, business and community initiatives manager at Quay Community Improvements, join members of staff at Quay Community Improvements (from left) Charles Blues, Arkaduisz Chudak, Artur Lisieki, Patryk Kowa

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) has unveiled plans to launch a new social enterprise within its group. Set up as a Community Interest Company (CIC), Quay Community Improvements will launch with stair cleaning services in late 2016.