Wheatley Group has announced four new appointments to its board. Caroline Gardner CBE has been appointed as a non-executive director and chair of the Group Audit committee. She was joined on the board by new subsidiary board chairs Eric Gibson, Mairi Martin and Lindsey Cartwright at Wednesday’
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A Loretto tenant in Glasgow has created a stunning garden that is bringing people together and creating a real sense of community. John McInally transformed outdoor space at Kippen Gate, the former Buckley Street school in Parkhouse in the north of the city, into a striking garden.
Cube Housing Association tenants have voted overwhelmingly to join up with Wheatley sister organisations GHA and Loretto. No fewer than 85.5% of Cube tenants in Glasgow, who took part in the independent ballot, voted in favour of joining forces with Scotland’s largest Social Registered Landlor
Loretto Housing Association is building 111 affordable homes on three sites across central Scotland. The new homes – in Cardonald in Glasgow, Bishopton in Renfrewshire, and Falkirk – will all be for social rent, bringing much-needed housing for local people in the three communities.
A new structure for three Wheatley Group housing associations could pave the way for over £600 million to be invested in new and existing homes and the creation of hundreds of new jobs. Under the proposals, GHA and Cube Housing Association would come together as one tenant-led organisation in
Wheatley Group won two prizes at the prestigious Scottish Home Awards in recognition of its transformation of derelict buildings in Glasgow into much needed affordable new homes. The housing group won Renovation of the Year for the conversion of Bell Street Stables in Glasgow’s Merchant City,
Loretto Housing and Cube have appointed Laura Henderson as their new managing director. Laura has 17 years’ experience in the housing sector and joined fellow Wheatley Group member GHA five years ago as locality housing director for Parkview, Darnley and Kennishead.
Older tenants from Glasgow Housing Association and Loretto Housing got a lesson in street art and mural painting at Glasgow arts venue, SWG3. The event allowed older people in Glasgow to discover their inner Banksy - with a little help from Wheatley Group’s Livingwell Service.
A housing association which sued contractors, engineers and architects over “serious defects” in the redevelopment of a former hospital has been granted a full hearing in its £3 million damages action.
More than 1,800 additional social housing homes are planned to be provided across the Falkirk Council area over the next five years following a bid put forward to Scottish Government.
Albyn Group subsidiaries Highland Residential and Albyn Housing Society have won two prized awards at The Herald Property Awards. Held at Glasgow’s Doubletree by Hilton Hotel on September 26, the awards were given for their commitment to delivering affordable housing in the Highlands.
New Loretto tenant Geraldine Skelly has said she “thanks her lucky stars” for her new home in the south side of Glasgow. With a communal lift and fully-level access in her block in Shawbridge Street, Geraldine, who uses a mobility scooter, said being able to come and go as she pleases ma
Loretto Housing Association has been granted permission to develop 32 homes in Cardonald.
Delighted tenant Isabella Heyne said her new Loretto home in Coatbridge is “absolutely life-changing”. Loretto chair Douglas Robin and North Lanarkshire Council convener of enterprise and communities Councillor Heather McVey welcome Isabella Heyne (right) into her new home in St Patrick&
Wheatley Group has been nominated eight times in the prestigious Scottish Home Awards. The housing, care and property-management group has five finalists – Cube Housing Association, Dunedin Canmore, GHA and Loretto Housing and West Lothian Housing Partnership – in the Large Affordable Ho