Melville Housing Association

A second round of the Plugged-In Households Grant Fund has now opened, allowing more social housing providers, third sector and community organisations the chance to procure the services of electric vehicle car clubs. £500,000 is available for social housing providers and third sector organisa

Staff from Melville Housing Association have gone the extra mile to raise £1,000 for a Lothians-based charity that supports children and young people struggling to cope with a bereavement. Richmond’s Hope has been Melville’s chosen charity for the past 12 months, with staff raising

Dalkeith’s first lifesaving defibrillator for public use in an emergency has been officially unveiled, thanks to a partnership between Melville Housing Association and Dalkeith and District Community Council (DCC). Fully funded by Melville as part of the Community Council’s proposed life

A landmark affordable housing development in the Midlothian town of Penicuik has been officially opened by Kevin Stewart, minister for local government, housing and planning. The 24 homes at Greenlaw Mill, built for Melville Housing Association by Taylor Wimpey East Scotland, sees Melville’s s

New kitchens, bathrooms, heating systems and replacement roofs are to be fitted in Melville Housing Association homes over the next 12 months thanks to investment of almost £2.4 million. The investment programme will see 186 new kitchens primarily fitted in homes in Mayfield and 90 new bathroo

Eight housing associations are to share a £510,000 investment from the Scottish Government towards electric hire car clubs to allow people to rent low-emission vehicles. The Plugged-in Households Grant Fund will support the associations to procure the services of car clubs.

Melville Housing Association is celebrating a major milestone with stock numbers passing 2,000 for the first time in more than 20 years. The milestone was reached when 23-year-old Demi Yuill moved in to her new, specially-adapted one bedroom home at Harvieston Park in Gorebridge. Built by Taylor Wim

Essential enabling works are now under way at a recently-approved housing development in Midlothian. Proposals from CALA Homes and Avant Homes to build at Mauricewood, to the north of Penicuik, were unanimously supported by the planning committee of Midlothian Council.

As part of celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of the NHS, Melville Housing Association Board member Emily Kasiera has been recognised for her 40 years in nursing by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Since qualifying in 1979, Emily has worked across the NHS in many disciplines including

Melville welfare benefits advisers Jacquie Mather and Andrew Collinge Melville Housing Association’s award-winning welfare benefits advice service is celebrating another hugely successful year during which it helped struggling tenants access over three quarters of a million pounds while achieving

(from left) Melville vice-chair David Bond, housing minister Kevin Stewart and Melville chief executive Andrew Noble Kevin Stewart, minister for local government, housing and planning, has officially opened a new affordable housing development in Bonnyrigg recently completed for Melville Housing Ass

A £6 million energy efficiency programme delivered by Melville Housing Association has resulted in 736 homes across Midlothian and South Lanarkshire being significantly warmer and cheaper to live in. The extensive work, which has just finished following the completion of the final property in Easth

Alasdair Hughes (land buyer for CALA Homes), Neil Edgar (development manager Melville Homes) and Bob Grey (site manager, CALA Homes) CALA Homes (East) has constructed 14 new high quality affordable homes which have been seamlessly incorporated into a popular Midlothian housing development.

(from left) Neil Edgar, Lyndsey Ritchie (Y2K), Lisa Herdman, Caroline Langton, Martin Sloan and Mabel Waterston Staff at Melville Housing Association have once again stepped up to the plate and topped their fundraising target for the year, raising a fantastic £2,230 for Y2K, the Mayfield-based yout

Melville Housing Association is celebrating achieving Living Wage status following official recognition by the Living Wage Foundation. The Living Wage commitment sees everyone who works for the Dalkeith-based Registered Social Landlord, both its 27 permanent employees and all third-party contractors