Ore Valley Housing Association

Ore Valley Housing Association (OVHA) has closed a deal with the European Energy Efficiency Fund (eeef) on a £4.6 million project to develop wind turbines and replace 200 heating systems for OVHA homes. This is eeef’s first community based transaction within the UK and the result of a four-year l

A group of housing associations are considering sharing greater information regarding their performance and value for money within their Annual Return on the Charter (ARC) reports to tenants each year. Formed in 2015, the ‘Haymarket Group’ of housing associations has been meeting to discuss how

Fife Alliance members during their visit to social enterprise Furniture Plus Fife Housing Association Alliance, the collaborative partnership between the four Fife based Associations (Fife, Glen, Kingdom & Ore Valley), has devised an in-house CPD training programme for staff to increase their kn

Staff and partner organisations who have contributed to the Affordable Housing Programme’s success marked out the 2,700 target figure at Fife House Fife Council is on track to deliver on its commitment of 2,700 affordable homes by 2017 as it marks that all developments are now complete, or are und

Work is entering the final stages on Fife Council’s new housing development at Blairadam Fields in Kelty. Cllr Judy Hamilton, executive spokesperson for housing & building services, visited the development recently where 58 properties are being built by Persimmon Homes for the council.

Membership of HouseMark Scotland continues to grow with the announcement that, following its recent Value for Money pilot involving small housing associations, both Ore Valley Housing Association and Prospect Community Housing have joined its ranks. A provider of social housing data and insight in t

Ore Valley Business Centre Ore Valley Housing Association is doing its bit to ease the chaos for thousands of workers in Fife caused by the closure of the Forth Road Bridge.

The Healthy Working Lives team at Ore Valley Housing Association have organised a marathon-style, 20-mile sponsored walk from South Queensferry to Kirkcaldy in order to raise money for Maggie’s Centre in Fife, to ensure the amazing work the centre provides can continue. The walk is taking place on

(from left) Bill Banks (chief exec Kingdom Housing), Sir Peter Erskine (Rural Property & Business Association), Cllr Judy Hamilton (front), Carole Miller (Scottish Association of Landlords) and Tom Allan (chairperson FFOTRA) Fife Housing Partnership (FHP) members have signed a new agreement whic

A new independent energy supply company, the first in the UK operating on a non-profit distributing basis, plans to be selling heat and power to tenants in 200,000 homes across Scotland by 2020. Our Power Energy, a subsidiary of Our Power Community Benefit Society, has been founded by 35 member orga

Pupils at St Agathas Primary School demonstrate the project to the Greenshoots Trustees Fife school pupils are taking part in a ground-breaking energy efficiency project that enables them to learn how to conserve energy, protect the environment and cut the fuel bills of the future.

Fife housing associations have held an event to develop a strategy to ensure that tenants are able to access the internet and benefit from support and training to make the most of information technology. The event was organised by Fife Housing Association Alliance and staff from Fife, Glen, Kingdom

Norman Kerr says the Scottish Government could do more to improve the energy efficiency of homes The debate raged on at the CIH Scotland Energy Efficiency, Fuel Poverty and Renewables event, supported by Forster Energy, as to whether the carrot or the stick is best at lifting Scotland’s households

The apprentices with Mary Taylor, SFHA chief executive (left) and housing minister Margaret Burgess. Housing minister Margaret Burgess marked the start of Scottish Apprenticeship Week (May 18-22) by launching a national challenge for housing apprentices yesterday.