Shire Housing Association

Shire Housing Association has recently achieved the prestigious Investors in People Gold Accreditation. For nearly 30 years, Investors in People has been recognised internationally as a leading people accreditation.

Shire Housing Association has launched a new and ambitious business strategy for the next five years. The plan builds on the previous period of consolidation and focuses on empowering communities, enhancing social, economic and health wellbeing and addressing climate change.

UK construction and fit-out specialist Morris & Spottiswood has successfully completed a sixteen-week project in partnership with Shire Housing Association to reconstruct a semi-detached property in Dalmellington following an explosion in 2018.

Shire Housing Association has been awarded £37,5000 from the Scottish Government's Communities Recovery Fund. This will help the association to continue working with local community groups dealing with the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Shire Housing Association has won a tender to deliver the Care and Repair Service on behalf of the East Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership for a further three years from 28 November 2020. The Association has successfully delivered the East Ayrshire Care and Repair Service since 2003.

Shire Housing Association has obtained a £10.5 million funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland to refinance existing debt, enable future expansion plans and enhance existing office and tenant facilities.

Shire Housing Association’s long-serving head of customer services Lynn Miller has announced she is stepping down from the role on July 16. Ms Miller has worked for the Association since its inception in 1997.

Shire Housing Association has been awarded £50,000 of funding from the Scottish Government’s Supporting Communities Fund.

Eydent, the alliance between Ayrshire housing associations ANCHO, Atrium Homes, Ayrshire Housing and Shire Housing Association, successfully hosted its 4th conference on October 24.

Shire Housing Association celebrated another successful year at its recent Annual General Meeting.

This event is brought to you by Eydent, the alliance of Ayrshire housing associations – Shire Housing Association, Ayrshire Housing Association, ANCHO and Atrium Homes.

Shire Housing Association has been recognised for its business excellence by the Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce. The Association made the final three of the Chamber’s Business Excellence Awards.

Shire Housing Association’s chairperson Janet Allan has stepped down from the role and also from the management Board due to personal commitments. Janet has led the management Board since 2014 and overseen the transformation of the Association.

Janet Allan with the award Shire Housing Association has been recognised for its commitment to continuous improvement and to providing excellent customer services.

Another successful year has been marked at Shire Housing Association with chairperson Janet Allan highlighting a number of new achievements at the Annual General Meeting. In her address to the meeting, Janet Allan outlined the continued transformation of the Association in meeting its business visio