Tis Scotland

The TIS National Excellence Awards 2016 ceremony took place on Saturday 11 June and saw tenant and resident groups and landlords come out on top as they scooped the top prizes for their outstanding work and commitment within the Scottish housing sector. This year, the Tenants Information Service (TI

Saturday night was a successful night for Hillcrest Housing Association’s tenants when they walked away as winners at the Tenant Information Services (TIS) awards ceremony. A number of tenants volunteer their time to give feedback on services, suggestions on changes to policies and procedures and

Do you know any organisations or people in housing who are truly making a difference? The TIS National Excellence Awards are about recognising and celebrating truly outstanding work by those who are making a difference in their community and the housing sector.

The Scottish Housing Regulator is offering tenants of social landlords the chance to get involved directly in the regulator’s work and bring a tenant perspective to its scrutiny of landlords’ services. This new initiative builds on the work of the regulator’s existing tenant assessors, who hav

As part of the national TIS Scrutiny ‘Making It Happen’ programme, over 50 local authority and housing association staff from across Scotland gathered at Norton House Hotel last week for the highly rated ‘The Big Conversation’ Housing Staff ResidentialConference. With the programme being set

TIS are thrilled to have been voted in as the Secretariat for the Cross Party Group on Housing for the third year in a row. Meetings of the Cross Party Group on Housing, chaired by Margaret McDougal MSP, provide a platform for organisations with an interest in housing and MSPs to share information a

Francine O’Donnell TIS has welcomed Francine O’Donnell as the new development officer for its South Lanarkshire Project, providing development support to local tenants and residents groups.

Alistair Reid Alistair Reid has been appointed as the new development manager at TIS.

Tenants, housing staff, elected members and board members came together last week to share their scrutiny stories at a conference organised by TIS. As part of the national TIS Scrutiny ‘Making It Happen’ Programme, the day showcased a range of innovative scrutiny stories which have made a differ

Associates from the Joint Improvement Team (JIT) facilitated two workshops of 50 delegates about the integration of health and social care at the TIS conference on June 6. The workshops, facilitated by Simon Carr and Jill Pritchard of the JIT, invited delegates to consider integration from the persp

Council tenants in Perth and Kinross are being invited to take part in a review of the housing rent charging structure. Open meetings are being held throughout August and September to consult with tenants on how the new rent policy is devised and how it can be affected by property characteristics su

The quality of the working relationship between South Lanarkshire Council and its tenants has been recognised at a national level. South Lanarkshire was shortlisted in three categories in the TIS National Excellence Awards 2015.

TIS has announced the winners of the 2015 TIS National Excellence Awards, in association with the Scottish Government and sponsored by Dundee City Council. The winners were announced at a dazzling awards ceremony on Saturday, hosted by Glasgow born actress, Libby McArthur.

The hugely inspiring and motivating TIS Annual Conference 2015 saw tenants, residents and housing staff from all over Scotland working together to make a difference. TIS were thrilled to welcome more delegates than any previous year to Glasgow to take part in a full and varied programme with an exce

A group of tenants whose job it is to scrutinise the work of Thenue Housing Association has triumphed in a top award. The association’s Resident Empowerment Scrutiny Team (REST) - set up just 18 months ago - was named at the weekend as one of the winners in the TIS National Excellence Awards.