Gas Safe Funding available for Warrington residents
Do you live in Warrington and have gas work that needs doing? There is funding available of up to £200 per Warrington household to get gas-related jobs completed. In Gas Safety Week, Warrington Home Improvement Agency (WHiA) is encouraging local residents with a long-term health condition or in receipt of income related benefits to get […]
LifeTime begins to reopen
Warrington Housing Association is pleased to announce that our LifeTime centre will be reopening from Monday 7th September. There will be a new programme of activities alongside the current online programme. Andrea Rees, LifeTime Officer said ‘Our plans have focused on the safety of members, volunteers and colleagues. You will see we have been […]
Key workers set to get priority at new £1.2m property development
Warrington Housing Association is delighted to take handover of 11 new affordable homes that are being offered to key workers at affordable rent. It is the first time in ten years the we have added newly built homes to our portfolio and the properties are now available. The development, which will be known as Wimborne […]
Warrington Housing Association’s Head of Customer Services has been selected to sit on Inside Housing’s first B.A.M.E editorial panel.
Lorri Holding will join regular virtual meetings to help improve the housing sector magazine’s understanding and coverage of diversity in all its forms, particularly B.A.M.E matters facing those who live and work in social housing. The panel will be working closely to develop topics and story content, closely linked to lived experiences in the UK […]
COVID-19 service update
The health, safety and wellbeing of our customers, colleagues, contractors and communities remain our priority during the Covid-19 pandemic. Here is the latest update on our service provision. Please note our office in the Gateway and Lifetime currently remain closed to the public. Our colleagues continue to work from home, providing services on line, by […]
Q&A with Angela Freeman, Housing Officer, Warrington Housing Association
We ‘met’ WHA housing office Angela Freeman and talked the joys of lockdown homeschool while still working and why housing associations are, despite people’s assumptions, so much more than just landlords. Name: Angela Freeman Job title: Housing Officer How long in role: 6 Months Previous experience: I worked at Cobalt Housing a housing association in […]
A WHA Tenants Poem
One day the world stopped working. One day the world stopped working, In the way we know it should, Coz we found a virus lurking, In the darkness there it stood. It took away our privilege, The right to go outside, It stopped us visiting family and friends, Inside we must stay and […]
National Apprentice Week
We are supporting National Apprenticeship Week (Feb 3-9) by giving our next two apprentices’ careers a flying start and raising standards in the borough’s job market. Lorri Holding, our head of customer service, said: “Some people seem to think an apprenticeship is very old fashioned or taking advantage of people looking to get a foot on […]
WHA residents go in search of booty at this year’s pirate-themed Annual Conference
Our staff welcomed residents with a ‘yo ho ho’ at this year’s pirate-themed Annual Conference. More than 50 residents attended the free Annual Conference on Wednesday, July 25, at The Gateway, Sankey Street, in Warrington town centre – where families enjoyed lunch and refreshments. They were able to join in with games and activities including […]
Bell Group are recruiting now
The Bell Group are currently looking to recruit 1 multi-trade apprentice in the Warrington / Widnes Area. For more information, please contact Bell Group at apprenticeships@bell-group.co.uk
