How diverse is the housing association workforce in England?
A recent report completed by the National Housing Federation (NHF) and the Housing Diversity Network (HDN) examined equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the housing association workforce compared with the communities we serve. Diversity can broadly be understood as recognising, understanding and accepting individuals from varying backgrounds or with varying characteristics. In practice, for an […]
Winter Newsletter 2021
Check out our latest Newsletter:
Service Update to Customers
We start the New Year with Warrington having moved from Tier 2, – through Tier 3, into Tier 4, and now into Tier 5 a national lockdown. During this time the safety and wellbeing of our customers, contractors and colleagues and continuing to play our part in reducing the spread of the virus to help […]
Important Coronavirus Update for Warrington Residents
New restrictions have been introduced in Warrington in response to a sharp increase in the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the borough. Please check out the Warrington Borough Council new restrictions FAQ https://www.warrington.gov.uk/coronavirus-restrictions-warrington The Restrictions From Tuesday 22 September 2020, the new regulations in Warrington mean: · No mixing of separate households in one house […]
Our latest 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 […]
We are slowly resuming ‘new normal’ services in June
We ask that you remain patient as we continue to adapt our ways of working to endeavour to keep our customers, colleagues, contractors and the general public safe and well. Our colleagues continue to work from home, only going to schemes to carry out certain activities in communal areas, such as inspections. Our Office Reception […]
WHA’s Winter Newsletter
Catch up on all things WHA with our Winter Newsletter:
Covid-19 in the workplace – our newest apprentice shares her story
Jodie Williams was just three weeks into her apprenticeship at Warrington Housing Association when coronavirus hit. Her brand new hard hat, rigger boots and hi-vis jacket for site visits sit unused as lockdown put normal working life on hold indefinitely. Jodie, 23, said: “I was still grasping what the role of assets and compliance apprentice […]
Weekly Customer Update
Our slow but steady return Post Lockdown. During last week’s update to customers, we mentioned our plans for a steady return to our new working. The attached letter has been sent via the Housing Minister, Christopher Pincher, to all social housing tenants about how the Government envisages this slow return will work in terms of […]
WHA: what we have been doing for our tenants and community during the coronavirus crisis.
For those of us in the social housing sector, the coronavirus crisis has presented a unique opportunity to really test the NatFed’s Together with Tenants tenet of putting our customers at the centre of everything we do. Judith Winterbourne, chair of our board, said: “We are incredibly proud of how the WHA team has rallied […]
