Thenue Housing has brought together all of its regeneration work under one brand new name and website.

The Thenue Community website gives a new focus to the extensive community activities of the housing association which is renowned for its deep-rooted regeneration work across the city.

Helping people where the Association has its homes is a key part of Thenue’s work in east end areas such as Bridgeton, Dalmarnock and Calton and other communities such as Blackhill, Cranhill, Scotstoun and Castlemilk.

The aim of the new website is to make it easier for residents to connect with the work being done to help their local area and to understand it more fully.

Charlie Turner, chief executive of Thenue Housing, said: “Thenue Community allows us to bring together all of our regeneration work in the communities we serve under one new name.

“It means we can articulate more easily the important work we are doing and hopefully create a greater understanding of why this work is so vital. The housing association movement has an impeccable track record on doing good work which goes far beyond building homes and collecting the rent.

“We are absolutely committed to that concept and believe, as so many housing providers do, that vibrant, successful communities cannot be created and sustained with housing alone. Engaging more widely with local people is what Thenue Community is all about.”

Current projects which feature strongly on the new website include:

Urban Green

This is a joint project between Thenue and Impact Arts and is designed to improve the local environment and reduce carbon emissions in Cranhill. The project provides gardening training to local unemployed young people, promotes the growing of local produce and delivers a range of information and advice to help people reduce their energy consumption.

Smart Communities

This project offers a range of activities and events for people of all ages and abilities. It is designed to enhance people’s digital skills and is a key objective of Thenue Housing due to evidence that such skills are much needed in neighbourhoods.

Netherholm Youth Project

Known also as Urban Fox, and provides of youth services deliver to 12 – 18 year olds in Castlemilk and Calton. Activities involves mountain-biking, football and other team sports and the provision of advice and information on issues as diverse as healthy eating and stopping smoking.

Learning Works

An award-winning and pioneering employability course between Thenue Housing and Glasgow Kelvin College to help unemployed residents in the east end learn new skills, increase their confidence and improve their job prospects.

Lawrence McCabe, community regeneration manager at Thenue, added: “What we have tried to do with the new website is to define more clearly the extensive regeneration activity of the housing association.

“This has significant benefits to the people who live in these communities as it makes it easier for them to understand what is going on, enables them to engage with us more readily and allows us to articulate what we are doing.

“We also chose a simple name that sums up where Thenue wants to be and that’s in the community. We are sure it will be well received.”

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