Berwickshire Housing Association

Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) has been supporting several local groups through its Community Initiatives funding scheme. BHA is assisting the 1st Eyemouth Brownies to restart and supported the recent Christmas Shopping Day held in Eyemouth which was well attended by local businesses.

Berwickshire Housing Association’s BeFriend project is joining forces with Abundant Borders to take its Lunch Plus programme to towns and villages across the district. Villagers enjoy the recent Lunch Plus event held in Grantshouse Village Hall

The penultimate feature in our COP26SHN showcase sees the Borders Housing Network outline how the four Borders RSLs have come together with a new approach to tackle the issue of fuel poverty. A total of £450,000 in Scottish Government funding was awarded to the four Borders RSLs cons

Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) has showcased great examples of working in partnership with other organisations during the Covid-19 pandemic with the aim of improving the health and wellbeing of their tenants and the wider community. In 2020/21 BHA’s Financial Inclusion team received a

National Befriending Week is celebrated every year from November 1-7 providing a great opportunity to raise awareness about the positive impact befriending makes in communities and in people’s lives. This year Berwickshire Housing Association's BeFriend Service is focussing on its befriending

Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) is supporting projects in Eyemouth which will help tackle food poverty and also provide sports equipment for Eyemouth Primary School. BHA is providing funding to Splash for its new project branching from the food Larder, which was set up earlier in the year to

Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) has appointed two new members to its board of trustees. Gareth James is a research fellow at the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE), based at the University of Glasgow, and is primarily responsible for coordinating knowledge exchange and engag

Coldstream’s Bob Bolton is the winner of £150 worth of garden centre vouchers in Berwickshire Housing Association’s inaugural Gardens Competition.

It was party time at Boston Court in Duns last week as its oldest resident Mary Jeffrey celebrated her 100th birthday. Mary celebrated in style on September 19 at a party for family, friends and former neighbours and on Wednesday her fellow residents at Boston Court, Berwickshire Housing Association

Significantly more affordable homes could be delivered in 2021/22 than Scottish Borders Council’s annual target thanks to increased funding and the commitment of a range of local partners, including the region’s four registered social landlords, the local authority has revealed. Potentia

A new development of energy efficient and affordable homes in Ayton has proved extremely popular with Berwickshire Housing Association’s (BHA) tenants. The Association has not built any affordable housing in Ayton for 18 years and the 31 homes at Beanburn attracted a total of 3,

Berwickshire Housing Association’s Community Food Garden in Duns was officially opened last week and to mark the occasion chief executive Michelle Meldrum planted a fruit tree and unveiled a plaque. The Community Garden at Todlaw has been designed specifically for those living in the area and

Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) has launched its new Independent Living service, an innovative and re-imagined housing option designed exclusively for over 55s encompassing modern assistive technology, in partnership with Alertacall.

Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) is supporting local charity Berwickshire Swap with new projects which provide emergency clothing parcels and a cloth nappy library. BHA, along with Berwickshire Association for Voluntary Service (BAVS), is providing this support through the Scottish Government&

Berwickshire Housing Association’s BeFriend Project is to team up with the Eden Project and Abundant Borders to celebrate summer 2021 with a whole ‘Month of Community’.