Bridgewater Housing Association has improved its policies and procedures relating to tenant safety after it identified issues with its gas servicing programme. The Association self-referred to the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) when a change of contractor led to 36 of its properties not being
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Changes have been made to Bridgewater Housing Association's board of management following its successful Annual General Meeting. John Paterson will chair the board at Bridgewater, which recently completed a formal Governance Review and welcomed the addition of four new members who bring extensi
A consortium of eight housing associations operating across Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire has appointed an initial 40 local contractors to its new dynamic purchasing system (DPS) for responsive repairs and voids, developed in partnership with PfH Scotland.
After working from Bridgewater Shopping Centre since April 1998, Bridgewater Housing Association is moving to a new office next month. While its base in the shopping centre has served Bridgewater well over the last 25 years, the current office is no longer fit for purpose and requires extensive impr
Bridgewater Housing Association has sadly announced the sudden passing of former chairperson and board member Hugh Cameron just before Christmas. A well-known and highly respected figure in the voluntary housing movement in Scotland, Hugh was first elected to Bridgewater's board of management i
Tenant satisfaction levels at Bridgewater Housing Association (BHA) remain high, results from a recently conducted survey have revealed. The survey indicated that 93% of tenants are satisfied with the overall service provided by the Association while 92% are satisfied with the association’s re
Bridgewater Housing Association welcomed members and guests to its 25th Annual General Meeting, which was held at Bargarran Community Centre, Erskine on 30th August 2022. Members were advised of a very productive and eventful year for the organisation despite the challenging circumstances because of
Bridgewater Housing Association's technical manager Gary Stapleton has retired after 24 highly successful years at the Association. During his time with Bridgewater, Mr Stapleton managed the development of newbuild properties and a significant land management portfolio. Starting off in 1998 primaril
Bridgewater Housing Association has appointed Andy Thomson as its new chief executive. Following the announcement early in the year that the current chief executive, Ian McLean will retire at the end of the month, the board undertook a rigorous recruitment exercise, interviewing several impressive c
Bridgewater Housing Association has announced the retirement of its first and long-standing chief executive Ian McLean. Ian joined Bridgewater 24 years ago, as a fresh-faced thirty-odd year old, after two years with Dumfries and Galloway Council as a neighbourhood housing manager based in Stranraer
The huge scale of the effort by six housing associations to deliver pandemic relief to their communities has been highlighted in a new report.
A successful collaboration between eight housing associations is helping to deliver value for money for tenants and provide a boost for communities.
It is with the greatest sadness that the board and staff of Bridgewater Housing Association have to share the news that our first chair, Willie Robertson, has passed away peacefully in his sleep after a short illness. Although in later years he wasn’t able to get out and about as much, people
Three housing associations in Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire have kicked off the new year with a renewed approach to tenant engagement. Barrhead and Williamsburgh in Paisley and Bridgewater in Erskine have begun using a tenant engagement platform called CX Feedback from Glasgow-based Target Appl
A consortium which represents housing associations based in East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde and Renfrewshire is to host a Meet the Buyer event for its highly successful property investment and maintenance related Framework for 2020 - 2024. The i-Flair consortium published a Prior Information Notice (P