Loreburn Housing Association

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Loreburn Housing has again extended an end of year thank you to its tenants who have gone the extra mile for their neighbours and local community throughout the year. The GREAT big thank you initiative gives a much-deserved thanks to Loreburn tenants who have contributed their time to help others.

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Building work resumed this week at Loreburn Housing Association’s development at The Garrick, Stranraer. Work on the flagship development ceased back in April 2023 when the site’s main contractor, Stewart & Shields, announced its liquidation, leaving Loreburn with an unfinished devel

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Loreburn Housing Association has recently joined the Cyber and Fraud Centre to further strengthen its online security measures. The Cyber and Fraud Centre Scotland has been established to support Scottish organisations in combating cyber and fraud crime.

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Loreburn Housing Association welcomed members to its Annual General Meeting this week when the Association gave an update on activities, finance and performance, and looked ahead to the future. The first in-person meeting in recent years, the meeting was well attended by shareholding members.

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This Scottish Housing Day, Loreburn Housing Association is celebrating those who have made housing their career of choice and the wealth of vital work that everyone in the sector contributes to social housing across Scotland. While quality affordable housing remains of systemic importance to Scotlan

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Loreburn Housing Association has appointed Kirsteen McGinn as chief executive officer following the departure of Lorraine Usher in April. Kirsteen officially joined the Association on 26 June, after a successful five years as director of property services at Argyll Community Housing Association and

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Loreburn Housing Association’s Fit for Life initiative, which was launched in 2022, was designed to tackle the impact Covid-19 has had on its tenants by reducing social isolation, improving physical and mental wellbeing, and strengthening its Later Living communities.

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Residents of Loreburn Housing Association in Stranraer have been given some welcome help with the issuing of supermarket and homeware vouchers gifted by Stranraer Development Trust. The Trust has donated Morrison’s supermarket and Home Hardware vouchers to a value of £3,775 to help Loreb

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Works will begin next week as Loreburn Housing Association gets the first stage of a flagship development for Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway underway. The first phase of housing will see 35 ‘extra care’ units being built. The scheme design features bungalows around a centralised communi

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After eight successful years at Loreburn Housing Association, CEO Lorraine Usher has announced her decision to step down from her role. Ms Usher, who became CEO in early 2015, will remain in position until the end of April with the recruitment process to appoint a successor beginning later this mont

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SHN editor Kieran Findlay finds out how the escalating energy crisis is affecting the sector and how associations are responding. Skyrocketing energy costs and inflation are directly impacting the operations of housing associations across Scotland with increased overheads forcing delays to maintenan

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Loreburn Housing Association has warned of the consequences of the rent freeze announced by the Scottish Government to help cash-strapped tenants saying that the freeze will lead to less cash to build affordable homes if it is extended beyond March 2023.

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Loreburn Housing Association marked the completion of 75 new homes at Heathhall, Dumfries with a small-scale open event last week. The new homes, a mix of one, two, three and four-bedroom properties, provide a range of wheelchair-accessible bungalows, amenity bungalows and general needs housing and

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Loreburn Housing Association is recruiting volunteers across Dumfries & Galloway following the launch of its Later Living Fit for Life service. Designed for those over 55, Loreburn’s seven Later Living developments allow residents to live comfortably, in a safe environment, knowing there i

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An official Open Day was held this week to celebrate Turning Point Scotland’s new Hera Grange housing in Dumfries, which provides care and support services to tenants enabling them to be part of the community. Hera Grange, which boasts 11 bungalows, a staff and resident activity hub as well as

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