Melville Housing Association

A green fingered couple have teamed up with Melville Housing Association to transform an unloved patch of communal space behind their Penicuik home into a fabulous community garden. Sam and Shona Wilkie, who moved into Melville’s Windsor Lane development in 2013, began the project a little ove

Melville Housing Association’s welfare benefits team has helped tenants in fuel poverty access more than £20,000 worth of direct financial support over the past three months. Since the spring, Melville advisers have been working hard to help more than 130 households from communities acro

Dalkeith-based Melville Housing Association has been awarded Cyber Essentials certification, a major milestone in efforts to deliver excellence in cybersecurity. The certification, which demonstrates that the company’s policies and procedures are strong enough to protect against cyber threats,

An innovative sustainable flooring project designed to improve the lives of hard-pressed tenants has won a prestigious gold award from environmental body the Green Organisation. The Green Apple Gold Award for Environmental Best Practice (carbon reduction category) was presented to Dalkeith-based Mel

Staff from Melville Housing Association have gone the extra mile to raise £900 for local Midlothian charity St David’s Bradbury Day Centre to help pay for day trips and activities. (from left) Mary Monteith of Melville Housing, Karen Murdoch from St David’s Bradbury Day Centre

Delighted Melville Housing Association tenants have moved into the first new homes completed by the Dalkeith-based social housing provider since the start of the COVID pandemic. Ten of the 26 new Melville homes at Taylor Wimpey’s Pentland Green development have now been handed over, with the r

Staff and board members of Melville Housing Association were extremely saddened to hear of the death of long-time board member and tenant John Scott. John, who lived in the Midlothian town of Penicuik, joined the Melville management committee (before it became the board) in 1997, when Melville was s

Melville Housing Association, Midlothian’s largest Registered Social Landlord, is to invest £2.4 million in improvements to tenants’ homes over the next 12 months.

In order to help spread a little Christmas cheer, Dalkeith-based Melville Housing Association has made a £3,000 donation to local charities. Spread across Midlothian, the six organisations to benefit from £500 each are Dalkeith Storehouse, Mayfield and Easthouses Development Trust (MAEDT

Dalkeith-based Melville Housing Association has made a £300 donation to the Penicuik Foodbank, run by Food Facts Friends, to help them prepare for what promises to be a demanding festive period. This month alone, Food Facts Friends has provided food to almost 400 people (237 adults and 146 chi

Easthall Park Housing Co-operative has looked back over the 28 years of service of director John McMorrow as he announced his resignation to take up the post as chief executive of Melville Housing Association. John joined Easthall Park back in 1992 and was one of the very first e

Easthall Park Housing Co-operative director John McMorrow is to take over as the new chief executive of Melville Housing Association. Mr McMorrow was appointed to succeed Andrew Noble from a highly competitive field of candidates and brings with him a wealth of experience from his 35 years

A hugely successful housing career is coming to an end for one half of Melville Housing Association’s award-winning welfare benefits advice team. Jacquie Mather, who has been with Melville since it was set up in 1995, has announced that she’ll be retiring at the end of the year having he

Vital life-saving equipment is now publicly available 24 hours a day in the Midlothian town of Gorebridge thanks to a partnership between Melville Housing Association and electrical contractor Magnus Electrical Services Ltd.

Andrew Noble is to retire from his position as chief executive of Melville Housing Association, following a quarter of a century’s stellar service to the social housing sector. Mr Noble will step down from the role that he’s held since 2005, later this year.