Ng Homes

Margaret Thomson A lady who has been involved in helping her local community for a number of years has been recognised as a Community Champion by Partick Thistle Football Club.

Pitstops graduates new and old celebrated with guests Robert Tamburrini, CEO ng homes, Bob Doris MSP and Jack Lewars, COO School of Hard Knocks Seventeen graduates have celebrated completing the first all girls cohort of an ng homes project which uses rugby as a creative social engagement tool.

A new pilot project is set to reduce the amount of applications social housing applicants have to fill out in the Glasgow area. Eventually encompassing all housing organisations in the city, the Glasgow Housing Register (GHR) has initially started as a pilot in the north west of Glasgow with 13 hous

SHARE’s AGM was held last month however there was a lot more going on that just the usual business. The organisation welcomed three new committee members Michael Hesketh from Paragon Housing Association, Lisa Scott from Hillhead Housing Association 2000 and Jim Berrington from ng homes.

Sandra White with old friends Joy and Ronald Liu The support from an MSP to a Chinese family struggling with anti-social behaviour in 1980s Paisley helped inspire a short trip up the M8 for 25 Chinese tenants and attendees of ng homes cultural programmes.

Richard Porter (left) with his award A gentleman who has experience in an extensive number of roles in and around Glasgow has been named Sunday’s Community Champion by Partick Thistle Football Club.

Some youngsters get presented with a cheque Young people across North Glasgow have come together to develop projects, present them to the community and help decide which should be allocated funding as part of an inspiring local initiative.

ng homes chairperson John Fury and staff with the Investors in People Gold and Health & Wellbeing awards Since the turn of the year ng homes has been delighted to receive no fewer than four high profile awards.

Minister for employability & training, Jamie Hepburn MSP, visited ng homes’ Pitstops personal development project this week to see first-hand the success of the initiative. Pitstops is a Big Lottery-funded partnership project between ng homes and social inclusion charity School of Hard Knocks,

(from left) Jamielee Daniel, Courtney McMahon, Diane Cooper, Kirsten Walker, Joy Henderson and Kimberley Fulton Housing apprentices, past and present, have given their views as to how the sector can increase its amount of young workers.

Lynn Wassell Three major Glasgow housing associations have called for a change of heart after plans were announced to close Maryhill Job Centre.

Lintel Trust, part of the Link group of social enterprises, held a successful Digital Participation event with support from ng homes and Queens Cross Housing Association.

ng homes has gained silver accreditation in the National Award for Environmental Excellence from Keep Scotland Beautiful.

Councillor Frank McAveety, leader of Glasgow City Council joins Marilyn Clewes, chair, Queens Cross Housing Association; Roger Popplewell, chair, Maryhill Housing; John Fury, chair, ng homes as they sign the new Charter to Challenge Poverty Three housing associations which represent more than 12,500

Amreeta Kaur and Colette Lowe from Bridges out of Poverty (seated) with ng homes tenants who completed the first Gettng Ahead programme Tenants of ng homes have recently completed the Getting Ahead programme with Scottish charity Bridges out of Poverty which helps people in Glasgow move out of pover