Ng Homes

S3 students and teacher Steven Smith from Springburn Academy with ng homes' assistant director (housing services) Lynne Cooper, board member Margaret Thomson and CSEF schools liaison officer Michael Fitzgerald Housing Association ng homes has provided text books for young students at two local secon

The sessions are led by ng homes cultural officer Michael Kam (seen here on the far right) with the group at Tron St Mary's Church in Red Road Oriental Exercise classes run by ng homes are proving popular with Scottish and Chinese people as they work together to get fitter in North Glasgow.

(from left) Front Row: Pupils Sophie Dunne, Tye Kerr, Stuart Gough, John Bambrick, Ben Marshall, Kenzie Stanley and Lewis Thomson.Back Row: ng2 handy person Andy Lyttle, head teacher Lynn McSorley, ng2 supervisor David McIntyre, depute head teacher Mrs Loretta MacNeil & Balornock Parent Council'

Members of African Challenge Scotland in Springburn The first in a series of workshops delivered by Police Scotland and African Challenge Scotland aimed at educating young people on keeping safe has proved a great success in North Glasgow.

ng homes has been presented with a prestigious Local Environmental Quality Award in recognition of its efforts to improve the environment. The Programme of the Year 2016 award was presented to ng homes group by Keep Scotland Beautiful for the success of its work in developing initiatives and strateg

The Pitstops project is currently recruiting unemployed males for their forthcoming rugby-based personal development course, starting early May 2016 for eight weeks. The new Big Lottery funded partnership project between ng homes and School of Hard Knocks provides personal development courses for pe

ng homes has teamed up with the NHS, AXIS Health Hubs and Active Schools to produce a unique health and fitness pilot project for P6 and P7 pupils in Saracen Primary School in the north of Glasgow. This innovative programme has been designed to match the experiences and outcomes within the Health an

African Challenge Scotland hosted an International Women's Day Conference at ng homes’ Saracen House in Possilpark. Celebrated across the world since the early 1900's, the original aim of International Women's Day was to provide a forum for women to campaign for equality and women’s rights. Over

A seven-week rugby based employability course held in the Falkirk area has been deemed a resounding success. Run by Link Group Ltd, in partnership with The School of Hard Knocks and ng homes, the course saw 14 unemployed men and women, over 18 years of age from the Falkirk area, taking part in a pro

Margaret Burgess Minister for housing and welfare Margaret Burgess MSP will mark the start of Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2016 (February 29–4 March) by launching a national challenge for housing apprentices.

A new addition to the list of places to visit in North Glasgow is proving popular with customers of ng homes as they meet fortnightly at the Tiger’s Den Diner for an evening of entertainment with a hot meal included. Over 60 residents meet regularly at the home of the Glasgow Tigers whose walls ar

A further 26 people have successfully completed the community development Activate courses supported by ng homes and delivered by the University of Glasgow. The main aim of Activate is to give local people who are active in their communities an opportunity to reflect on what they do and why they do

Imtiaz Ahmed ng homes home energy check advisor, Imtiaz Ahmed, has been working with tenants to assist them in saving money on their energy bills and providing tips in keeping their homes warm over the winter.

Over the past year ng homes has partnered with Nourish Scotland to look at some of the wider issues around food in the community. The first community event was held in March and was attended by residents, members of voluntary and public organisations where they discussed and identified some action a

The way ng homes works with and involves a variety of people in hard to reach community groups has been recognised by a Good Practice Award at TPAS Scotland’s recent Annual Conference.