NIFHA Press Room
A key role for NIFHA is to represent and promote the vital work of its members.
The latest media releases from NIFHA highlight the variety and depth of work housing associations in Northern Ireland undertake daily. They help to illustrate the level of commitment the movement has in working towards providing quality housing solutions within the community.
If you have a media query please contact:
Cameron Watt: Tel: 028 9023 0446 or email: cwatt@nifha.org
Maeve Kelly: Communications Officer Tel: 028 9023 0446 or email: mkelly@nifha.org
Ministers open new £3.8 million Cedar Court Supported Housing Scheme
Thursday 13 June 2013Health Minister Edwin Poots and Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland jointly opened Cedar Court supported housing development in Downpatrick.
CELEBRATING CULTURE, DIVERSITY AND GOOD RELATIONS
Thursday 13 June 2013Roseville House, managed by Ark Housing, held its annual Good Neighbours Day recently.
FOLD celebrates 20 years of caring at Loughview
Monday 10 June 2013Loughview Housing with Care and Fold were joined by the Mayor of North Down Borough Council, Councillor Wesley Irvine to celebrate twenty years of care and support provision at Loughview.
Fold Wave Shredders Take Viking Boat Victory
Wednesday 5 June 2013Fold’s Wave Shredders conquered the Lagan and nine other dragon boat racing teams to take victory at Macmillan Cancer Support’s 2013 Dragon Boat Race.
A new £5m housing scheme from Flax Housing in North Belfast
Wednesday 5 June 2013Historic Brookfield Mill gets social housing as the Social Development Minister, Nelson McCausland MLA, opens a new £5m housing scheme in North Belfast.
Triangle Housing secures £2.7m financing with Barclays to develop 180 homes
Wednesday 5 June 2013Barclays today announced the completion of a £2.7 million financing package with Triangle Housing Association aimed at supporting delivery of approximately 180 social housing units over the next three years. This will bring Barclays total facilities to the housing association to approximately £7million.
Trinity Housing supported the Big Lunch across East Belfast
Sunday 2 June 2013Neighbours, friends, families and local communities across east Belfast came together to celebrate the fifth annual Big Lunch.
Trinity's Volunteer Initiative
Thursday 30 May 2013Trinity Housing has several very valued volunteers supporting Tenants and staff in sheltered housing schemes. In recognition of the important role volunteers play in the lives of tenants Trinity is developing a volunteer strategy that will increase opportunities for existing and new volunteers.
Tenants enjoy summer fun as Minister officially opens £26 million housing development with Clanmil Housing
Thursday 30 May 2013The largest housing development to be completed in Northern Ireland this year was officially opened with a summer party today by Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland and singer/songwriter Brian Kennedy.
£2.4m housing scheme for North Belfast from Trinity
Wednesday 29 May 2013Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland MLA has launched a new £2.4 million social housing scheme at Queen Victoria Gardens in North Belfast.
£2.2m Oaklee social housing scheme at Fairview Court, Newtownabbey
Monday 20 May 2013Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland has officially opened a new £2.2 million Oaklee family social housing scheme at Fairview Court in Newtownabbey.
Housing associations building our future
Thursday 2 May 2013The Minister for Social Development, Nelson McCausland MLA, has released the 2012-13 out turn figures for new build social and affordable homes.
TENANTS’ HOMES BENEFIT FROM A £215,000 WINDOW REPLACEMENT AND EXTERNAL MAINTENANCE WORK SCHEME
Thursday 25 April 2013Nearly one hundred Ark Housing Association tenants in South and West Belfast have benefitted from a recent external maintenance and improvement scheme.
EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR NEW NORTH BELFAST HOMES
Monday 22 April 2013Clanmil Housing Association’s development of 46 new homes at Sunningdale Gardens in North Belfast has received a national Excellence Award from Premier Guarantee, one of the UK's leading providers of structural warranty and insurance services.
Helm Housing Appoints New Chief Executive
Thursday 18 April 2013Helm Housing Limited has appointed Michael McDonnell as its new Chief Executive. Mr McDonnell is a qualified chartered accountant and joins Helm from G4S plc where he was Business Development Director. He brings to Helm a wide range of expertise, knowledge and experience gained in private industry, professional practice and the not-for-profit sector.*
Minister of State visits housing associations in E Belfast
Wednesday 17 April 2013NIFHA was delighted to facilitate a visit by Mike Penning, Minister of State for Northern Ireland to showcase the work of housing associations in East Belfast.
Abbeyfield UK (NI) and Wesley Housing Association Announce Merger
Tuesday 16 April 2013Two leading local housing associations, Abbeyfield UK (NI), a charity providing supported sheltered housing for older people in comfortable, family-style accommodation for seven to ten residents, and Wesley Housing Association, which provides and manages quality and affordable social housing as well as care and support services to people in need, have officially merged to form Abbeyfield & Wesley Housing Association.
Minister McCausland and Belfast’s Lord Mayor Visit the Village Redevelopment
Tuesday 9 April 2013Minister McCausland and Belfast’s Lord Mayor Gavin Robinson attends social housing dedication service.
Bedroom Tax will cost more than it can save, say housing experts
Friday 5 April 2013Fold Residents Forum
Thursday 28 March 2013Almost 200 people including many residents from Fold’s sheltered housing in various parts of Northern Ireland came together recently to discuss issues affecting older people.
OLDER PEOPLE’S CHAMPIONS AWARD CLANMIL DEMENTIA HOUSING SCHEMES
Wednesday 20 March 2013Older people’s champion, Esther Rantzen CBE has praised local housing provider, Clanmil Housing Association for a project it runs at two supported housing schemes in Belfast for older people with dementia.
Let’s Get Northern Ireland Building
Wednesday 20 March 2013The Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations (NIFHA) today welcomed the Chancellor’s plans to boost house-building and challenged the Northern Ireland Executive take decisive action to increase house-building here.
TERESA McDONOUGH: HOUSING HERO
Tuesday 5 March 2013It was with much delight, though little surprise, that Habinteg congratulated Teresa McDonough on being named Housing Hero at the prestigious CIH Northern Ireland Annual Housing Awards - showcasing housing’s ‘best of the best’ over the last year - on Thursday 28 February at Belfast’s City Hall.
Crafty Lads and Likely Ladies welcome Lord Mayor
Tuesday 5 March 2013Tenant’s of Trinity Housing’s Elmgrove Manor in east Belfast welcome the Lord Mayor to their Crafty Lads and Likely Ladies weekly meeting. The Mayor was asked to come along and see the award winning work of this popular community group.
Trinity Housing teams up with Woodland Trust to make local area greener
Monday 4 March 2013Volunteers from Trinity Housing, the Woodland Trust and South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust recently teamed up to plant 300 trees provided by the Woodland Trust at Trinity Housing’s supported Housing Scheme, Cedar Court in Downpatrick.
TOP AWARD FOR CLANMIL HOMES
Thursday 28 February 2013Clanmil Housing’s Ardilea Close family housing scheme in Downpatrick has scooped a top prize at annual awards organised by the Northern Ireland Housing Council, a statutory body set up to advise on housing policy in Northern Ireland.
Manor Court Celebrates Completion of its Major Refurbishment
Tuesday 26 February 2013Fold Housing Association recently invested £315,000 to complete major refurbishments works at Manor Court. Residents were joined by the Mayor of Craigavon, Cllr Carla Lockhart and Fold’s Chairman, Mr William Cameron at the official re-launch of Manor Court.
Gortgole Fold Goes Potty Over The Green Gym
Monday 25 February 2013Gortgole Fold tenants welcomed the Green Gym’s decision to create a community garden at their scheme. This partnership between the tenants at Gortgole Fold and the Volunteers at the Green Gym has them working together to transform the garden into a scenic useable space; with raised beds for growing vegetables; wild planting and treed areas to encourage wildlife; re-potting of the schemes many planters into new half barrels; and seating areas for the tenants their friends and families to enjoy this new garden, after all their hard work has been completed!
Fold Launches Partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support
Wednesday 20 February 2013Fold Housing Association have teamed up with one of the leading cancer support charities in Northern Ireland, Macmillan Cancer Support whose aim it is to improve the lives of those affected by cancer.
£4 MILLION INVESTED IN SUPPORTED HOUSING INITIATIVE FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA
Monday 18 February 2013Helm Housing and Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has announced they are approaching completion of Hemsworth Court, a £4 million dedicated supported housing development for people with dementia, located off the Shankill Road, Belfast. It is anticipated that the scheme will be completed in May 2013.
Benefits are Changing
Friday 15 February 2013NIFHA is highlighting the Government’s plans to reduce the amount of housing benefit some people can claim. Through the information below housing association tenants can find out if they are affected.
Looking to exchange your home?
Thursday 14 February 2013New online service for social housing tenants
Oaklee Homes Group wins top Action Renewables Award
Thursday 14 February 2013A state of the art development, built by Oaklee Homes Group, has resulted in the first social houses built to certified Passive House standard in Ireland - and it has this week also won the housing group a top eco award for excellence in its field in the North.
Clanmil’s Caffrey Hill Complete
Tuesday 12 February 2013The final 23 families have moved into their new homes at Clanmil Housing’s Caffrey Hill housing development on the former Bass Brewery site in West Belfast.
LOCAL HOUSING CHARITY TACKLES LONELINESS EPIDEMIC AMONG OLDER PEOPLE
Thursday 31 January 2013Good housing can help protect older people in Northern Ireland from a ‘loneliness epidemic’ a local charity, Abbeyfield Northern Ireland, will tell a conference at Grosvenor Conference Centre, Belfast today (Thursday 31 January, 10am-12.30pm).
CIH-NI Awards 2013
Monday 21 January 2013The Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations (NIFHA) is delighted with the nominations its members have received for this year’s Chartered Institute of Housing Northern Ireland (CIH-NI)’s Awards.
Reforms good news for tenants, taxpayers and people in housing need
Wednesday 9 January 2013In response to today’s announcement on the future of social housing in Northern Ireland by Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland, Cameron Watt, Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations (NIFHA) said:
“Today’s announcement is good news for tenants, taxpayers and people in housing need in Northern Ireland.
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