Music in Hospitals & Care has received £900 in funding from Cairn Housing Association to continue its work visiting hospitals, hospices, care homes, day centres, special schools and community settings to spread ‘Joy Through Live Music’. The funding received will be used to provide a number of concerts this summer held in three of Cairn’s housing developments; Calum MacDonald…
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ANCHO welcomes new Board members
Mary Black will lead a new-look board at ANCHO after the North Ayrshire-based housing association made a raft of new appointments. Steven Travers, Leanne Stirling, Kelly Arrol, Nigel Fortnum, Colin Love and Michael Donnelly are joining the ANCHO board and bring with them decades of collective experience in strategy development, property management, accountancy, digitisation, human resources, social enterprises and charity fundraising. Mary Black will chair the…
Christmas Opening Hours
We will be closing our office at 1pm on Tuesday 24th December and reopening at 9am on Monday 6th January. If you require an emergency repair over the holidays you can call 0800 990 3405, 24 hours a day. Wishing all our tenants a very Merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year! ?
Fraud advice from Allpay
Allpay has advised that one of their clients has received a fraudulent letter, claiming to be from Allpay, about a change of bank details. We’re not aware of any Cairn tenants being contacted in this way, but if you receive a similar letter please ignore. Any enquiries can be directed to Allpay on 0844 557…
Cairn wins disabled tenant £25,000 in unpaid benefits
Cairn Housing Association has transformed the life of a chronically disabled tenant by winning him back an unexpected £25,000 windfall of unpaid benefits. The tenant, who lives with a serious back condition, had struggled financially for several years in spite of his numerous benefit applications to the Department for Workplace and Pensions (DWP). But when he…
We’re looking for an ANCHO Board Member
ANCHO is a housing association with 850 properties for social rent and provides factoring services to 200 owner occupiers with the majority in North Ayrshire. ANCHO has an annual turnover of £3.8m and is a registered social landlord with the Scottish Housing Regulator. ANCHO is part of the Cairn Housing Group, following the establishment of…
Now recruiting for a Customer Service Advisor Trainee
Customer Service Advisor Trainee We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to fill an exciting Trainee position within our contact centre team. Our Cairn Connect contact centre team handles all enquiries and service requests coming in to Cairn and aims to provide a high quality services to tenants and other stakeholders. Our Trainee…
Making annual reporting fun…since 2019
We have issued our annual performance report in an online format consisting of colourful illustrations and an audio option available to increase accessibility as well as convenience. The new unconventional design contains all of the standard information included in an annual report but in a way that is appealing and engaging for tenants. Jason MacGilp,…
Staying in the UK after Brexit
After the UK leaves the European Union you may be asked to prove that you have the right to do certain things such as accessing the NHS or getting a job. This will apply to tenants who are from a country in the EU, EEA or Switzerland or are from another country and have a…
Cairn Housing Group 2019 Staff Award winners announced
The Cairn Housing Group Staff Awards recognise the great achievements of our team, and in particular, those who live and breathe our values in pursuit of great services to our tenants and other customers. Nominations for our annual awards are made by colleagues across Cairn Housing Group and we convened a staff panel to review…