We have been made aware that Allpay, the company that manage rent payments for many of our tenants, has experienced a fault with their direct debit systems. This has meant that some of our tenants have had their direct debits taken twice from their accounts. We worked closely with Allpay to identify where double payments…
News from Cairn
Sleep in the Park
Five of Team Cairn will be braving the winter weather to sleep out in Princes Street Gardens for Social Bite’s Sleep in the Park. By raising funds and working together, Social Bite are aiming to eradicate homelessness over a 5 year period by providing people with housing, rehabilitation, job opportunities and the support they need…
A new way of doing things
Online, on film, on paper We have taken a new approach with our 2017 annual performance report. As we look towards the development of their digital services we felt the time was right to move away from producing a paper report and have focused on putting the information online. All of our performance information is…
Another great Family Fun Day
Our 2017 Family Fun Day was a great success on Saturday with dozens of children and their families flocking to the Aquadome in Inverness. We had a bouncy slide, soft play and bouncy castle, laser tag (which was popular with grown up kids too), balloon animals, face-painting and Messy Ness for the younger kids. A huge thanks…
Cairn landlord report now available from the Regulator
Every year Cairn submits a statistical return to the Scottish Housing Regulator which details how we have performed against the individual outcomes of the Scottish Housing Charter. The regulator has now published their landlord reports for every registered social landlord on their website. They also have a handy online tool where you can compare Cairn’s…
We have a plan…
Our Business Plan 2015 – 2018 has been updated for Year 3. This is one of our key documents and it sets out our direction of travel for the organisation. The plan has been built around our ‘three pillars’: Great homes – improve the quality of our homes and build new homes Great services -…
Materials management contract tender
Cairn Housing Association is inviting tender submissions for the supply of materials for our building and maintenance services. The contract has been advertised on the Public Contracts Scotland website and the Materials Management Contract document is available to download. The deadline date for tender submissions is 29/09/17.
Fire Safety at Cairn
We all watched in horror last week as events unfolded at Grenfell Tower in London. Our hearts go out to everyone affected by the devastating fire. Cairn Housing Association doesn’t manage any large multi-storey blocks like Grenfell Tower but, nevertheless, we wanted to reassure you that we are not complacent and we take fire safety…
New bathrooms and boiler
We installed new bathrooms in 2015 and a new communal gas boiler in 2016 at our properties in Wimberley Court.
New kitchens
We installed new kitchens at our properties in Westray Terrace in 2015.