News from Cairn

We are moving to new headquarters at Hopetoun Street in Edinburgh. The move to new offices is the latest step in an ambitious programme of modernisation and overhead cost reductions which has changed Cairn beyond recognition in recent years.  We have embraced modern ways of working with flexible working, family friendly policies and a successful…

The ballot for ANCHO tenants to decide if they want to form a partnership with Cairn Housing Association will open on 18 May with participants able to easily vote by post, phone, text message or online. If tenants vote in favour of the proposal, ANCHO will form a partnership with Cairn Housing Association, but maintain…

Running for four years now, the Cairn Cup is a youth football tournament in Inverness and one of our favourite events in the Cairn Calendar. In an age of computers, it’s great to sponsor an event which promotes exercise and the healthy lifestyle of children. The Cup has grown in size to accommodate over 1000…

Cairn are extremely proud to announce our continued accreditation for Customer Service Excellence, along with even more improvement in the 19 elements under scrutiny. In particular, the assessors congratulated staff on their knowledge and commitment to providing a fantastic service. These observations and recognition reflect the continued hard work and contribution of all staff across…

Our offices have now reopened and all services available to our customers.  We were able to continue to respond to enquiries throughout last week because of our flexible working arrangements that allow our staff to work from home.  Nevertheless, our repairs service had to prioritise emergency repairs in some cases so we’re very grateful for…

Our offices in Edinburgh and Bellshill remain closed again today, however, most of our staff, including our contact centre, are working from home so you will still be able to contact us. Rodgers & Johnston, our repairs contractor for south and central Scotland, have reopened but will only be carrying out emergency repairs and will…

The poor weather conditions are set to continue into today and there is a red alert in the central belt until midday. For the safety of our staff we have closed our offices in Edinburgh and Bellshill, however, most of our staff will be working from home and our contact centre will still be available…

Despite the severe weather we are open and can be contacted as usual. We will try our best to run our repairs service as normal, however in the worst affected areas priority will be given to emergency repairs until the weather improves.

Cairn Housing Association are celebrating after being recognised as one of the 50 best not-for-profit employers in the UK. Jason MacGilp, Chief Executive of Cairn, said: “We are absolutely delighted to see Cairn recognised again this year in the Best Companies Top 100 not-for-profit companies in the UK.  To make the Top 50 confirms our…

Cairn Housing Association and ANCHO have been discussing the exciting possibility of a new partnership, which will see ANCHO become part of a new ‘Cairn Group’. The Scottish Housing Regulator has approved ANCHO’s business case for the partnership and ANCHO has now issued a formal Stage 1 Consultation Notice which sets out the promises of the partnership…