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News from Cairn
Cairn and ANCHO announce partnership discussions
Cairn and ANCHO are formally exploring the establishment of a constitutional partnership which will have a total of 4200 homes under management across 22 local authorities. The potential partnership would increase the financial and business resilience of the combined organisations and would put in place an important new housing group in the Scottish sector. In…
Our Annual Performance Report for 2016
Our Annual Performance Report for 2015/16 is now available to download from our website. Celebrating our 25th anniversary the report sets out our performance and service delivery against the national Scottish Social Housing Charter indicators and we have set out in our report some of the great work that has been achieved by our team…
Grab your popcorn for our Community Fund film
We’ve celebrated our 25th anniversary in style with a film showcasing some of the projects supported by the Cairn Community Fund over the last year. The Cairn Community Fund is available for tenants and community groups to apply for small grants to support projects in their neighbourhoods. Awards have been granted across Scotland, from allotments…
Caroline MacAskill
We are very sad to confirm that our friend and valued colleague, Caroline MacAskill, passed away on 1 October from injuries sustained in a horse riding accident. Caroline was our Head of Customer Services and will be known to many tenants, housing colleagues and partner organisations throughout Scotland, particularly in the Highlands where she served…
We need your views!
We are working with an independent company to find out what our tenants think about the way we calculate rent, and help us find the best way to do it in the future. We’d really appreciate it if you could spend a few minutes completing a short survey. Please click here to take part.
Comment on the review of the Scottish Social Housing Charter
A formal consultation to review the Scottish Social Housing Charter is now live. You can access the online consultation at the following link; https://consult.scotland.gov.uk/social-housing-services/scottish-social-housing-charter Written responses to this consultation are invited by 24th August 2016. Following this consultation, the Scottish Government will develop an updated version of the Charter and ask the Scottish Parliament to…
Over the moon at another great Cairn Cup
More than 300 young footballers competed in the 2016 Cairn Cup which was hosted for the third year running by Cradlehall Primary School in Inverness. The tournament featured three different age-group competitions and involved 115 matches over one action packed Saturday. Lochardil FC picked up the trophy for Primary 2/3 teams before Milton of Leys…
SFHA launch their manifesto
The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has launched its manifesto for the Scottish parliamentary elections. The SFHA is calling for the political parties to sign up to five key housing proposals. For more information please take a look at the Housing Matters manifesto.
Celebrating 25 years of Cairn
We’ve launched a year of community events to celebrate our 25th anniversary. Cairn tenants and community groups across Scotland are invited to apply to our Community Fund to develop their own projects, bright ideas and events. After launching the initiative at Cairn’s annual general meeting with a short film showcasing a Community Fund supported art…
