News – 10 July 2023 Plastic Free July is a global movement to try and solve global plastic pollution. Key to this movement is that ‘small changes add up to make a big difference’ – and we can all play our part in helping. Invented in the 20th century, plastic has helped to revolutionise modern medicine and food hygiene as…
News – 5 July 2023 Two new rural housing schemes, developed in partnership between Northamptonshire Rural Housing Association (NRHA) and Grand Union Housing Group, have delivered 11 affordable homes in Northamptonshire villages, Lilbourne and Little Addington. With a common aim to increase the number of quality, affordable homes in Northamptonshire’s rural communities, the combination of Grand Union’s resources and NRHA’s…
News – 3 July 2023 The Chartered Institute of Housing recently published a paper looking at the role of housing in tackling health inequalities. It’s the latest paper in the series that explores the value of partnerships across housing, health and care, and how to develop strong shared working approaches that benefit residents and communities, supporting health and wellbeing. You…
By Aileen Evans, Group Chief Executive – 22 June 2023 It should come as no surprise that I believe it is everyone’s right to live in a decent quality, affordable home. This shouldn’t be an unachievable goal either, especially for financial reasons. When the NHF’s report, ‘Why we need a long-term plan for housing’, came out earlier in the week…
News – 21 June 2023 Last year, a whopping 75% of adults were targeted by a scam and this figure is on the rise. We’re hearing more and more stories from our customers where they’ve being pressured to act quickly, send personal information or money, or tempted with offers that sound too good to be true. If you’re contacted by…
News – 20 June 2023 We are currently experiencing an extremely high demand in permission requests and we’re sorry that you will have to wait a little longer to hear from us. Please rest assured we will get round to you, but we apologise that there may be a short delay of up three weeks. For more information about permissions,…
News – 16 June 2023 Once again, we’ve had another great month of engagement on Voice, our customer feedback platform. Thank you to everyone who has taken part. We use the feedback we get from Voice to help improve the services we offer at Grand Union. Shaping the future for Grand Union Housing Group Tenant satisfaction measures Voice users recently…
News – 13 June 2023 Our Director of Customer Experience, Naomi Sweeting, was presented with a special commendation award recently, for being one of seven finalists in the Market Research Society (MRS) Excellence Awards, in the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Changemaker category. The awards seek to recognise individuals in the research, insight and data analytic sector who are making specific…
News – 9 June 2023 We have created a list of five benefits of shared ownership to help you decide if shared ownership is right for you. Shared ownership means that you buy a share of the property and pay rent to a landlord on the rest. It’s available to those who earn less than £80,000 a year (£90,000 in…
