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Friends for life from LifeTime

Saturday is the International Day of Friendship. To celebrate, we spoke to WHA tenant Angela Highton about her experience of making new friends through our over 50s centre LifeTime.  Former administrator and social care worker Angela moved to Warrington from Suffolk two years ago to be closer to family due to ill health.  She now […]

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School Holiday Help

The school summer holidays can be a difficult time and put pressure on household budgets, especially if money is already tight. Parents can find it tricky to balance paying for essentials whilst trying to entertain their children with trips and activities and most children won’t understand the pressures caused by the rising cost of living. In […]

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WHA’s Big Door Knock – more than 400 homes visited over four days

Ahead of Get To Know Your Customers Day on July 21, Warrington Housing Association carried out its most ambitious campaign to make sure their tenants’ voices are truly being heard and actioned into its future delivery plan. The WHA Big Door Knock saw colleagues step away from their usual roles to go door-to-door over four […]

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Customer voice: How WHA makes sure their tenants get heard

WHA has always put its customers at the centre of everything it does. However, when the Government White Paper to improve the quality of social housing expressly spelled out the importance of customers having their voice heard by their landlord – it was time to listen even more closely. In response, WHA appointed Bernie Hubble […]

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Warrington Housing Association awarded a G1 and V1 Regulatory judgement

What does G1 mean?  G1 – Compliant – WHA meets the governance requirements   What does V1 mean?  V1 – Compliant – WHA meets the viability requirements and has the financial capacity to deal with a wide range of adverse scenarios    Regulatory judgements and notices are the regulator’s official view of a housing provider and […]

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Meet Liam – new finance assistant at WHA “working for a business that doesn’t exist solely for the purpose of making a profit feels great”

Liam Stackhouse joined Warrington Housing Association as a Finance Assistant in April 2022. Here he talks to us about what a typical day at WHA looks like for him and why working in housing so rewarding. Where were you working before WHA? DKR Accountants, a Chartered Accountancy practice in Walsall. I did two years as a trainee accountant, […]

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Top five tips to support you or someone you know to combat loneliness

Everyone experiences loneliness at some point in their lives: starting a new school, leaving home for university or a first job, become a parent, juggling childcare and aging parents, empty nest, retirement, aging yourself, after bereavement. It can be tough to be lonely for short period but long, lingering, unwanted aloneness has been scientifically proven […]

Testimonials

“Thank you so much for your help in getting me set up in my new home” 

Anonymous – WHA Resident

“We’re really grateful for the excellent service we received from Warrington Housing Association’s Money Adviser and the extra money has made a big difference, helping us hire a gardener and be able to go to LifeTime more often where we enjoy singing in the choir”

Mr & Mrs Holland – WHiA Customers

“I’m so grateful to Warrington Housing Association for reaching out to me to make sure I’m claiming my full benefit entitlements”

Ms Heseltine – WHA Resident

“We couldn’t have navigated the benefits system without the fantastic help we received from Warrington Housing Association’s Money Adviser”

Andrew & Eileen – WHA Residents

“I felt like a big weight had been lifted off my shoulders and that I had somebody on my side”

Barbara, WHA resident

Warrington Housing Association 

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Tel: 01925 246810
Email: admin@wha.org.uk

Warrington Housing Association, the Gateway, 89 Sankey Street, Warrington, WA1 1SR

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