DAMHA News
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Capital injection
DAMHA homes are among around 650 properties across the North East which will benefit from an £8.3m capital injection to significantly improve energy efficiency in people’s homes, tackle fuel poverty and help reduce carbon emissions. Procurement and collaboration experts, Prosper, has facilitated a new consortium of five North East housing providers comprising Durham Aged Mineworkers’ […]
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Regulatory rating
DAMHA is pleased to announce that it has retained the highest possible regulatory rating following an assessment conducted in December. The Regulator of Social Housing has given the Association a G1 rating for Governance and a V1 rating for financial Viability. This follows an annual ‘stability check’ in which the regulator looks at financial information […]
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Tenant satisfaction measures
Tenant Satisfaction Measures (TSMs) were introduced nationwide by the Regulator of Social Housing last year to show how well social housing landlords are dealing with repairs, building safety, listening to residents and handling complaints. The independent survey carried out by Acuity was a census of all 1,800 or residents carried out by postal questionnaire and […]
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Walk over 500 miles
A man who has raised money for multiple charities, despite suffering a brain injury, is planning to walk over 500 miles to raise money for one of DAMHA’S independent living schemes. Over the course of five stages from October to February, specialist long distance charity hiker Nigel Price is hoping to raise at least £5,000 […]
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No hanging around
Unlike when she is on a climbing wall, there was certainly no hanging around for Jenny Allinson when she saw a vacancy for a Board Trustee at DAMHA. Jenny is one of three new Trustees we were recently delighted to welcome to the Board. We are thrilled to have been able to attract someone of […]
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Banging the drum
In his new role as a Trustee of the Board at DAMHA Steve Williams will be banging the drum for governance and cyber-security, among other things. That’s due to an entire career spent in ICT and latterly as a Non-Executive Director at Beyond Housing where he was Chair of Governance. And also because banging the […]
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The interesting life
In our latest customer story, we find out more about the interesting life of lay minister Les Lewis and discover why he was recently presented with money from The King. I grew up in Ferryhill and I started going to church when I was young. I was in the choir for a long time and […]
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Media Contact
Journalists wanting more information on Durham Aged Mineworkers’ Homes Association can contact Neil Shaefer on 07732 210262 or email neil@shaeferpr.com
