Riverside Scotland has welcomed the new Chair of its Board as Jim Strang was officially appointed at the organisation’s AGM. Mr Strang – who has more than 40 years’ experience within the housing sector – has replaced current Chair Duncan McEachran whose 5 year maximum tenure came to an end in September. Mr Strang, who

We have today (23 September) confirmed the appointment of our new Managing Director. Experienced social housing director Diana MacLean will join Riverside Scotland from 1 December 2021. The appointment follows the departure of former Riverside Scotland Managing Director Paul Hillard who moved on to a new role in September after 16 years with the business.

This week Riverside Scotland confirmed that its joint project with Connect Modular, part of The Wee House Group to build the largest affordable modular housing development in Scotland is on track. The 63-home development will welcome its first families before the end of this year….and the project was welcomed by South Ayrshire stakeholders during a

Read the latest edition of Your House & Home, your service update for all the latest news and advice from Irvine Housing Association. In this Spring edition meet our new Chair, Jim Strang. Paul Hillard, Managing Director talks us through service improvements and we’re also bringing you the latest news on repairs and maintenance. Your

We would like to update customers on some on-going challenges within our repairs and maintenance service and to provide reassurance that we are working hard to minimise the disruption to our customers as much as possible. Along with many other housing providers across the country, we – and our contractors – are currently experiencing challenges

Irvine Housing Association today (1 July 2021) confirmed that it has begun recruiting for a new Managing Director. The move follows the news that current Managing Director Paul Hillard is to leave the business in the Autumn to take on a new role as a Director with housing consultancy David Tolson Partnership. The new Managing

We are delighted to share the news that The Mears Foundation has donated a generous grant of £1,000 to Irvine Housing Association, part of the Riverside Group. This grant will support the Association’s new Housing First for Families project to help people rapidly move out of homelessness and sustain a tenancy with the assistance of

The first four homes have been delivered to our affordable modular housing development – the country’s largest – in South Ayrshire. The important milestone was reached this week as the first 10 modules arrived on site at Kilmarnock Road, Dundonald, and were craned into place. These modules make up the first four homes comprising three

We have started work on the development of 77 brand new affordable homes in Irvine. The new properties will form phase two of the successful Tarryholme development, where 87 homes were built in 2019. The £13million project – which is supported by a £6million grant from the Scottish Government – should be complete by Autumn