Report 2012 - Wishaw and District Housing Association

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14 Dykehead Primary School’s Eco Committee, funders and friends. Housing Officer, Susan Tait, worked closely with the school. Depute Provost, Jim Robertson, and Edward Mullen, Chairman WDHA, open the Eco Garden. Pupils are presented with a weather station and sundial.
Our Little Patch of Green – Easter Road Eco Garden A highlight this year has been the delivery of our Eco Garden at Easter Road Shotts. Created in conjunction with Dykehead Primary School and the Restorative Justice Team (North Lanarkshire Council) for both the community and school to utilise as an allotment/outdoor classroom space, the project has transformed this little patch of Shotts. The garden was formally opened on Friday 20th April 2012 when Depute Provost Jim Robertson planted an apple tree to mark the occasion. After the official ceremony, the school’s eco committee delivered a fantastic presentation on their various environmental projects, rounded off with their own environmental song and our Chief Executive Anne Cooper presented a sun dial and weather station to help get the children get started with their new eco adventure. We are extremely grateful to our funders, Scottish Power Renewables, for providing almost all the funds through their Community Benefit Fund set up as part of the Blacklaw Windfarm development, and also Dobbies at Sandyholm Garden Centre who kindly donated plants. If you live in the area and would like to come and get involved with the garden please contact either Susan Tait or Mykela Heath at the Association for more details. Development News Main Street Wishaw In August 2011 we appointed a preferred development partner, CCG (Scotland) Ltd, to work with ourselves and our design team to progress a development strategy for the site that we own at Main Street Wishaw. Our design options include housing for rent, housing for sale and accommodation for the elderly, and we have been discussing with a care home operator the option of constructing a care home on part of the site. However, to date no firm decisions have been taken as to exactly what will be built on this site and when. Nevertheless, we are pleased to report that this prominent town centre development has been given priority within the Council’s recently published Strategic Housing Investment Programme and we hope to be allocated grant funding and secure the loan finance that will allow us to take the project forward this year or next. Future New Building In the current economic climate procuring funding for new developments is proving to be difficult and expensive. While government subsidy remains relatively low, and therefore the sums that we must borrow have increased, we are also expected to meet ever more stringent building standards. Although we remain committed to developing new communities in Wishaw and the surrounding areas we must, in common with all housing associations, ensure that we do not do so at the cost of managing and maintaining our existing properties. Regrettably the future of our development programme remains uncertain with no specific proposals beyond our Main Street project. 15
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