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This has come at a really good time just when we needed it. The house is perfect with two bedrooms – we wouldn’t have been able to afford it without the shared ownership scheme.

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This has come at a really good time just when we needed it. The house is perfect with two bedrooms – we wouldn’t have been able to afford it without the shared ownership scheme.

Natasha

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Bernicia team win top green energy award

A great win for our Assets and Property service – officially honoured in the North East of England Energy Efficiency Awards as the top housing association/landlord of the year. Our talented team was also highly commended for the delivery of our two-year £10.2m retrofit programme, which includes our £8m social…

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Insure your home contents – it’s important

It’s vitally important that you insure the things in your house that mean so much to you, just in case the unexpected happens. Clothes, keepsakes, electrical goods and furniture – all the stuff we take for granted in our every day lives, are expensive and in some cases irreplaceable. Bernicia…

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Easter Bank Holiday contact

We’ll be handling emergency calls only over the Easter Bank Holiday break. So that’s from 5pm tonight (Thursday April 17) through to next Tuesday at 8.30am (April 22). Our offices will be closed during this time. Our phone number if you have an emergency…

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Bernicia and Newcastle United Foundation deliver Berwick job opportunities

Employability experts at Bernicia and the Newcastle United Foundation are uniting to deliver job opportunities for young people in Berwick. They are working with local employers including the Lindisfarne Inn and County Healthcare to deliver two-week long employability courses to give young people not in work or education the skills…

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56 new affordable homes on track for Berwick

A £13m scheme is on track to deliver quality new affordable homes to help tackle a housing shortage in Berwick. Bernicia and its construction partner Ascent Homes plan to have the first properties completed on the site of the former Seton Hall by late summer. In total, 56 homes are…

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£8m programme delivering cheaper bills and warmer homes ahead of target

Jeff Cook is looking forward to cheaper bills in his more energy efficient home – one of the final properties to be upgraded in our £8m programme delivering new technology into 826 properties. Our contractor 0800 Repair fitted Solar PV panels to the roof of Jeff’s home in Bedlington –…