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Tenant Edna Smith with Bernicia's Poppy Atterton and new air source heat pump fitted at her home. The new technology will better heat her home, making it warmer, and cut heating bills.
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New heating systems to cut bills in Northumberland village

Tenants in a Northumberland village are enjoying warmer homes and cheaper bills thanks to a £220,000 pilot project to fit new heating systems in their properties. Bernicia led the installation programme with energy giant E.ON at 11 retirement living bungalows it owns in the historic village…

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Dionne Smith, Bernicia, and The Recruitment Junction founder Beverley Brooks pictured at the charity's Newcastle base. Bernicia is supporting the charity with a £10,000 boost to part fund a new employment expert to help offenders into work.
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Bernicia £10,000 funding for charity helping ex-offenders into work

Bernicia has teamed up with award-winning local charity The Recruitment Junction to boost its efforts to get people with convictions into work. The six-month project will allow the Newcastle-based charity to work intensively with an extra 20 former offenders who are hoping to find work and…

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Bernicia Ashington headquarters. The housing association has been chosen to lead a pilot programme into new consumer regulation.
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Bernicia leads new consumer regulation pilot programme

Bernicia today welcomed the news that it is one of eight social housing landlords chosen to lead a pilot programme testing new consumer regulation for the social housing sector. The Regulator of Social Housing today published Reshaping consumer regulation: our implementation plan. This sets out…

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Yosef Drra, centre, is preparing to start a new job at JTC Furniture Group with the support of Bernicia employability expert Luke Dargie, left, and JTC director Colin Tweddell.
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Yosef secures bright future with new job

A former agency worker facing an uncertain future following sudden redundancy is now looking forward to a happy New Year after securing a role with a national furniture company. Yosef Drra, 43, shook off the shock of losing his job last month at a packaging firm…

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Bernicia Chief Executive John Johnston, pictured with Linda Fugill (left) and Tracey Brown of Wansbeck Valley Foodbank
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Bernicia support for Wansbeck Valley Foodbank

Great to support Wansbeck Valley Foodbank in the run up to Christmas to help them with their important work across south east Northumberland. Our Chief Executive John Johnston met with Operations Trustee Linda Fugill (pictured left) and Foodbank Coordinator Tracey Brown to present them with a cheque for £1,000 and learn how…

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