The safety and well-being of our residents are our top priorities. As part of our on-going commitment to fire safety, our Building Safety and Bernicia Living teams are delivering a series of fire safety and inspection events across all 26 Bernicia Living age exclusive living locations. These events are designed…
Bernicia is celebrating being the first housing association nationally to deliver end-to-end repairs services through the cloud-based, non-profit Salesforce system. All electrical repairs at tenants’ homes are now being booked and managed through Field Services, improving the customer experience with streamlined, joined up and automated processes. By summer, all responsive…
It’s National Apprenticeship Week – a chance for our talented team of apprentices to step into the spotlight. An apprenticeship at Bernicia is the opportunity to pursue a career with us – under the expert guidance of mentors and our employability team as part of our…
Bernicia and Learning Curve Group – working together in partnership to give tenants and local communities the skills and confidence to access work and new opportunities. We are working over the next four months to offer people aged 19 and over the chance…
A sanctuary in Sunderland helping homeless families has marked 30 years transforming the lives of people often at their lowest ebb. Since 1994, nearly 600 families have been welcomed into the safety and security of Ashkirk, a community of properties supported by a team of specialist…
It’s ‘Victims Day’ today in ASB Awareness Week and Bernicia tenant Joanne tells us her story. With the expert help of our Safer Communities Officer Nigel Dowd, Joanne and her neighbours worked together to provide evidence and stop the anti-social behaviour of a tenant blighting the quality of their lives…
It’s ASB Awareness Week making communities across the UK safer – which is exactly what our Safer Communities Team do in communities and neighbourhoods where Bernicia tenants live. Our team – pictured together – has many years’ professional experience working in partnership with police forces and local authorities. They know…
Bernicia is strengthening its pledge to help care leavers into housing and employment by supporting the national Care Leaver Covenant. The covenant is a promise made by private, public and voluntary sectors to provide support for care leavers aged 16-25 to help them live independently.
Three Bernicia colleagues have taken their first steps into full-time employment after successfully completing their apprenticeships. Emma Caw, 19, Erin Tweddell, 20 and 24-year-old Kelsey Monaghan are all now full-time employees after passing their Level 3 business admin qualification. Erin…
Bernicia’s Compliance, Housing and Estates teams met with Northumbria Lodge residents to talk about ‘all things safety’ in the 14 storey Cowgate high-rise building, to discuss the range of building and fire safety measures we have introduced to keep tenants safe in their homes. We’ve introduced…
Bernicia has further strengthened its group board with four new appointments. Gill Smith, Tom Weightman, Lesley Moody OBE and Steve Crosland bring a wealth of business acumen leading private sector and not-for-profit companies across a broad range of sectors. Bernicia will also harness their…
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