Impact Housing Association is an innovative, go-ahead organisation operating in Cumbria since 1975. Our name still reflects our objectives - Improvement through Action.
| Message from our Chairman & Chief Executive |
Happy New Year! This year will be a busy time for us, with major improvements to services. Also, we plan a number of improvements behind the scenes. There are 3 things that are particularly important:
Best Wishes, Mike & Mike |
 Mike Muir, Chief Executive |
 Mike Rose-Troup, Chairman |
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"Your Info"
We have an exciting new service for our Tenants!
This new facility allows our Tenants to set-up an account via our website (similar to Internet Banking) that takes you to your account details.
24 hours a day, seven days a week - access to your information
Impact Furniture Services comes to the West Coast
Impact Furniture Services (IFS)-West Coast opened its doors to the public for a 6 month pilot project in December. All items will be on sale to local people at affordable prices. Call us on 01900 68648 for further details. Find our more here...
Council Launches Buy Back Scheme for Former Council Tenants
Ex-council house tenants who bought their homes in the right to buy boom can now sell them back to the council if they are financially struggling in the credit crunch. Get more information here...
National Success at the Eden Rural Foyer!
Eden Rural Foyer has been recognised nationally as a centre of excellence by the Foyer Federation, for its work with young people and the local community. In May this year the foyer went through the FISH re-accreditation process with the Foyer Federation. The four key performance indicators that the foyer is measured against are Foyer, Independence, Support and Home (FISH). These promises represent the overall criteria used by the accreditation scheme to assess a foyer service. An assessor spent two days at the foyer talking to partners, young people and staff as well as looking at policies and procedures.
Eden Rural Foyer is the only foyer in the county and is part of Impact Housing Association. They provide housing with support to young people between the age of 16~25. We offer young people a springboard into independent living, learning and work, using a holistic approach to meet their needs and aspirations.
Although the focus is on young people they seek to draw a broad range of people together, working with as many members of the community as possible, to develop an inclusive approach and to help to fund the work they do with young people. This was recognised by Supporting People when they awarded the Foyer with an Equality and Diversity award for partnership working.
The foyer also houses a dynamic cyber café open to the general public and serving excellent quality food using local produce. It offers IT training, Entry to Employment, a young parents group, meeting room hire and through working in partnership a multi cultural drop in service.
and another award...
This is the group who have developed On Your Bike - a real partnership of "doers". 198 people have got on their bikes since Feb 08 as a result of the Project. Each have helped one another to use cycling to cross ward, district, rural & urban barriers to promote social inclusion through the medium of cycling.
The Project won the Active Communities Category at this years Cumbria Community Awards held at Rheged Penrith November 2008
Meet Eat and Greet 2! The exciting event to help raise awareness of the homeless issues in South Lakes and the County took place in Kendal on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd October. It proved, yet again, to be a great success and you can see some of the highlights from the day here