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26 Jul 2010 | From the first of July, John Whitelock joined the Executive Team as Director of New Business taking on a new role combining the housing development side of Saffron Housing Trust with bringing in new services and opportunities. Some of our customers will know John as he has been with Saffron, initially with the supported housing team, since it started six years ago. He is looking forward to his new role and believes that Saffron is well placed to help develop new services for tenants and the wider community. Saffron is also delighted to welcome new Board members, South Norfolk Councillors Eloise Ellis and John Overton.
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Registered Company Name:
Saffron Housing Trust Limited
Registered Office:
Saffron Barn, Swan Lane, Long Stratton, Norfolk, NR15 2XP
Company Registration Number:
04740454
VAT No:
831 2392 50
Registered Charity Number:
1103896
Housing Corp. Reg. No.
LH4412
Registered in England and Wales
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Building Connections – Social Housing in a New Era
18 Jan 2010 |
With an upcoming general election, Norfolk social housing providers came together at an event to discuss what the challenges and changes might be in the coming few years. Saffron Housing Trust had invited other local providers such as Flagship, Freebridge and the Norfolk RSL Alliance to reach out to local politicians, from both a national and local level, to reinforce how much the social housing sector contributes to the local economy. 15% of the Norfolk population live in social housing and over £100 million has been spent on development up to March 2009 with social housing building more new homes than the private sector.
David Orr, Chief Executive of the National Housing Federation, spoke of various initiatives that the NHF are championing with rural housing being a major area of discussion within their Save our Villages campaign. David Orr says 'There is a fear that encouraging more building will result in concreting over England but if we don't want a countryside pickled in aspic like a Disneyland Theme Park we need to build more homes and affordable housing lies at the centre of the battle to save traditional village life. Unless we build more affordable homes for local people, they will continue to be priced out of rural areas and the services and facilities they support will vanish with them.' Richard Bacon MP also addressed the audience who included fellow MPs the Rt Hon Charles Clarke and Chloe Smith joined by councillors and representatives from many aspects of social housing in Norfolk. Richard Bacon encouraged social housing to continue to look forward citing examples of developments in his South Norfolk constituency such as the sustainable homes built by Saffron in Diss.
Adam Ronaldson Chief Executive of Saffron Housing Trust said ' We were delighted to see so many people at the event which allowed us to explain what an important part social housing has to play in the local economy. At Saffron we always aim to provide the best service possible to our tenants and we need to plan for future needs'.
Please call Rachael Trezise PR Officer at Saffron Housing Trust should you wish for any further information: 01508 532001 or email rtrezise@saffronhousing.co.uk
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