As an Ancho Board Member, you will give your time and expertise ultimately to help people to find a home and receive quality services. You will set and review performance and plans, and guide Ancho’s strategic direction as part of Cairn Housing Group, ensuring our high standards are met across all our services. We will harness your invaluable experience to ensure every decision we make is for the right reason and keep our high governance standards.
This role provides an excellent opportunity to join one of Scotland's leading housing associations, to gain non-executive director experience and to enhance your own career and develop skills, whilst also making a real difference in our local community. We encourage and support Board Members’ personal development through induction, mentoring, training, seminars, conferences, study visits and involvement in working groups across Cairn Housing Group. As a Board Member you will receive a laptop, email account and IT support to facilitate attendance at virtual meetings. As a voluntary position you will not be paid, but travel costs to attend meetings and other expenses are reimbursed in line with the Group Entitlements, Payments and Benefits Policy. Interested? Further details about Ancho and Cairn Housing Group can be found online at https://www.ancho.co.uk and https://www.cairnha.com. For an informal discussion about this role, or for further details and an Application Pack please contact Carolyn Owens, Governance Services Manager on 0800 990 3405 or via carolyn.owens@cairnha.com. We are changing our telephone number today. If you need to get in touch with us, please call 0800 990 3405. This number is free from landlines and mobiles.
Your call will be handled by a friendly customer advisor from our Cairn Connect team and you will continue to receive the same level of excellent service you are used to. Our opening times are Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm. We also provide an emergency out-of-hours service. If you need us outside of our opening times, please call the above number and select the relevant option. You can also request services through My Ancho, our online self-service portal. Register by going to ancho.co.uk/my-ancho. You can carry out a range of functions, including:
If you need any help or support to register for this free service, please get in touch. We express our sincere condolences to the Royal Family at the passing of Queen Elizabeth II during this historic moment for the country.
May she rest in peace. What is My Ancho?
My Ancho is an online portal that helps you manage your tenancy with ease. My Ancho is designed to make life easier for you. Even if you haven’t used the internet much before, you’ll find it easy to access the services you need. What can I do with My Ancho?
Ready to sign up? Registering with My Ancho is easy and will only take you a couple of minutes. When you sign up, you’ll be asked for the following information:
Don’t worry if you don’t have all the information to hand. You can start the registration and then a member of our team will help you complete it. Or you can contact us and we’ll send you a link to activate your account. If you are worried about the cost of living, don’t struggle on alone. In addition to the Ancho team who are always here to help and listen, there are lots of organisations you can turn to…
On 12th August around 200 tenants attended Redburn Community Centre for our Family Fun Day, where they enjoyed activities such as bouncy castles, face painting, balloon modelling, becoming acquainted with birds of prey and playing funfair games. We provided goody bags for guests, which went down a treat. All the goody bags left over were donated to North Ayrshire Foodbank. EVERWARM, their planned maintenance contractor, handed out colouring in packs for children too. In addition to all the activities on offer, a number of partner organisations came along for the day to promote the support that is available to tenants throughout North Ayrshire. These included employability programmes, foodbanks, art and crafts, addiction services, mental health support and cancer care, among others. Thanks to everyone who came it along and made it such an enjoyable day. You can head over to Facebook to see all the photos from the day. We have partnered with the Skills Network to offer you FREE qualifications!
These courses are ideal if you want to fill gaps in your skills or knowledge or just fancy doing a bit of personal development. They are all carried out online so you can complete them around your schedule and come with a nationally recognised qualification once you have finished. Courses range from health and social care, business, IT skills, and health and fitness. To join, click the link below and follow these instructions:
https://ancho.theskillsnetwork.com/ Update: We received no response to our consultation so the office will now be open to visitors every Monday and Thursday, 9am - 4pm.
On 1st April we reopened our offices to allow you the opportunity to meet with us face-to-face again, but we had to restrict this to pre-arranged appointments in line with our Covid restrictions. We would like you to be able to call in at the office without an appointment. To make sure that we will always be available when you visit, we are proposing to change the days and hours that the office is open to visitors to Monday's and Thursday's, 9am to 4pm. If these days or times don’t suit you, you can still contact us by phone, email, request a home visit or have a virtual appointment. Please let us know what you think about our proposals. You have until the 20th July to do so before we confirm the new arrangements. James Frew are offering Modern Apprenticeships in:
Click the above links to find out more or head over to jamesfrew.co.uk The closing date for applications is Friday 6th May. |
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Sovereign House, Academy Road, Irvine, KA12 8RL |
Opening hoursMonday to Friday, 9am - 4pm
The office is open to visitors on Monday and Thursday, 9am - 4pm. Please contact us to make an appointment if you'd like to see a member of staff outwith our office opening times, or call or email anytime. |
Company InformationRegistered Society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014
No 2559R(S) Scottish Housing Regulator No 306 Recognised as a Scottish Charity No SC036082 Registered property factor PF000346 |