Tenants Advisory Group Meeting
We will be holding our next Tenant Advisory Group meeting on Thursday 24th July at 4.00pm in our office at 45 Hamilton Street CH41 5AA. We will be discussing a number of things including Review of complaints, the Safeguarding Policy and the Hate Crime and Harassment Policy. If you would like to attend then please […]
6th June 2025
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Association Signs the Pledge
A new pledge to support members of the Armed Forces and their families has been signed by representatives of the Armed Forces, and organisations representing public, voluntary and business sectors in Wirral, including Wirral Methodist Housing Association. The signing of the Armed Forces Community Covenant affirms the commitment by public and voluntary services in Wirral to supporting service personnel and their families, and ex-members of the Forces. This includes providing help with education, housing and health. Official guests at the signing ceremony included Lt Col W R Busby, the Commander of Merseyside Garrison and Commander P.J. Russ RNR. Also attending were representatives from the various local housing associations, NHS Wirral, and from service-related charities - Combat Stress, the Royal British Legion and the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA) They were joined by the Mayor of Wirral, Cllr Gerry Ellis, and the Leader of Wirral Council, Cllr Phil Davies. Wirral Methodist Chief Executive, Alun Hughes said, “In addition to the sterling work carried out in the field by our brave armed forces we recognise the difficulties faced by those returning to civilian life and their families, in particular those who are left physically or mentally injured. The Association is more than ready to play its part in addressing these issues through its housing provision and concern for individuals.”
11th July 2012
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Rain Fails to Dampen Spirits at Hoylake Opening
Completion of the first phase of the latest housing development by Wirral Methodist Housing Association at Lee Court, Hoylake was brightened by the visit of the Mayor of Wirral on what was otherwise a showery day. The Mayor of Wirral, Councillor Gerry Ellis, also represents the Ward in which the development is situated, on the site of the former engineering works of Heap & Partners, a long established firm who have moved to new premises in Birkenhead. Accompanied by his wife, the Mayoress, the Mayor took tea with the first residents to move into the first eight flats designed for use by the elderly, before formally presenting a garden bench for all the residents to use in the communal rear garden on behalf of the Association. The Mayor expressed satisfaction with the quality of the scheme and asked to be invited back to see how it develops. The Association has worked to ensure that people with a local connection were allocated the property and also with Wirral Partnership Homes to assist them with their property decant programme. For information contact Alun L Hughes Chief Executive www.wmhaltd.org.uk
3rd July 2012
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Formal Opening For Fellowship House
The Association welcomed David Orr, Chief Executive of the National Housing Federation (the Movement's trade body) to Fellowship House in Hoylake, in May, to formally open the accommodation provided through the Association`s £600K investment in the property. David Orr said that the scheme was, "Unique" and a testament to years of painstaking work by the Association and the families to meet their housing needs. Seven young people have been assisted in securing independence from the `family` home in a supported setting. Each resident has a large bedsitting room with en-suite washing and toilet facilities, together with access to communal lounge and dining facilities. There is accommodation for care staff to sleep over and a lift is provided to all floors. The property is a large villa built over 3 floors in 1889. The house was not laid out in a manner efficient to the modern day with separate servant’s stair arrangements and provision. The project required considerable skill therefore by the Association in structurally adjusting the building, but the lavish sized accommodation in other ways eventually benefited the new residents in terms of space standards and facilities. In the 1930s it appears that the property, now known as Fellowship House, became a home for the blind and deaf (local sources suggest, the first in Britain). Eventually the house passed into the hands of Wirral Council whose Social Services Department used it as a large group home for people with learning disabilities. As the popular trend moved away from large scale local authority group home provision, the Council went through a long process of managed decline with the final two remaining residents moving out in 2008, one into a new smaller and more intimate group home arrangement developed nearby by Wirral Methodist. The Association purchased the property outright for £100,000 from Wirral Council. Work commenced on site in February 2011 and the scheme was completed and occupied finally in August the same year.
3rd July 2012
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