“Our families are over the moon for us. They think it’s marvellous that we are together”: how Geraldine and Mal found true love in later life. They say it’s never too late to find true love – and that’s exactly what happened when Geraldine, 72 and Maldwyn (Mal), 74, got together with a little help […]
We are thrilled that customers have moved into their brand-new, energy-efficient homes at Michael Way in Pontypool. We worked with local firm, WK Plasterers, to build the seven one-bed and two two-bed flats, which took 17 months to complete. Funding of just over £1,3m for the project came via from the Welsh Government’s Social Housing […]
Our community mural designed by local school children has been praised by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government. Jayne Bryant MS, Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government, Cllr Anthony Hunt, Leader of Torfaen Council and Cllr Dave Daniels, Torfaen Council’s Executive Member for Adult Services and Housing, joined us to celebrate […]
“It’s surely made such a difference to me”: Watch the video below as our customer, Jess tells us about moving into a carpeted home. . We believe that everyone should have a place they are proud to call home – one that’s safe, warm and comfortable. It’s one of the reasons we have been fitting […]
The Welsh Government has introduced Welsh Housing Quality Standards 2023 (WHQS23), which are updated to ensure social housing in Wales contributes to positive health, education and wellbeing outcomes for tenants. The Standards outline what social landlords are expected to comply with. That homes should be of high quality, be healthy to live in and meet […]
Here’s a great example of how our community benefit scheme and working with partners has helped to improve the lives of people in one of our communities. Hope GB provides support, information and social opportunities for people affected by autism. They recently moved into Thornhill Community Centre in Cwmbran. The kitchen facilities in the space […]
We believe in keeping our promises and our People Promise is a big one! We promise to embed equality into every aspect of our business and that’s why for the first time ever, we recruited a female-only group of trades trainees. Ahead of International Women’s Day, we caught up with two of the group to […]
Bron Afon is pleased to announce that Jane Pound is appointed as its first Senior Independent Director on the Board. This is a new role for Bron Afon and recognises the value of having an independent voice to champion and promote effective relationships and open and constructive communications between Board colleagues, the Executive and with […]
We’re pleased to share our latest Welsh Government Regulatory Judgement As a Registered Social Landlord, we are regulated by the Welsh Government Regulatory Team. We are pleased to report that our latest Regulatory Judgement confirms that we are “Compliant”, and this means we are rated Green for ‘Governance & Tenant Services and Financial Viability.’ The […]
We love a good community story! Nev Brown and Hywel Jones from our Asset and Compliance team were really pleased to hand over several walking frames and crutches to Tash Cantelo from Gwent Wide Integrated Community Equipment Service and Andrew Hart from Cefndy Medequip Equipment Service. Nev and Hywel had noticed the discarded mobility items […]
