Melin Homes' residents invited to have their say

Melin's Residents' Panel is hosting an open meeting at the YMCA in Pill, Newport, at 7pm on Thursday November 27.

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Housing association actively supporting the local labour market

Melin Homes is helping the local community find employment thanks to a special initiative.

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Melin plays its part in helping local people make a positive impact on their lives

Melin homes has let a line of its Pontypool offices to a business committed to delivering leading public services to local individuals and organisations.

New development of affordable homes for Goytre

Melin Homes welcomed local residents to an open evening in Goytre on Monday 20 October to discover more about an exciting development of new homes in the village. More details.

Melin Homes reaches final of national housing award

Melin's Youth Sports Initiative has reached the final of the UK Housing Awards 2008.

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Politician backs affordable housing scheme.

Melin Homes staff were joined by Nick Ramsay AM to welcome residents to new           high-quality, affordable homes in Thornwell, Chepstow.

A first for Torfaen

Melin Homes’ £6.1 million development of Torfaen’s first extra care scheme – Ty George Lansbury is now officially open

School pupils adopt new homes.

As part of a school project on Melin's new development, pupils from George Street Primary School buried a time capsule in the foundations of the homes being built at Edward Street.

Melin welcomes new resident's in Crickhowell

The 24 new homes at Mynydd Gerdd were built after a survey of local people demonstrated a huge need for affordable housing in the area.

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Wii bit of fun for older residents

Residents from our sheltered schemes have used £5,000 funding from Comic Relief to boost their social lives.

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Volunteer boosts community spirit

A young Melin resident is highly commended for giving up her own time to try and bring people in her community together.

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Melin task force in garden makeover

The newly-created Melin task force lent a helping hand to New Inn Primary School in a bid to get their allotment off the ground.

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Residents' Panel open meeting

Melin Residents' Panel are hosting a series of open meetings inviting anyone living in a Melin home to have their say.

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BBC news crew visits Melin development

A report on the national news broadcasts on BBC last week featured a Melin Homes development in Crickhowell and focused on the need for more similar developments.

To read more about the family who are about to become Melin residents and were featered in the BBC TV report, please click here...

Play day boosts community spirit

Our Community Development team organised a play day to help boost community spirit in the area.

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Melin sponsors local youth team

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Silver Surfers' stories

Residents from our Tredegar sheltered scheme Roderick Hill Court have used computer lessons to help them tell their own unique stories.

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Derry gets on his bike for charity

Melin's Building Contracts Officer, Derry Probert is taking part in a gruelling bike ride across Ireland for Cerebral Palsy charity, Scope.

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Melin offers low-cost home ownership

Melin Homes are offering low-cost homes to buy in the Ebbw Vale area.

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Residents have their say

Melin's Residents' Panel are hosting an open meeting to give others who live in a Melin Home the chance to have their say.

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Melin helps resident back to work

Thanks to our Education Bursary one of our residents has been helped back into work.

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New Inn pupils given curiosity kits

Melin has sponsored the local primary school's initiative to encourage pupils and parents to read more at home.

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Melin backs Gwent Dragons

As part of our community work Melin has sponsored Newport Gwent Dragon's educational youth initiative.

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Grassroots Concert

Youngsters from Melin's Abergavenny estates got into the swing of African culture in a sell out show featuring a visiting theatre group from Zimbabwe.

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Celebration Lunch

Melin's Community Development team and staff thanked partners for their contribution to the success of it's award-winning Youth Sports Initiative at a celebration lunch recently.

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Care & Repair Torfaen Roadshows

To find out more about how Care & Repair Torfaen can help older people in your community please click here...

Care & Repair Monmouthshire Roadshows

To find out how Care & Repair Monmouthshire can help older people in your community please click here.....

Want to be on Board?

Melin Homes is looking for three residents to sit on our Board of Manangement.

To find out how you can shape our future decisions....click here to read more

Theatre group visits from Africa

The Grassroots Theatre Company have travelled all the way from Zimbabwe and are running workshops with youngsters on our Abergavenny estates.

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New year new life for Angela

Melin's Education Bursary has helped Angela to kick start her new career.

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Melin apprentice named top learner

To find out more about how one of our apprentices won herself a £2000 prize click here..

Crickhowell pupils name new development

Crickhowell Primary School pupils entered a competition to name Melin's newest development of affordable housing in the town.

The winning name will shortly be put forward to the planning department for approval.

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Melin Homes wins national award

Melin Homes received national recognition for its community development work at the Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru Awards held at the Celtic Manor on Friday 23 November.  Click here to read more.....

Pensioners praise Care & Repair agency

Monmouthshire pensioners starred in a film praising Care & Repair Monmouthshire in the 20th anniversary year of the agency.

A stitch in time

Melin residents at a Newport sheltered housing scheme have been busy knitting for life-saving charities, but now they need donations of wool to continue backing their campaigns.

Without help from Argus readers willing send in balls of wool, the ladies may be forced to put their needles down and their charity campaign is in danger of being brought to a premature end....click here to read more

Skills surge for Melin Apprentices

Melin Homes has created eight apprenticeships through its collaborative working with local contractors.

We appointed four local businesses to work in partnership with for the next four years.  Those contractors and their staff will help us to ensure our 2,700 properties are maintained to the highest standards...click here to read more

A grand total for charity

Older people from four Melin Homes sheltered schemes across Gwent led the fundraising frenzy and bagged £600 for Children in Need in just three hours.   

The table-top sale at Howell Griffiths Court, Abertillery was held a week in advance of the dedicated Children in Need night this Friday...click here to read more