HAs confirm appointments as merger progresses
GreenSquare and Accord have confirmed executive and board designate appointments as they progress plans to merge the two organisations. The current chair of the Accord board, Elisabeth Buggins...
GreenSquare launches new customer engagement strategy
We've launched our new customer engagement strategy, which sets out how we want to work with our customers to shape our services for the better. This new strategy is our commitment to listening to ...
Christmas donation a 'significant boost' for The Wiggly Worm
Throughout December 2020, GreenSquare pledged to give money to six charities as part of a campaign to donate funds usually set aside for Christmas festivities. Staff on the company’s Colleagu...
Work underway on new homes in Marlborough
GreenSquare Homes has started construction of new homes on land at Rabley Wood in Marlborough. Now that enabling works have been completed at the development, known as Hawthorn Meadows, work ...
Beware of scam phone calls
We have recently been informed about scammers calling customers pretending to be from GreenSquare and attempting to obtain bank details. These particular scams are carried out by phone, known as &l...
GreenSquare completes new homes in Chippenham
Building work has been completed at a new affordable housing development in Chippenham. The development at Middlefields, just off Hungerdown Lane in the town, comprises 34 new homes for a mixture o...
Land acquired in Bodicote for new homes
GreenSquare Homes has successfully acquired land at a new site in Oxfordshire to bring more new homes to the region. The land is situated in Bodicote, a village just south of Banbury in Oxfo...
Census Day is Sunday 21 March
The national census is coming. By taking part, you can help inform decisions on services that shape your community, such as healthcare, education and transport. The census is a unique su...
Do your neighbours deserve some recognition? Nominate them for an award!
Throughout lockdown, there have been so many wonderful examples of communities coming together to help the most vulnerable, or simply carrying out acts of kindness to help out their neighbours. We ...
GreenSquare and Accord to host regional discussion forum for landlords
This month, GreenSquare and Accord are partnering with the Housing Ombudsman Service to host a regional landlord discussion forum on Complaint Handling Code, Failure Orders and Self-Assessment Proc...
Rose Hill Junior Youth Club celebrates 10th anniversary
Rose Hill Junior Youth club, a children's charity based in Rose Hill, Oxford, celebrates its 10th birthday today (17 March). Rose Hill Junior Youth Club, based at Rose Hill Community centre, ...
GreenSquare Homes achieves five-star customer satisfaction rating
GreenSquare Homes is delighted to have achieved five stars for customer satisfaction in the Home Builders Federation's (HBF) national new homes customer satisfaction survey of house builders.The in...
GreenSquare and Accord have merged
GreenSquare and Accord Housing Association have merged to create a new housing and care organisation called GreenSquareAccord. The partnership, which came into effect on 1 April 2021, has created a...
Help name the Oakfield community hub in Swindon
Nationwide Building Society is asking people to help name a brand-new community hub building at the new Oakfield housing development in Swindon. GreenSquareAccord has been selected by Nationwide as...
Coalition of housing associations launches housebuilding manifesto
The Homes for the South West (H4SW) group of housing associations which includes GreenSquareAccord, is calling for £1 billion from Government to almost double their new housing output and boo...
New long term funding deal supports future development
A new long term funding deal has been arranged by financial aggregator bLEND to support the development of affordable homes at GreenSquareAccord. The new 40 year bond is the first funding transacti...
New life for GreenSquareAccord van in support of local charity
GreenSquareAccord has donated a vehicle previously used by its maintenance team to the Wiltshire Scrapstore charity. The Scrapstore is an award-winning environmental and community charity situated ...
Topping out at Swindon Oakfield development
GreenSquareAccord CEO Ruth Cooke took part in the ‘topping out’ ceremony for Nationwide Building Society’s Oakfield project in Swindon last week, celebrating reaching the highest ...
GreenSquare Homes’ site manager wins quality award
GreenSquare Homes has once again been recognised in the National House Building Council (NHBC) Pride in the Job Awards. Site manager Scott Turner has been selected for a Quality Award in the first ...
GreenSquareAccord takes the Victim Promise
GreenSquareAccord has reaffirmed its commitment to putting victims at the heart of its ASB management process by being the first registered housing provider to sign up to 'The Victim Promise' which...
Wiltshire Council Climate Strategy – have your say!
Wiltshire Council is inviting residents, businesses and local groups to have their say on their draft climate strategy. The strategy will shape the council's action on climate change over the next ...
Matrix housing partnership awarded funding from Homes England
GreenSquareAccord will provide nearly 2,000 new affordable homes in the next five years with the newly-announced funding from the government’s Affordable Homes Programme. Homes England has co...
Supporting Gas Safety Week 2021
It’s Gas Safety Week 2021 (13 – 19 September 2021) and GreenSquareAccord is supporting the campaign to help raise awareness about the importance of gas safety. As we celebrate the 11th ...
GreenSquareAccord receives regulatory notice
The Regulator of Social Housing has issued a regulatory notice to Accord Housing Association, having found that our organisation, now trading as GreenSquareAccord, failed to meet statutory health a...
Chair of GreenSquareAccord to retire
The Chair of GreenSquareAccord, Elisabeth Buggins CBE, will stand down with effect from 31 October. Her resignation was offered in light of a regulatory notice from the Regulator of Social Housing ...
New partnership will deliver factory built affordable homes
Low carbon housing manufacturer LoCaL Homes, owned by GreenSquareAccord, has signed a new partnership deal with Burmor Construction to supply Longhurst Group with 56 factory built new affordable ho...
Housing partnership gearing up to deliver 4000 new affordable homes
A Midlands based housing partnership is gearing up to deliver nearly 4000 new affordable homes across the Midlands and the South West after being named a key strategic partner for Homes England. Le...