News

Talkback Spring 2021

The Spring edition of Talkback is available now.  Talkback Spring 2021 If you require a paper copy, please let us know. We have a limited supply. You can request this via our Customer Services Team...

Posted 25 Mar 2021

Charity cake sale

We recently held a socially distanced cake sale and raffle at the Darrick Wood community centre. The chosen charity for Keniston’s 50th year is the Samaritans. We raised an impressive £95.70 on the day and...

Posted 24 Jul 2020

Keniston welcomes a new Operations Director

As we say goodbye to Vivienne Astall after ten years of excellent service, we are glad to warmly welcome a new Operations Director Sue McDonnell. Sue has more than 30 years experience working in the...

Posted 18 May 2020

Women’s Aid launches new live chat service

Women’s Aid have launched a new live chat service to support female survivors of domestic abuse. The new service lets women chat directly with a Women’s Aid support worker, giving them the space to explore...

Posted 22 Nov 2019

Macmillan fundraising

Each year staff and residents take part in charity fundraising events including the Macmillan coffee morning. This year, residents at Perryfield House with the support of Romy, the Sheltered Scheme Manager, managed to raise a...

Posted 18 Nov 2019

Darrick Wood public consultation

Keniston held a public consultation at Darrick Wood Community Centre on Monday 17th June 2019. More details will follow shortly. In the meantime, for those interested, the public display boards which were at the event,...

Posted 19 Jun 2019

Resident satisfaction remains high at 95%!

Keniston carries out a major satisfaction survey every three years. We are pleased to report that overall satisfaction has stayed at 95% which is very high and demonstrates the commitment that we make in providing...

Posted 27 Feb 2019

Darrick Wood Newsletter

The first edition of the ‘Future of Darrick Wood’ newsletter has now been published and delivered to all tenants on the Darrick Wood Estate. Please click on the link below to view: Darrick Wood Newsletter

Posted 04 Jul 2018

Keniston ‘Meet and Greet’

“Recently we held a meet and greet event for some of our Resident Panel and also members of the Darrick Wood community group. This was an opportunity to meet our new Chief Executive Jonathan Card;...

Posted 31 Jan 2017

Right to Buy

The National Housing Federation will be working with the Government to develop a regional ‘Right to Buy’ pilot that works for Housing Associations and their tenants.  The Government will fund a large scale regional pilot...

Posted 23 Jan 2017