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The Association
The Waveney And Yare Housing Association is an Industrial and Provident Society registered with the Financial Conduct Authority, now more commonly known as a Registered Society. More details on the history behind this can be found on the history page. The Housing Association is a member of the National Residential Landlords Association. It is not a Registered Social Landlord with Homes England, but designated as a private landlord.
The Association is non-profit making and does not distribute any profits, but re-invests any surpluses into the maintenance of the existing properties, and the development and purchase of additional properties that will help to meet future demand.
The Association is run by the Company Secretary and Administrator who report to the board of directors. The directors meet on a regular basis to set the strategic direction of the Association and to measure progress against those aims. The board is made up of nine directors four of whom are tenants of the Association.
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Community Grant Fund
In 2021 the Waveney and Yare Housing Association (WYHA) created a Community Grant Fund of £10,000 specifically for local groups in the town, and it comes after the association gave a grant of £3,000 to the Beccles Citizen Advice Office this year.
A grants committee has now been established to administer the fund, consisting of four directors and led by town councillor and former mayor Graham Catchpole. He said: "We are all long-standing residents of Beccles and know the town and its organisations very well, and we hope to help as many community groups as possible and will not be granting large amounts to any individual organisation."
David Browne, chair of the association, said: "We thought it was a good time to put something back into the town, and continue, in a small way, the major contribution that the William Clowes Printing Company made to Beccles over many decades."
Applications for a share of the funding grant are restricted to Beccles-based groups only. To apply, email cosec@wyha.co.uk, or write to WYHA, Goal Lane, Beccles, NR34 9SJ.
