Christmas Repairs
12/24/2011
Our offices are now closed until 8.30am Tuesday 3rd January 2012. If you have an emergency during this time, please call 0800 731 9293 and we will do our best to help you. If you have a non urgent repair, please wait until our offices re-open to report it. Thank you.
Magna would like to wish you and your family a happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year.
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Magna’s meals on festive wheels
12/22/2011
It will be business as usual for Magna’s Meals on Wheels team this Christmas.
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Texting residents with information
12/19/2011
Magna residents with mobile phones are receiving welcome messages from us this week.
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Important notice
12/19/2011
There is a fault with our telephone line at our St Peter's office in Williton and at the moment we cannot make or receive external calls via telephone (landline). If you have an emergency please call 0800 731 9293. Our telecom provider has been informed. Updated at 09.07 am on 19 December 2011.
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Christmas opening hours
12/2/2011
Our offices will be closed from 12.30pm on Friday 23rd December 2011. We will re-open at 8.30am on Tuesday 3rd January
2012. If you have an emergency during that time, please call 0800 731 9293 and we will be happy to assist you.
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Changes in the social housing world
11/24/2011
Changes to legislation in the affordable housing world proved food for thought at Magna West Somerset Housing Association’s stakeholders’ conference last week.
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Our telephone lines
11/15/2011
Our Magna West Somerset office at St Peters House in Williton will not be contactable via the Housing Freephone 0800 138 6107 or the main office number 01984 635100 from 1pm on the 16th November while we carry out work to improve our telephone system. Lines should be available again by the end of the working day.
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Please note
11/15/2011
Our Magna West Somerset office at Roughmoor Depot in Williton will not be contactable via the Repairs Freephone 0800 731 9293 or the main office on 01984 635000 from 9.30am on the 16th November while we carry out work to improve our telephone system so that we can provide a better service to our customers. Lines should be available again from 12.30pm. In case of an emergency during this time, staff can be contacted on 07977 175 023 or 07977 175 046.
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HCA agrees development deal with the Source Partnership
11/10/2011
Magna is to build 32 homes in West Somerset as part of a four year agreement between the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) and Source Development Partnership, of which Magna is a member.
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Asking people for their input
10/31/2011
Residents, contractors, and partner agencies such as the police and fire brigade were among those at Magna’s asset management stakeholder conference.
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Magna team is tops for volunteering
10/20/2011
Magna West Somerset’s meals on wheels team has won the Care Focus Somerset award for outstanding volunteers.
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Magna appoints new contractor
10/14/2011
Magna West Somerset Housing Association has appointed a new grounds maintenance contractor.
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Children open rural housing on Exmoor
9/20/2011
Affordable homes at Wheddon Cross, Exmoor, have been officially opened by children from the local primary school.
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Rented homes for people with local connection
9/19/2011
Magna West Somerset Housing Association has eight x two bedroom and four x three bedroom houses available for rent at Allers View to local people, ready to let from mid-November 2011.
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Meals on Wheels team selected as finalist in Care Focus Awards
8/30/2011
The team at Magna West Somerset Housing Association has once again been selected as a finalist for the Care Focus Awards in the category of ‘outstanding volunteer’ for the meals-on-wheels service.
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Magna retains its five-star rating
8/26/2011
Magna West Somerset Housing Association is celebrating after getting a five-star thumbs-up for the kitchen that turns out tasty meals for vulnerable people every day of the year.
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Gardeners delight Magna judges
8/22/2011
Green fingered residents impressed the judges of Magna West Somerset Housing Association’s annual gardening competition.
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Top of the tree for sheltered and supported housing
7/29/2011
Magna held a lunch party yesterday at Alcombe Lodge, near Minehead, to say thank you to all those involved in the accreditation from the Centre of Housing and Support (CHS).
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Magna receives award from Centre of Housing and Support
7/14/2011
Magna West Somerset Housing Association is celebrating after being awarded the Centre of Housing and Support accreditation.
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You're hired! Magna takes on new gardening apprentice
7/11/2011
A new career in horticulture beckons for Katy Attree, thanks to an apprenticeship with Magna West Somerset Housing Association.
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Magna teams up with fire service
6/20/2011
Magna West Somerset Housing Association has been working with Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service to help increase awareness among tenants around home and fire safety.
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Telephone calls to MWS
6/7/2011
We cannot make or receive telephone calls at the moment because of a fault with our telephone provider.
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New affordable homes for Watchet
5/9/2011
Work is underway to build 33 new affordable homes to rent and buy in Watchet.
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Magna sets the standards
5/4/2011
Magna West Somerset Housing Association has set out the standard of service its tenants can expect.
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Works starts on a dozen new homes for rent in Exmoor
4/21/2011
A £1.575 million scheme to build 12 affordable homes for rent in Exmoor National Park has begun at Barnes Close Mead, Dulverton.
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All the fun of the Magna fayre
4/19/2011
Staff were pelted in the stocks at the Easter Fayre organised by Magna West Somerset Housing Association’s Tenants’ Panel at Maglands Community Room, Watchet.
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Work begins on £1.12 million affordable housing scheme
4/14/2011
Work has started on the development of a £1.12 million project which will deliver nine much-needed new affordable homes in Barnstaple.
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Online services
4/12/2011
Please be aware that due to some planned upgrades, our online services will not be available from 9.30 am on Saturday 16th April until 08.30am Monday 18th April.
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Congratulations all round for Magna West Somerset Housing Association
3/11/2011
There were congratulations all round this week when staff and residents at Magna West Somerset Housing Association (MWS) were presented with an award for the way it involves tenants in its business.
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Irene’s cheque for cancer care
3/2/2011
Magna West Somerset Housing Association stepped in to support tenants’ panel secretary Irene Bigg when she raised £150 for the oncology centre at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton.
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Magna’s call for youth club volunteers
1/19/2011
Magna West Somerset Housing Association is appealing for volunteers to help run youth clubs on its patch.
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Nuisance neighbour taken to court
1/19/2011
Magna West Somerset Housing Association was successful in a court case yesterday against a nuisance neighbour from Taunton.
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Magna leads the way in resident involvement
1/5/2011
Magna West Somerset Housing Association (MWS) has achieved the highest ever score in a national scheme aimed at recognising resident involvement.
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Important Notice
12/24/2010
Due to the current travel conditions we will be running a reduced repairs service, we will do our best to attend urgent repairs where the roads are safe to travel. We ask that you only call to report urgent repairs at this time. If you have an emergency during this period, please call 0800 731 9293. Updated at 9.48am 24th December 2010.
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Once upon a time at Healeys
12/22/2010
There were shouts of ‘behind you’ at Healeys sheltered housing complex in Porlock on Friday when residents performed the pantomime, Cinderella, to family and friends.
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Residents win £100 in national awards
12/13/2010
RESIDENTS at Healeys sheltered housing complex in Porlock are celebrating after winning £100 in the National Housing for Older People Awards.
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at our sheltered schemes
12/7/2010
Residents at Ingrams Meadow, Watchet, will be enjoying festive activities in the lead-up to Christmas, thanks to a fund raising sale that raised £610.
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Apprentices look forward to new year at Magna
11/30/2010
Two young apprentices are looking forward to the new year and new jobs with Magna West Somerset Housing Association in Williton.
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Magna tackles hate crime
11/17/2010
Magna West Somerset Housing Association has drawn up a new policy to tackle hate crime and harassment.
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Magna makes the finals
11/17/2010
Magna's equality and diversity programme, and in particular its work to promote and improve communication with people who are deaf or hard of hearing, won the organisation a place in the final of the prestigious UK housing awards.
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A great result for staff and customers
9/22/2010
Magna West Somerset Housing Association has been judged ‘outstanding’ by Quality Housing Services (QHS), a member-based organisation that supports housing associations in becoming more customer focused.
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Partners celebrate rural regeneration as livestock market is transformed
9/15/2010
A ceremony to mark the progress being made in transforming an Exmoor livestock market is being held this Friday 17 September.
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Residents help shape the future
9/13/2010
Housing association tenants have been helping to shape the future at a special conference in Taunton last week (Wednesday, 8 September).
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MWS volunteers are finalists in Care Focus Care Awards
8/27/2010
Six dedicated volunteers from MWS have been shortlisted in the Care Focus Care Awards 2010.
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It's been a good year
8/27/2010
Magna West Somerset Housing Association has built 40 new affordable homes in the last year, with another 58 in the pipeline over the next 12 months.
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Magna’s garden competition blooms and grows
8/20/2010
There was a riot of colour and a blaze of glory in this year’s garden competition run by Magna West Somerset Housing Association.
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Norma and Irene help put the customer first at Magna West Somerset
7/29/2010
Two West Somerset residents have become customer champions for their local housing association.
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Award for Sheila's long service
7/29/2010
Congratulations to Sheila Bryant, income management officer at Magna West Somerset HA, who has chalked up 40 years’ service.
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Magna Careline’s accreditation success
7/7/2010
Magna Careline Ltd is celebrating after achieving the latest accreditation from the Telecare Services Association (TSA), the regulatory body for the UK’s telecare industry.
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Norma and Irene help put the customer first at Magna West Somerset
6/18/2010
Two West Somerset residents have become customer champions for their local housing association.
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We need to know your views
6/11/2010
People living in Magna West Somerset Housing Association (MWS) homes are being asked what they think about the services they receive.
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Magna gets the seal of approval from the Royal National Institute for Deaf people
6/4/2010
Actions are louder than words for Magna West Somerset Housing Association, which has been given a top award for offering a fully accessible service to customers with hearing problems.
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New homes officially opened in Barnstaple
6/2/2010
Magna has officially opened 11 new homes in Barnstaple.
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On-line services PIN requests
4/29/2010
We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with our on-line services PIN requests.
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New affordable homes for Bridport
4/26/2010
17 properties will be made available for shared ownership at the Flaxhayes site, to be called Dibdin View, later this year. Priority will given to people with local connections to the Bridport area.
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Congratulations!
4/22/2010
Local Housing Association, Magna West Somerset, has good cause to celebrate after a recent visit by the RNID.
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Apprenticeships prove the future’s bright
4/7/2010
MWS has successfully run an apprenticeship programme for five years and is enthusiastic about the wider reaching effects this has on the prospects and economy of the local community.
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Direct debits is not a scam
3/30/2010
Magna West Somerset (MWS) residents have been told that a request to sign new direct debit forms is a genuine one.
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Supported Housing Drop In Day
3/26/2010
MWS supported Housing Month
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A ‘common sense’ approach works for all
3/24/2010
Local social housing landlord, Magna West Somerset (MWS), has come up with a great idea for many of their under used garages.
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Former MP visits rural homes initiatives
3/24/2010
Local people in need of rural housing can be sure that this is high on the government’s agenda and the proof was evident this week.
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MWS “gone fishing” for England
3/24/2010
A member of staff from Magna West Somerset has landed a place on the England Ladies sea fishing team for the next world championships to be held on South Africa later this year.
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Magna’s Sporting Champions
3/24/2010
Even the rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of the Magna staff who turned out in force to raise over £1,000 for Sport Relief
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TSA web tool
3/22/2010
It is important that our tenants know whether they are getting a fair deal from us and how we compare to other landlords in the area. Now they can find out all this information very easily from the national social housing regulator, the Tenant Services Authority (TSA).
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So how do we calculate your rent?
3/2/2010
With negative inflation in recent months you may well wonder why some rents will be increasing from April 2010
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Alcombe Lodge - simply the best!
12/3/2009
Alcombe Lodge is one of the most innovative sheltered housing schemes in Britain.
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Good life comes to Alcombe
12/3/2009
Residents will soon be living the good life in Alcombe near Minehead.
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A 'sherry' happy birthday
10/7/2009
Vera Muszynski today revealed the secret to a long and healthy life.
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Residents asked to voice opinions
9/28/2009
Somerset residents are being given the chance to influence housing policy on a national scale.
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MP opens stunning development
9/11/2009
A new sheltered housing scheme at Alcombe near Minehead has been described as ‘stunning’.
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Magna issues reminders to driver
9/9/2009
Tradespeople will be asked to think carefully about where they park their company vehicles at night.
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New Man in charge at Roughmoor
9/3/2009
A new man has taken the helm at Magna West Somerset’s Roughmoor Depot in Williton.
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Magna continues the fight against anti-social behaviour
8/26/2009
Magna West Somerset (MWS) has reinforced the commitment of its work against anti social behaviour by signing up to the ‘Respect Standard for Housing Management’.
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Who says working for Magna is a boar?!
8/10/2009
Magna West Somerset staff had an unexpected visitor to their Williton office on Thursday 6th August.
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New residents to keep a clean slate
8/3/2009
It’s now more important than ever that new residents of Magna West Somerset (MWS) stick to their tenancy agreements and do not commit any acts of anti-social behaviour.
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Magna triumphs over anti social behaviour
8/3/2009
Residents of Watchet can relax again, after Magna was granted possession of a property which was occupied by an anti-social tenant.
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Magna supports music festival
7/31/2009
Magna West Somerset Housing Association has a strong record of being ‘more than just a landlord’. Being a community based housing association provides us with many opportunities to make a real difference to our residents we recognise that we have a stake in and impact on the communities that we work within.
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Magna says a fond farewell
7/30/2009
Magna has said a fond farewell to long-standing board member, Ted Wakeham, following his retirement from the board this week.
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New lease of life for the Old Dairy
7/28/2009
Timberscombe was buzzing with activity for the official opening of the Old Dairy following its transformation into a social centre for people living in the village.
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New home opportunities in Alcombe
7/7/2009
People with disabilities looking for a suitable home in West Somerset will be able to benefit from one of ten supported apartments for affordable rent at Alcombe Lodge in Alcombe, near Minehead.
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Magna tenants involved in National Conversation
3/19/2009
Magna West Somerset Housing Association (MWS), has been busy talking to its residents and getting an up to date view on their concerns and their interests.
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