Melin Homes - About Melin Homes
Melin Homes is a registered social landlord based in Pontypool, providing affordable homes and services to people living in South East Wales. The housing association currently has 250 staff and exists to create opportunities for people and communities to thrive.
Melin Homes is well established within the local communities in which it operates. As one of the major housing associations in Wales, it owns and manages over 4,000 homes in Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire, Torfaen, Newport and Powys.
In addition to offering homes for rent, it offers properties for sale through a low-cost home ownership scheme and a subsidiary organisation Candleston (opens in new window).
The Melin Homes team supports residents to manage their rent payments and helps people get into work, to get online and to claim benefits, as well as helping people budget well and save money on energy. By helping to keep people in their homes, the organisation is working towards building resilient communities.
Melin Homes has worked with HWW since 2012 when first setting out on its health and wellbeing journey and signed the TtCW Employer Pledge in 2014, pledging to do what they can to end mental health stigma and discrimination in the workplace and in wider society. These actions has helped guide their work to ensure policies and culture are supportive of people with mental health problems. Melin Homes regularly run campaigns to ensure there is no stigma around mental health, including providing workshops for staff, clear messages to staff and residents – all of which is backed up by support.
“We signed the TtCW Employer Pledge in 2014 because we are passionate about helping support employees and encouraging other employers to end mental health stigma and discrimination. This is really important to us and we actively support TtCW with the activities we run at Melin, encouraging people to take time out of the day to talk openly. In May 2022 we renewed our pledge to reaffirm to staff and partners the importance of putting an end to mental health stigma and discrimination.
We have prioritised talking about mental health and our senior management team and board lead by example. Recently our Board member, Julie, shared her mental health journey as part of a collective campaign with other partnership housing associations. By being open and honest, and making the topic part of everyday conversations we can break down the barriers.
We have been re-awarded the HWW Gold and Platinum Corporate Health Standard which is the national mark of quality for health and well-being in larger workplaces. We have also been awarded a HWW and Welsh Government Covid-19 Commendation Award for Best SME Company Response for Supporting Staff during the Covid-19 pandemic.
We are very proud of the inclusive culture with a focus on wellbeing we have created at Melin – signing the TtCW pledge really does help shape and mould your organisation. We would be happy to support other organisations on their journey, they just need to get in touch.”
Paula Kennedy, Chief Executive, Melin Homes
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