Online AGM is first for Fife housing group

Kingdom Housing Association has hosted its first ever AGM online.

Members and staff logged on for the event on Monday.

It looked back on the association’s 40th anniversary in 2019 which saw over £61m invested in affordable housing, allowing it to complete 440 new homes and start on site with a further 426.

Kingdom also recruited its first two members of staff through the Naumann Initiative, the groundbreaking scheme to tackle homelessness and unemployment.

The Kingdom Group was also recognised for being a Living Wage Employer, achieved the Equality Pathfinders Award, and received the Silver Healthy Working Lives Award and Gold accreditation from Investors in Young People.

Freya Lees, chairman, said: “This has been a year like no other.

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“Kingdom has had to adapt to new ways of working and has implemented new systems and processes to enable us to continue to support tenants, customers, key partners and suppliers and to provide business continuity.

“Many initiatives to support our staff through the pandemic have also been implemented and I’d like to acknowledge the hard work and dedication which continues to be shown across the whole organisation on a daily basis.”

Bill Banks, chief executive hailed another busy and successful year.

He said: “Kingdom is now unrecognisable in terms of its size and the range of services provided compared with when it started in 1979.

However, it has remained true to its core objectives and continues to meet the housing and wider needs of the people in the communities where we operate.”

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