Ark Housing Association

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03/06/2026

The sun shone on our Malone Mews last week, as we welcomed back the children from Donegall Road Primary Schooland Fane Street Primary School, who participated in facilitated workshops with WheelWorks to design our Mural.

The bright and colourful mural expresses the pupil's vision of "Good Relations", as they learnt more on the meaning of "Housing For All" and the diversity within communities.

Both schools then participated in a workshop with Wheelworks, whereby pupils designed their own Tote Bags depicting images and words from the mural.

Thanks to both schools for your participation, we hope you enjoyed yourselves.

Thanks also to Ruairí and the Wheelworks Team!

These projects are supported by the Department for Communities Housing For All programme and reflect our commitment to the NI Executive Together Building a United Community Strategy.

Housing Executive Communities NI

Our communities team recently attended the World Africa Day event in Derry. The afternoon was an array of dance, music...
02/06/2026

Our communities team recently attended the World Africa Day event in Derry. The afternoon was an array of dance, music, connecting and celebrating the African Community. Well done to African Caribbean Community Network ACCN for another fabulous event.

We were delighted to support this event, in partnership with our colleagues at Apex, Choice, and Radius.

These projects are supported by the Department for Communities programme and reflect our commitment to the NI Executive Together Building a United Community Strategy.

Housing Executive Communities NI

The Ark Tenant Conference is just one week away!This is a great opportunity for tenants, staff, and partners to come tog...
28/05/2026

The Ark Tenant Conference is just one week away!

This is a great opportunity for tenants, staff, and partners to come together, listen to one another, and focus on how we can improve our homes, services, and communities.

To reserve your place, please contact [email protected]

We look forward to seeing you there!

First Aid Fridays was the theme in Newtownards last week! Communities teams from Ark and Radius Housing along with Hous...
26/05/2026

First Aid Fridays was the theme in Newtownards last week! Communities teams from Ark and Radius Housing along with Housing Executive were delighted to support the recent delivery of two First Aid Workshops for members of the Newtownards Advisory Group, local groups and residents.

Well done to all the participants for completion of your First Aid. Huge thanks to Yvonne from St John Ambulance for facilitating and providing interactive sessions!

These projects are supported by the Department for Communities programme and reflect our commitment to the NI Executive Together Building a United Community Strategy.

Ark Housing Offices will be closed on Monday 25th May. Please remember you can log non-urgent repairs and view vital ten...
22/05/2026

Ark Housing Offices will be closed on Monday 25th May.

Please remember you can log non-urgent repairs and view vital tenancy information on your Tenant Portal: www.arkhousing.co.uk/dashboard

Enjoy the long weekend!

Huge congratulations to Loughries Men's Shed on a truly special occasion! 👑It’s fantastic to see the group hosting an ev...
22/05/2026

Huge congratulations to Loughries Men's Shed on a truly special occasion! 👑
It’s fantastic to see the group hosting an event with King Charles and Queen Camilla, and having the opportunity to share the amazing work they do within their community

At Ark Housing, we’ve had the privilege of working alongside Loughries Men’s Shed through our activities in the area, and we’ve seen first-hand the positive impact of their work.

We’re so pleased to see this recognition on such a prestigious platform, well deserved for a group that gives so much back to their community. Congratulations to everyone involved!

Ark Communities team recently had the pleasure of visiting Clooney Community Centre, to chat with local men, who were co...
22/05/2026

Ark Communities team recently had the pleasure of visiting Clooney Community Centre, to chat with local men, who were commencing a 6-week art programme.

This programme provides a creative and inclusive space for self-expression, social interaction, and confidence-building, helping men from different backgrounds connect and collaborate. We hope the group enjoy the facilitated sessions by Sinead and look forward to revisiting!

We are delighted to partner with our colleagues at Apex Housing Association to support this project.

These projects are supported by the Communities NI programme and reflect our commitment to the NI Executive Together Building a United Community Strategy.

Housing Executive

Big congratulations to the fantastic class from St Theresa’s Primary School! We’re thrilled to celebrate your success in...
22/05/2026

Big congratulations to the fantastic class from St Theresa’s Primary School!

We’re thrilled to celebrate your success in winning the Environment Award at the West Belfast Partnership Awards 👏

These annual awards are a brilliant opportunity for young people to get their thinking caps on and take real action for the environment. St Theresa’s truly stood out with their community garden. Their creative and inspiring school garden, focused on supporting pollinators and promoting biodiversity, is a wonderful example of what can be achieved 🌼🐝

At Ark Housing, we’re proud to be strengthening our own environmental and decarbonisation efforts, and we’re honoured to sponsor the Environment Award at the WBP Awards.

👉 Want to learn more about what we’re doing? Take a look at our Green Impact page. https://www.arkhousing.co.uk/page/green-impact

Well done again to a very deserving class!

We're delighted to share photos from the launch of Creating Sustainable Communities: Research Report on Social Housing i...
21/05/2026

We're delighted to share photos from the launch of Creating Sustainable Communities: Research Report on Social Housing in Northern Ireland, held in the Long Gallery at Stormont.

This important research, commissioned by Apex, Ark, Choice, Clanmil and Radius Housing Associations and supported by the Housing Executive Housing Programme highlights a crucial message: sustainable communities require far more than bricks and mortar.

With almost 50,000 households currently on social housing waiting lists, this research, delivered in partnership with Queen's University Belfast reinforces the urgency of delivering not just homes, but thriving, connected communities.

A big thank you to all partners, contributors and speakers who made the event such a success. The Housing Executive Shared Housing programme is in partnership with the NI Executive and Communities NI Together Building a United Community Strategy.

Please visit our website for more information on Housing For All https://www.arkhousing.co.uk/page/housing-for-all

To find out more about the Sustainable Communities research, please visit our News section: https://www.arkhousing.co.uk/news/new-research-warns-homes-alone-do-not-build-communities?r=news

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