2025-03-13

We're thrilled to announce that we've been provisionally allocated an additional £2.5m from the Government’s Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund for Wave 3. With Freebridge matching this funding, we'll …

2025-02-13

Are you looking for a new home in Brancaster Staithe? Join our team at a drop-in session on Friday 21st February, to learn more about the housing process for our new homes. Our event takes place at …

2025-01-20

Our Placeshaping Team over at the Discovery Centre are hosting Community Dinners for those that are in need of a hot meal. Every Tuesday between 4pm - 6pm from Tuesday 7th January, until Tuesday 25th …

2024-11-19

Freebridge Community Housing, in partnership with the five-star homebuilder Persimmon Homes, are pleased to announce the launch of the first five homes for shared ownership and affordable rent at The …

2025-01-02

Weather Warning: Snow and Ice on the Way! Our area is under a yellow weather warning for snow and ice from Saturday lunchtime (12pm 4th January 2025) until midnight on Sunday (5th January 2025). …

2024-11-19

Independent East – a collaborative alliance of five community-focused housing associations in the East of England – hosted its biennial conference at Trinity Park in Ipswich. The event welcomed board …

2024-10-21

Let’s talk about our Freebridge Community Fund! If you’re not familiar, our fund is to empower groups and organisations that champion health and wellbeing, address social disadvantages, foster local …

2024-10-22

Get ready for a spooky fun day at Discovery Centre on Friday, October 25th for our FREE Halloween Party from 12 PM to 3 PM. 🧙‍♀️ What to Expect: Arts and Crafts: Unleash your creativity at our …

2024-09-30

Today we announce a leadership change to our Board Andy Walder, Board Chair has been at the helm since October 2017 has completed his maximum board term and therefore retiring. His leadership has …

2024-09-03

Freebridge Community Housing’s next Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Monday, 23 rd September, 2024. If you would like to view the agenda , it can be found here . Shareholders have been …

2024-08-27

Our ‘Big Family Fun Day’ held at the Discovery Centre in North Lynn proved to be a massive success. The Discovery Centre, which is run by Freebridge Community Housing, hosted a day of free activities …

2024-08-13

We're building 50 affordable homes in Outwell including Shared Ownership Properties and Social Housing and on 21st August, 7pm we'll be heading to Outwell Village Hall (Outwell Village Hall, PE14 …

2024-06-26

Ahead of the next general election, we’re calling for all political parties to commit to a long-term plan for housing. 👉There are two million children in England living in overcrowded, unaffordable …

2024-06-20

A partnership between King's Lynn Minster, Freebridge Community Housing, The Beacon and Norfolk Community Foundation, has seen to the development of the new North Lynn Food Hub which is now based at …

2024-06-11

Freebridge recently unveiled seven new properties in the west Norfolk village of Docking. The homes, which are a mix of affordable rent and shared ownership, are situated in the stylish Heartwood …

2024-05-31

Freebridge are pleased to be able to announce a working partnership with Travis Perkins Managed Services on materials, waste management, and plant hire. We will use Travis Perkins' (TP) new web-based …

2024-05-20

We understand that part of making a house your own home is to put your personal stamp on it. We're here to help you with this, and we've simplified the process into three categories to show clearly …

2024-04-26

Once again we were proud to sponsor the 2024 Local Hero Awards. The grand final of the Your Local Paper and Iliffe Media event was held at King’s Lynn Corn Exchange on Wednesday night (April 24th), …

2024-03-25

If you claim Universal Credit, on Monday 1st April you MUST complete the to-do you have received on your Universal Credit to-do list called ‘Confirm your housing costs’. You cannot make the changes …

2024-01-23

The first 15 homes have been completed at Salters Road, an affordable development of 78 homes near Lynnsport in King’s Lynn. This scheme has come about through a partnership between Freebridge …

2024-01-08

Freebridge Community Housing are once again very proud to be supporting the Local Hero Awards. This year’s event, once again delivered by Your Local Paper, will take place on April 24th, 2024 at …

2023-12-26

Freebridge Community Housing's trade union workers have again balloted to take part in industrial action. As a result, strike days have been announced over the festive period. This commences at 08:00 …

2023-11-10

With the nights now growing much darker and colder and the challenging winter months approaching, we appreciate the need for a safe and warm space in west Norfolk. With that in mind, our Discovery …

2023-09-08

You will be aware of the very current concerns regarding Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in the media, and naturally you may have questions or concerns about what this means for your …

2023-09-06

Do you live in Stoke Ferry? Would you like to give your opinion on the planned Freebridge Community Housing Development on the land between Bramcote House and the Village Hall on Lynn Road? If your …

2023-11-08

Counting for Christmas Courses We've have teamed up with College of West Anglia and Multiply to deliver a course linking Christmas, budgeting, and food waste in with mathematics. We are hoping this …

2023-08-30

Welcome to a new era of housing regulation! The Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 has ushered in an exciting opportunity for change. In simple terms, this act equips the Regulator with enhanced …

2023-08-18

Are you unsatisfied with how we've handled complaints? We're taking charge to change that, and we want your voice to be the driving force. We have an brand new project over on myFreebridge , where …

2023-08-05

Freebridge Community Housing trade union workers have balloted to take part in industrial action. As a result, strike days have been announced over the coming weeks. The trade union members affected …

2023-07-17

Freebridge Community Housing are delighted to announce that the long-awaited next phase of the Hillington Square regeneration project is due to commence in July 2023. This next phase, which …

2023-07-11

Our customers will soon recieve an email regarding our Tenant Satisfaction Measures Survey (TSM). These are due to be sent out from this Thursday 13th July by TLF (The Leadership Factor), who is …

2023-05-23

**Please note that applications for these opportinities have now closed. ** We wanted to make you aware of three exciting opportunities here at Freebridge Community Housing. We’re keen on recruiting …

2023-05-15

Last year you may recall that we launched our brand new Tenant Customer Charter. This Charter is our ‘customer plan’ and is a living, breathing document that displays our commitments that we have …

2023-05-11

Who doesn't love a good deal? We’ve come across a great option that promises to give many Freebridge customers a sizeable saving on important services. With that in mind, did you know that you could …

2023-04-24

We’re inviting you to be part of the changes at Freebridge and give the customer voice volume.  Last week, we were pleased to finally launch our new digital engagement platform, myFreebridge! This is …

2023-02-22

As you’ll have seen from your recent rent letter, we are raising rents by 7% this year. We realise that, though this was a difficult decision to make, times are tough for you and that all of your …

2023-02-13

As you may have seen, there have been a lot of reports in the media over the past few months about damp and mould. We understand that for some of our customers this will be very concerning, so we …

2023-02-10

A tight-knit community of Freebridge residents based at our Sutton Lea sheltered scheme in Burnham Market have come together to raise vital funds for a host of charitable organisations. The group, …

2023-01-13

We’d like to remind our Freebridge customers that MLCS3 are currently undertaking property surveys on our behalf. You may have already received a letter from MLCS3 regarding an appointment and the …

2022-12-08

We want all of our customers to live in a safe, secure, comfortable home and we are here to help you if you have any concerns at all about your property. This includes if you are worried about damp, …

2022-11-23

The first Independent East conference, held near Norwich earlier this month, was attended by over 100 customers, board members and staff from five housing associations based in Norfolk and Suffolk. …

2022-11-08

Freebridge care about our customers and want to provide excellent customer service to all. That’s why in the next few weeks if you’re a Freebridge customer you may be contacted by a company called …

2022-10-24

Later this week Freebridge will be running a consultation on proposed development of 12 affordable homes on land formerly known as 1-4 Brentwood, Main Street, Brancaster Staithe. For more information …

2022-10-05

Freebridge is delighted to have had its development of new homes in the village of Gayton officially opened by MP for North West Norfolk, James Wild. The homes that have been built at Draper Gardens …

2022-09-09

Freebridge is saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and our thoughts are with the Royal Family at this incredibly sad time.

2022-07-19

Freebridge Community Housing is proud to confirm that we are one of the official sponsors of the King’s Lynn & West Norfolk Pride event that takes place on Saturday 20 August 2022. Janina …

2022-06-27

Our Customer Voice Lead Rebecca, gives us an update on her work with the TPAS Engagement Research project. The TPAS Research sessions have now come to an end and we would like to thank all of those …

2022-06-28

Freebridge's Privacy Notice for Tenants has recently been updated. The key change to the Privacy Notice is the addition of this clause: e) in the first table in section 6.3, to say that we will share …

2022-06-23

Freebridge Community Housing is excited to announce that for the twelfth year running they are now welcoming grant applications to their Community Fund.  The annual fund, which opened on Monday 13th …

2022-05-17

Freebridge Community Housing Unveils Plans For a Further £25m investment at Hillington Square to provide 70 new, environmentally friendly homes and community facilities Freebridge Community Housing …

2022-05-04

More youth groups at the Discovery Centre, a network of community champions, and skills and training courses are just some of the activities Freebridge Community Housing is proposing for North Lynn. …

2022-04-28

Freebridge Community Housing has unveiled a new team to manage customer repairs as it makes handling these a top priority. The Diagnostics and Scheduling team has been set up after the west Norfolk …

2022-04-22

Over the last 18 months, Freebridge Community Housing has provided more than £11k in extra support to help customers struggling to pay bills such as energy and food. Since November 2020 – when …

2022-06-09

Listening to customers, clearing away rubbish, and carrying out repairs were some of the ways that Freebridge made a difference in South Lynn during the housing association’s Out and About Community …

2022-03-22

Freebridge Community Housing is reiterating its commitment to providing financial assistance, advice, and guidance to its customers, including through a bigger Tenancy Support Fund. The commitment …

2022-02-22

Freebridge Community Housing has handed over the keys to nine new family homes in Terrington St Clement. The homes, which have been built on Church Bank, replace a number of outdated properties that …

2022-02-03

You may have seen in the news today that the energy regulator Ofgem has raised the price cap on energy prices – the maximum amount suppliers can charge customers for each unit of energy. This will …

2022-01-11

Hundreds more tenants across the East of England are to benefit from tenancy and independent living skills as East Anglia-based social enterprise Your Own Place offers its workshops to four housing …

2022-04-01

Independent East, an informal alliance of five community-focused housing associations in the East of England – Broadland Housing, Freebridge Community Housing, Havebury Housing Partnership, Saffron …