General Enquiries Tel : 01768 861 400
Email : enquiry@edenha.org.uk

Meet the staff

Meet our frontline staff

In most cases our Corporate Administrator's will be your first 'port of call' when you have an enquiry by phone or if you visit our offices. However, sometimes you may need to speak to key frontline staff from housing, support services, property repairs or community development. We have included them below so you know who they are and how to contact them.

A thank you behind the scenes

Behind our organisation are a number of staff that support us. These include administration, finance and IT support - they are rarely met by our tenants but much appreciated by the staff at Eden Housing Association for their support.

Housing Team

Heidi Ware - Team Leader (Housing and Support)

Email: heidi.ware@edenha.org.uk
Telephone: 01768 861419

 Full Time.

Team leader for the Housing Team (South Patch) and is also Champion of Resident Involvement for the Association. This involves ensuring that Resident Involvement is embedded throughout Association and working closely with ECHO, our tenants and residents body.



Lisa Hewitson - Housing Advice Officer

Email: lisa.hewitson@edenha.org.uk
Telephone: 01768 861428

Works Monday and Tuesday.

Working closely with other agencies, gives advice and support to housing applicants who are homeless or are potentially homeless. Delivers the homeless service on behalf of Eden District Council, taking homeless applications and finding accommodation for homeless applicants.



Liz Taylor - Housing Advice Officer / Homeless Prevention Officer

Email: liz.taylor@edenha.org.uk
Telephone: 01768 861421

Full Time. 

Working closely with other agencies, gives advice and support to housing applicants who are homeless or are potentially homeless. Delivers the homeless service on behalf of Eden District Council, taking homeless applications and finding accommodation for homeless applicants. Also implements strategies and works with people to prevent homelessness.



Paula Day - Housing Officer - North Patch

Email: paula.day@edenha.org.uk
Telephone: 01768 861456

Works Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Deals with all aspects of tenancy and estate management, rent queries including rent arrears recovery, signposting vulnerable people to support services, anti-social behaviour and neighbour nuisance, waiting list management and letting of properties.



Stella Jones - Housing Officer

Email: stella.jones@edenha.org.uk
Telephone: 01768 861471

Deals with all aspects of tenancy and estate management, rent queries including rent arrears recovery, signposting vulnerable people to support services, anti-social behaviour and neighbour nuisance, waiting list management and letting of properties.



Vicky Mark - Housing Officer - South Patch

Email: victoria.mark@edenha.org.uk
Telephone: 01768 861418

Full Time.

Deals with all aspects of tenancy and estate management, rent queries including rent arrears recovery, signposting vulnerable people to support services, anti-social behaviour and neighbour nuisance, waiting list management and letting of properties.



Community Development Team

Sarah Bowman and Jenny Arragon - Community Development Officer

Email: getinvolved@edenha.org.uk
Telephone: 01768 861417 or 01768 861435

Sarah works Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Jenny works Monday - Friday

Responsible for the delivery of the Association’s Community Development Service. This involves working with communities to help build and maintain safe, happy and neighbourly communities, assisting communities and groups throughout the Eden District. Our Community Development staff also work alongside the Team Leader to deliver Resident Involvement activities.  Sarah is also editor of the Association's newsletter - "Viewpoint".



Property Team

Garry Atkinson - Property Officer

Email: garry.atkinson@edenha.org.uk
Telephone: 01768 861454

The role of the Property Officer is to assist with the  implementation of the planned maintenance programme, carrying out surveys, inspections and administration. They carry out quality control duties on planned maintenance contracts, liase with external consultants and monitor Health & Safety on site.



Gary Convery - Property Maintenance Officer

Email: gary.convery@edenha.org.uk
Telephone: 01768 861452

The duties involved include providing technical expertise to diagnose general maintenance faults both via the telephone and in homes when visiting tenants.  Also to carry out pre and post repair inspections to properties and carry out site inspections of works in progress on day to day, re-let and cyclical repairs.  Work with contractors and other agencies to make sure the whole repairs process runs smoothly throughout. 



Heather Austin - Property Repairs Officer

Email: heather.austin@edenha.org.uk
Telephone: 01768 861434

The Property Repairs Officer is the Association's first point of contact when tenants phone in with repairs, the repairs are reported to the contractors and then the Property Repairs Officer liaises with contractors when organising repairs, chasing up outstanding works and variations to jobs.  The Property Repairs Officer also assists in the administration of other maintenance, annual servicing and miscellaneous contracts.  The officer also works alongside the Property Inspectors, organising appointments and updating records when works are completed.



Jimmy Campbell - Team Leader (Strategic Maintenance)

Email: jimmy.campbell@edenha.org.uk
Telephone: 01768 861437

The role of the team leader is to plan, programme & oversee both the planned maintenance team and planned maintenance work which the Association carry's out each year.



Melvyn Walton - Property Officer

Email: melvyn.walton@edenha.org.uk
Telephone: 01768 861430

The role of the Property Officer is to assist with the  implementation of the planned maintenance programme, carrying out surveys, inspections and administration. They carry out quality control duties on planned maintenance contracts, liase with external consultants and monitor Health & Safety on site.



Mick Cochrane - Plumber

Email: enquiry@edenha.org.uk
Telephone: 0800 3581401

Mick is part of Eden Works, our in-house repairs team - to report a repair please contact us on the Repairs Freephone 0800 3581401



Paul Mitchinson - Joiner

Email: enquiry@edenha.org.uk
Telephone: 0800 3581401

 Paul is part of Eden Works, our in-house repairs team - to report a repair please contact us on the Repairs Freephone 0800 3581401.



Post Vaccant - Property Administrator

Email: enquiry@edenha.org.uk
Telephone: 01768 861472

The Property Administrator provides administrative support to the property team and is there to provide support to the Property Repairs Officer at peak times and during holiday periods.



Tracy Howe - Property Officer (Cyclical Maintenance)

Email: tracy.howe@edenha.org.uk
Telephone: 01768 861430

Tracy is responsible for managing various contracts within the property team including the Gas Contract, Grounds Maintenance contract, Electrical Testing and various other contracts.  She also covers the Void inspections and monitoring the work and signing them back to the housing team when they are ready to let.



Support Housing Team

Allan Armstrong - Supported Housing Officer

Email: allan.armstrong@edenha.org.uk
Telephone: 017683 71184

Allan is the Supported Housing Officer at Mill Gardens in Kirkby Stephen.



Elsbeth Rennie - Supported Housing Officer

Email: elsbeth.rennie@edenha.org.uk
Telephone: 01931 716425

Elsbeth is the Supported Housing Officer for Wasdale at Shap.



Georgina Bracken - Supported Housing Officer

Email: georgina.bracken@edenha.org.uk
Telephone: 01768 864385

Georgina is the full time Supported Housing officer based at Sim Court in Penrith.



Rachael Thomson - Supported Housing Officer

Email: rachael.thomson@edenha.org.uk
Telephone: 07717 818497

Rachael is the Part Time Supported Housing Officer based at Grisedale Croft in Alston.



Rosemary Campbell - Supported Housing Officer

Email: rosemary.campbell@edenha.org.uk
Telephone: 01768 868035

Rosemary is the Supported Housing officer at The Crescent in Penrith.



Samantha Winder - Supported Housing Officer

Email: samantha.winder@edenha.org.uk
Telephone: 01768 868035

Samantha is the Supported Housing Officer at The Crescent in Penrith.



Sylvia Ganner - Supported Housing Officer

Email: sylvia.ganner@edenha.org.uk
Telephone: 017683 52322

Sylvia is the Supported Housing officer at Rampkin House in Appleby.



Corporate Administraiton Team

Diane Stewart - Corporate Administrator

Email: diane.stewart@edenha.org.uk
Telephone: 01768 861442

Diane works as part of the Corporate Administration team, this role provides administrative support for the whole Association. Corporate Administrators will often be your first contact when visiting our offices as they cover the main reception desk on a rota basis.