Giroscope is an award winning housing charity based in Hull, UK. For over 25 years we have brought sustainable regeneration to our neighbourhood by providing housing, training and employment.
May 2012
Following the successful Open Day at the end of March, and the ongoing interest in our Solid Wall Insulation research and renovation works we have decided to keep the exhibition up for a while longer... Feel free to drop by our Arthur Street office where Holly, Martin or one of the skills supervisors (if they are not busy on site) will happily explain our findings or alternatively, have a wander around the display room in your own time...
The Solid Wall Insulation Manual is now also available online.Download it here. (three parts)
April 2012
to everyone who attended the Giroscope Open Day on 23rd March. We hope that we were successful in sharing our knowledge regarding energy efficiency in older properties, especially around solid wall insulation. Thanks also to LEAF funding which made this work possible. Thanks also to Lord Mayor Colin Inglis and MP Karl Turner for finding the time to attend. The Leaf project is now complete and we will take forward what we have learnt into our new properties.
February 2012
Giroscope is always on the look out for more volunteers to help with our work bringing empty properties back into use. Giroscope is helped by a wide range of volunteers from those with no skills to those with many skills. Most of our work involves the renovation of derelict properties (you will get dirty!) although we also need help with other activities of the charity in and around the office. For more information just get in touch…
February 2012
On Friday 23rd March Giroscope will be hosting an open day at our Green Enterprise Park on Arthur Street in West Hull. The event will run from 11am until 3pm and will showcase different approaches as to how Victorian terraced houses can be made more energy efficient and cheaper to run.
This will include lots of information around solid wall insulation of older properties, our solar viewing platform giving access to our ‘Solar Roof’, a model house showing the full range of possible energy saving features and much more. A vegetarian buffet will also be provided between 1pm and 2pm.
Please come and join us to find out more about Giroscope and our work.
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- So long as the conditions of the tenancy are met, you have the right to remain in your home for as long as you wish.
- Giroscope will not sell your house, or transfer ownership to another landlord so long as you are a tenant of that house.
- Giroscope will not borrow money against its property in a way that endangers the financial stability of the organisation and puts your home at risk.