Grwp Gwalia Cyf
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Grŵp Gwalia Cyf is a housing association
(provider of social housing) in south
and mid
Wales
. Gwalia is the largest housing association in Wales in terms of staff and turnover.http://www.gwalia.com/main.cfm?Type=SI
Grŵp Gwalia is a hybrid college recognised by the University of Glamorgan.
Gwalia's Chief Executive is Professor Michael Williams, who joined the group in 1982 as its Chief Executive. The group manages over 10,000 homes and student flats and comprises six not for profit companies:
The group was founded as Gwalia Housing Society Ltd in Swansea
in 1973. The society was organised by a group of local people and consultants to provide quality low cost housing in Wales. The organisation was renamed Gwalia Housing Group Ltd in the 1980s and Grŵp Gwalia Cyf in 2005.
Housing association
Housing associations in the United Kingdom are independent not-for-profit bodies that provide low-cost "social housing" for people in housing need. Any trading surplus is used to maintain existing homes and to help finance new ones...
(provider of social housing) in south
South Wales
South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. The most densely populated region in the south-west of the United Kingdom, it is home to around 2.1 million people and includes the capital city of...
and mid
Mid Wales
Mid Wales is the name given to the central region of Wales. The Mid Wales Regional Committee of the National Assembly for Wales covered the counties of Ceredigion and Powys and the area of Gwynedd that had previously been the district of Meirionydd. A similar definition is used by the BBC...
Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. Gwalia is the largest housing association in Wales in terms of staff and turnover.http://www.gwalia.com/main.cfm?Type=SI
Grŵp Gwalia is a hybrid college recognised by the University of Glamorgan.
Gwalia's Chief Executive is Professor Michael Williams, who joined the group in 1982 as its Chief Executive. The group manages over 10,000 homes and student flats and comprises six not for profit companies:
- Tai Cymdogaeth Cyf - (Tenants and Communities)
- Gofal a Chymorth Gwalia (Gwalia Care and Support)
- Tai Cartrefi Cyf - (Student accommodation)
- Gwalia Housing Trust - (the charitable arm of the organisation)
- Tai Gŵyr Cyf
- Habren Cyf (jointly owned with the University of Glamorgan)
The group was founded as Gwalia Housing Society Ltd in Swansea
Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
in 1973. The society was organised by a group of local people and consultants to provide quality low cost housing in Wales. The organisation was renamed Gwalia Housing Group Ltd in the 1980s and Grŵp Gwalia Cyf in 2005.