Investing in Communities

Good quality homes is only the start of creating a thriving community.

Through our social investment strategy, we work in partnership across our neighbourhoods to provide opportunities which promote sustainable communities

Creating places where people want to live and work we take into consideration all elements of the community, what type of homes, facilities, training and employment our communities need.
We are committed to making long-term, real differences to peoples lives, and our social investment work will:-

Actively engage in the development and delivery of local neighbourhood strategies
Contribute to the sustainability of communities we work within, extending beyond the core housing role.
Develop greater community and resident involvement, empowering people to be able to choose to engage actively in the decisions that affect them.

Our focus on skills development and sustainable communities, in key neighbourhoods, includes initiatives to develop:-

Employment & Training local labour initiatives
Customer profiling and neighbourhood plans
Partnerships with local community facilities and agencies.
Foyer Life skills programme
Meeting the needs of specific vulnerable groups, such as Refugees, Lone Parents
Creating awareness of issues relating to specific groups.
Social Enterprise development & support
Training toolkits
Volunteer development & support.
Digital Inclusion.
Tenant involvement, engaging tenants, empowering communities
Financial Inclusion, tackling poverty
Involving the wider community through specific projects
Community art projects
Environmental improvements and surveys
Building respect – youth outreach
Community cohesion projects.
Development of Urban Care Services

Sparth Then and Now Project

See and hear how people lived, worked and played in times gone by... Expect the unexpected! Scorpions to battle-axes, fossils to “Doffers”... to name but a few. Listen to voices from the past as people talk about the Sparth of the past Watch the animations, see the images that bring the past to life, and the video's that record past and present.

Visit the Sparth Then and Now website for more information or click on the logo to the right to view a slidshow about the project.