Celebrating being shortlisted for national accolade
The Building Communities Awards are national awards that recognise and celebrate the professionalism, excellence and innovation within the housing and construction community – and we’ve been shortlisted in the Community Impact category for our social value work.
During 2023/24 we achieved a social value of £9,582,635 which benefitted communities across north Wales.
We also recently published a report that highlighted some of our key achievements around social value:
- 94% of our Welsh suppliers are based in north Wales
- £55 million spent with north Wales contractors
- We employ 370 local people
- 231 people were supported into employment and training through the Academi Adra training and employment initiative
The report also outlines our commitments to providing financial support and guidance to tenants, supported housing, dealing with anti-social behaviour, decarbonisation and the environment, investing in current homes and new developments, the Welsh language and partnership working.
Llinos Bracegirdle, our Social Value Co-ordinator, said: “We’re delighted to have been shortlisted in the category at these national awards and it reflects all the great work that goes on across the business to maximise the opportunities for social value.
“I’d like to pay tribute to staff, partners and contractors for their commitment in creating opportunities for our tenants and our communities to thrive”.
“We want to have a positive impact on people’s lives, as well as the wider community. That commitment has been reflected in our Corporate Plan which focusses on building quality homes that people can be proud of; support communities and people to thrive; decarbonising our homes; improving the customer experience and strengthening the business.
“We want to provide opportunities for people to access quality jobs and training; we want to make sure that the contractors that we employ provide added benefits through investment and initiatives in our community and we want to continue to play our part in regenerating the local economy”.
The winners will be announced at the awards in Derby in March.