More than homes
Weaver Vale Housing Trust has a strong commitment to maximising the impact of its developments beyond bricks and mortar, working with contractor and consultant partners so developments benefit the wider community via a range of social value initiatives.
A rich array of employment opportunities are offered to local people with 29 permanent jobs provided and 14 apprenticeship roles filled to date.
Through its development partners, the Trust has worked closely with 11 local schools and colleges as part of Cheshire and Warrington Local Economic Partnership’s ‘The Pledge’ initiative to support young people looking for careers in construction.
A further 10 secondary schools and colleges have been engaged so careers talks could be delivered while 5,000 young people – some of who live in the Trust’s communities – took part in an online careers event hosted by The Pledge.
M&Y Construction, which is the Trust’s contractor partner for the Springfield Avenue scheme, funded personal development organisation Positive Footprints to deliver its aspiration-raising programme for a year at a Frodsham primary school.
The Trust’s homebuilding partners also improve neighbourhoods with Lane End Developments renovating a youth centre, litter picking and improving community group premises.
Another example comes from M&Y, which donated over £2,500 to help create Weaver Vale Housing Trust’s ‘Raising Aspirations’ fund that supports customers with activities relating to employment, education and training.
