News – 20 April 2023 Alice, her husband Adam, and son Oscar, live in one of our new-build three-bedroomed homes in Shefford, Bedfordshire. Their home is extra special, because it’s our 1,000th shared ownership property! To celebrate this achievement, Dave Lakin, Director of Development & Commercial, together with some of our Sales and Development team, visited Alice to present…
News – 31 March 2023 Hop in2 Easter, our free Easter youth activity programme, starts on Tuesday 4 April in Bedfordshire. We’ve a range of events on offer for young people aged 8 to 17, including rounders, basketball, football and outdoor fitness, as well as creative activities such as arts and crafts and making Easter treats. The full programme of…
News – 21 March 2023 Our Successful Tenancies Team Leader, Rachel Welbourn, has a passion for empowering victims of exploitation to remain safe in their homes. She actively looks for opportunities to raise the profile of what we can do at Grand Union, and in the social housing sector as a whole, to help vulnerable people, such as those who…
News – 16 March 2023 We understand how diversity makes us stronger. That’s why we’re piloting a new scheme for neurodiverse graduates as part of an innovative partnership with Ambitious about Autism and the GEM Programme, a graduate training and development programme for the UK’s housing sector. Via the scheme, we’ve a year-long placement in property compliance for an autistic…
News – 6 March 2023 The world of property is traditionally a male-dominated working environment and continues to show a high proportion of men (85%) over women (15%) working in the industry. With International Women’s Day approaching – a global awareness day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women – it’s fitting that we’re celebrating colleagues who…
News- 6 March 2023 Launched in 2013, No More Week is an annual opportunity to raise awareness of domestic abuse, inspiring individuals, organisations and communities to make changes. We know that domestic abuse affects everyone and across all sectors of society, but here are some shocking statistics: In the past year, our dedicated Domestic Abuse & Safeguarding team has supported…
News – 22 February 2023 Here’s an update of some of the places where we’re building new homes, focusing on Northamptonshire: Paulerspury: We’re building 19 two and three bedroomed houses, nine for social rent and 10 for shared ownership sale in this village just south of Towcester. Completion is due this summer. Overstone: We’re building 65 houses (one, two, three…
News – 21 February 2023 Do you know how much edible food is thrown away each year by UK households? Around 6.6 million tonnes! Almost three quarters of this is food we could have eaten and a quarter of this is down to preparing, cooking or serving too much, costing us £3.5 billion each year. Food Waste Action Week is…
News – 17 February 2023 In January we ran our first health check ‘roadshows’. We hired some health equipment and took it out into the community giving customers and the public an opportunity to have their health checked. We went to a variety of places in our communities including leisure centres, sheltered schemes and children centres. The health checks included…
