Driving social value across social housing

This month we start work on expanding and enhancing the UK Social Value Bank as we begin the first stage of the social value roadmap. We’re delighted that Peabody, whg and Leeds and Yorkshire Housing Association are joining us. Their involvement will ensure the values, tools and use cases are applicable and accessible across the sector, regardless of organisational size.

The social value roadmap was launched in September 2020. It was developed by the UK Social Value in Housing Taskforce, comprising 17 organisations including leading social housing organisations, the Regulator for Social Housing and experts in social value.

The roadmap will enable the social housing sector to use social value information to improve services, enhance decision-making and increase the impact we make. The first meeting of the social value roadmap group is scheduled to take place in January 2021.

HACT is in discussions with over 20 more organisations from inside and outside the social housing sector about their involvement in the social value roadmap.

Organisations taking part in the roadmap include:

• Breyer Group
• Charis
• Clarion
• CHP
• Clarion
• Federated Hermes
• Fusion21
• Gentoo
• Leeds and Yorkshire HA
• Link
• Longhurst
• MTVH
• Optivo
• Orbit
• Peabody
• PlaceShapers
• Poplar HARCA
• Raven
• Regenda
• Social Value UK
• South East Consortium
• Sovereign
• VIVID
• whg
• Wythenshawe Community Housing Group
• Your Housing Group

Further information about the social value roadmap, as well as a Q&A session about the roadmap.

About Peabody

Peabody has been creating opportunities for Londoners since 1862, when it was established by the American banker and philanthropist, George Peabody. One of the oldest and largest housing associations in the country, Peabody now manages 66,000 homes, providing affordable housing for around 133,000 people. This is set to grow through new regeneration projects across London.

As well as bricks and mortar, Peabody provides a wide range of programmes for residents and neighbourhoods, including help with employment and training, health and wellbeing projects and family support programmes. Its Community Foundation invested £9m in 2019/20.

www.peabody.org.uk

About whg

whg is among the largest and most successful providers of high-quality housing in the Midlands. Currently housing over 50,000 people in around 21,000 properties, it now has a presence in 18 local authority areas across the Midlands. whg’s increasingly diverse portfolio has given it a presence in the market rent, commercial markets, including shared ownership and supported housing.

www.whg.uk.com

About Leeds and Yorkshire HA

Leeds and Yorkshire Housing Association (LYHA) is a dynamic, forward-thinking housing association, managing almost 1,600 homes across Yorkshire, including Leeds, Whitby, Barnsley and Settle. We provide homes for single people, couples and families, ranging from period properties to new builds and from studio apartments to four-bedroom houses.

Our mission is to enable our customers to live well by providing warm, safe and secure homes, by investing in relationships and by delivering great services. We believe that everyone deserves to live in a home they love and in a community in which they can thrive and are committed to working with customers to ensure we deliver the best possible service we can. We are also committed to helping address the affordable housing crisis. Last year we built 72 new homes and we plan to build another 200-250 over the next five years.

www.lyha.co.uk