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Elves deliver Christmas surprise to homeless families

December 21, 2020

A huge thank you to Broadland’s partners, contractors and Development team staff. They have donated more than £3,000 to buy Christmas gifts for children and families living in temporary accommodation in King’s Lynn.

Their generous donations paid for Christmas presents and Christmas lunch for 47 families and 53 children living at our St James Lodge scheme, who would have struggled otherwise.

A total of £3,101.48 was raised by 25 corporate and personal donors. Broadland staff did the Christmas shopping and Sarah Nicholl, Neighbourhood Officer, and Katie Sutton, Local Area Advisor, dressed up as Santa’s elves to deliver the parcels!

We are very grateful to our generous contractors, partners, and of course, our amazing staff, who made this Christmas treat possible. It is really tough for families to celebrate when they don’t have their own home, and we are so glad we’ve been able to bring a little festive cheer this year.

Andrew Savage, Executive Development Director

Our corporate donors included:

  • Abode Construction
  • C&S Cleaners
  • EAM Dev Ltd
  • Ingleton Wood
  • Lovell Partnership
  • Norfolk Homes
  • RG Carter
  • Rossi Long
  • RU Associates
  • Wellington Construction

Affordable homes plan for north Norfolk wins award

November 23, 2020

Broadland Housing Association’s affordable housing strategy in north Norfolk has won a coveted Planning Excellence Award from the RTPI (Royal Town Planning Institute).

Broadland’s North Norfolk District Wide Affordable Housing Strategy was the regional winner in the RTPI’s virtual awards ceremony in November.

The award recognises the ingenuity of Broadland’s strategy, which identified an opportunity from changes to national policy. Five mixed tenure schemes – in Binham, Trunch, Erpingham, Edgefield and Great Ryburgh – are linked by one Section 106 Agreement. The sale of market homes has subsidised the delivery of 61 affordable homes.

Meeting an acute housing need

Broadland’s award-winning strategy is helping to meet the acute shortage of affordable housing in north Norfolk. Working closely with partners at North Norfolk District Council and local parish councils, Broadland is creating vibrant, sustainable rural communities.

Chair of the RTPI judges’ panel, David Potter, said:

We were very impressed with this novel and very successful approach to tackling the difficult and urgent problem of providing affordable housing in rural areas. The judges concluded this careful management and collaborative working arrangement should be commended.

Andrew Savage, Broadland’s Executive Development Director, said:

As a local housing association, we are incredibly proud to have won this award from the RTPI. Through our strategy, people with family or employment connections in north Norfolk have been able rent or buy high quality, well designed, affordable homes in places which otherwise they would have been priced out of. We are deeply grateful for our partnership work with North Norfolk District Council without whose enthusiasm and diligence we would not have been to proceed.

These new homes showcase mixed-tenure schemes in a community setting. We are truly proud of the communities that have been created, partly due to the holistic approach in design and planning. We want to thank our partners – Bidwell’s, Ingleton Wood, Hudson’s, Rossi Long, RG Carter, Wellington Construction and H Smith Honingham – without whose help we would not have been able to deliver these amazing new homes in rural Norfolk.

Greg Hayman, North Norfolk District Council’s Portfolio Holder for Housing and Benefits, said:

I congratulate the team at Broadland Housing on their award for this well deserved scheme and would like to also thank the team here at NNDC whose collaborative approach helped shape the outcome. It is vital that affordable housing should be of a quality that make the residents and community feel proud. It’s also vital that villages continue to thrive with sustainable populations.

Mixed, inclusive rural communities

Broadland and its architect partners Ingleton Wood and Hudson created a range of house designs designed to complement the local rural landscape. The homes have been traditionally constructed by local builders, supporting a longer life cycle, and use authentic local building materials, such as flint. 

The quality of the scheme planning has helped to instil a strong sense of pride and community from the outset. It has also encouraged mixed, inclusive communities. There is no visible difference between the social rent and open market homes, reducing the stigma often associated with affordable housing.

For more information on Broadland’s approach to planning and design, see https://www.broadlandgroup.org/our-design-approach/

Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week 2020

February 6, 2020

Left to right, from top: former apprentices Chloe Slater, Jack Harvey, Catalina Ruane, Lucy Rose and Laura Baldock

During National Apprenticeship Week, 3-7 February, we are celebrating the achievements of our amazing apprentices.

A good proportion of our apprentices go on to secure permanent roles at Broadland. James Godfrey, Head of HR Services, explains how apprenticeships also benefit us as an employer:

Apprenticeships introduce us to some amazing people of all ages, allowing us to develop them into well-skilled and motivated colleagues who bring a new dimension to our workforce.  In fact, we’re one of the top 100 not-for-profit organisations in the Best Companies Survey, which is an independent survey completed by employees.

Offering quality apprenticeships has allowed us to attract really high-calibre raw talent into a sector where there is a recognised skills shortage, and to develop skills which are directly relevant to our needs as an employer.  It’s a real win:win.

Broadland’s apprenticeship scheme welcomes trainees in a wide range of disciplines, including office-based roles such as business admin and customer service; trades such as plumbing, gas and electrical; and multi-disciplinary apprenticeships taking in a range of departments including HR, finance, housing, property management and facilities.

Greener transport deal with Norfolk Car Club

January 7, 2020

Our new transport partnership with Norfolk Car Club will save money for tenants and reduce our impact on the environment.

Norfolk Car Club offers pay-as-you-go use of a fleet of 50 new cars and vans in Norwich (parked in dedicated on-street bays) and 600 vehicles across the UK. Vehicles can be hired for as little as half an hour at a time or as long as needed.

Norfolk Car Club members have smaller carbon footprints because they travel fewer miles, in more efficient cars. Each new car club car is used by around 20 drivers, which is a much more efficient use of vehicles.

Broadland’s special deal means that tenants can join the Car Club free (saving a £25 joining fee), remain a member for free (saving £5 per month minimum spend), and receive a £25 free driving credit. National research shows that for members who drive fewer than 6-8,000 miles a year, a car club could save them up to £3,500 a year.

Andrew Savage, Executive Development Director and a Broadland environmental champion, said:

This great new deal with Norfolk Car Club will really benefit our tenants. It will save them the hassle and expense of owning and maintaining a car, such as tax, MOT, fuel, servicing, repairs and parking.

As an organisation, we are strongly committed to reducing our environmental footprint and this new partnership will reduce the amount of congestion on the roads, lower fuel emissions and improve air quality. 

For more information about the benefits of car clubs, see the latest national survey results.

Iain Grieve – new Executive Finance Director

December 16, 2019

We are delighted to welcome Iain Grieve as our new Executive Finance Director. Iain succeeds Julian Foster, who has retired.

Iain was previously Director of Financial Services at Catalyst Housing, one of the London’s largest housing associations. During his time in this role, Iain was part of the working party that helped Catalyst regain the regulator’s highest governance rating and significantly enhanced the customer-focus and reporting capability of the finance function. He also created and embedded a high-performing procurement function which delivered compliance with OJEU regulations and tangible value for money savings.  

Iain trained as an accountant with Grant Thornton in Norwich and joined Circle Housing as an Internal Auditor. He held several other posts at Circle Housing including Head of Internal Audit, Group Financial Controller and Director of Business Support, which was responsible for implementing and running a shared service division comprising of Finance, HR, IT and Facilities Management Teams and indirectly managing over 200 staff. 

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