Pledges

The Group has undertaken several pledges and commitments that are aligned to our shared vision and values.

Pledges

The Group has signed the Age-friendly Employer Pledge, a free nationwide programme launched by the Centre for Ageing Better to improve the recruitment, retention and development of older workers.

We are committed to the CIH Equality and Diversity Charter to help us strive for a better balance in opportunities, resources, and decision-making processes for employees, customers and communities. 

We have pledged to Make a Stand against domestic abuse. The pledge has been developed by the Chartered Institute of Housing in partnership with Women’s Aid and the Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance to enable housing organisations to make a visible commitment to support people experiencing domestic abuse. 

The Group supports Dementia Friends, an initiative by The Alzheimer's Society, to change people’s perceptions of Dementia.

Disability Confident organisations play a leading role in changing attitudes for the better. 

The Group has committed  to work towards Harry's Pledge which includes making offices and community spaces we offer as accessible as possible, installing ‘Changing Place’ toilets in any new offices that are open to the public, and being a carer friendly employer.

We have united with other housing associations and homelessness charities to help end homelessness and have signed up to nine Homes for Cathy homelessness commitments, developed with Crisis, which guide and benchmark best practice within our organisation. 

We have signed up to the NHF's Commitment to Refer to make a positive, public statement that shows housing associations are serious about ending homelessness.

We have signed up to the new Respect Anti-social Behaviour Charter for housing. The purpose of the charter is to improve the anti-social behaviour services of housing bodies.

We a members of the South Ribble Dementia Action Alliance part of our commitment to improve the lives of those living with dementia and their carers. 

Other commitments

Our Brighter Futures programme offers fully paid job placements for six months to give our tenants a stepping stone into paid employment.

We are a member of Learning Disability England.

We are a founder member of the Learning Disability and Autism Housing Network.

We are committed to preventing modern slavery and human trafficking in all our corporate activities and to ensuring that our supply chains are free from slavery and human trafficking.

Project SEARCH is an international transition to work programme committed to transforming the lives of young people with learning disabilities and autism.

We are a member of VODG.

With decarbonisation at the heart of the social housing sector's agenda, 43 housing providers have joined forces to create the Zero Carbon Club. The group represents approximately three quarters of a million homes across the UK.

A national voice

We support the annual national gas safety campaign to help you promote gas safety and keep people safe.

We support Mencap's annual Learning Disability Week.

National Social Housing Safety and Compliance Week is an annual event highlighting safety and compliance at all levels within social housing. We pledge to keep our tenants safe by maintaining and continuously improving home safety standards.

Starts at Home is a national day of action where our members and campaign supporters unite to showcase the value of supported housing.

We are a founder supporter of See the Person. This national tenant-led campaign was established in 2017 to help smash the stereotype publicity around social housing. We continue to actively support the Stop Social Housing Stigma campaign, promoting the value and benefit our tenants and customers bring to our communities.

Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face, and recognise their contribution to families and communities throughout the UK.

We are a member of SHiP.

We support the annual White Ribbon and 16 Days of Action campaigns to end domestic abuse.

Our planet promise