Social purpose

We take on large scale projects so that we can make the biggest difference, not 'just by building' homes but also delivering infrastructure including community space, medical centres, retail and commercial units, high quality public realm and, on schemes like Purfleeton-Thames, a school, and further education hub.

We build mixed tenure developments because it’s the right thing to do to create sustainable communities but also because it enables us to fund much needed affordable homes. Then we manage these homes for the long term, maintaining our estates and providing good quality housing services to our residents. At Better Queensway for example, we’re working in partnership with Southend-on-Sea Borough Council to transform the tired and isolated estate into a thriving new place, with circa 1,700 homes of mixed tenures, high quality new public realm including large scale green spaces, a community concierge and a range of flexible non-residential uses. We will then manage the regenerated estate for the long term. This scheme will transform the lives of the residents of the estate but also the adjoining areas and wider Southend-on-Sea and will make a significant contribution to the Borough’s 2050 ambitions delivering wider social value.

Finally, we invest in our residents and the wider communities in which they live by building their capacity, providing skills and employment training and delivering activities to support education, health and wellbeing.

That’s our social purpose: “To

find better ways of doing things so that we improve lives and

communities. Every day.” and it underpins everything we do because we want as many people as possible to “feel at home”.

We are committed to growing our commercial activities to enable us to generate more gift aid which Swan Housing can use to invest in homes and services for those who need them.

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