We celebrate diversity and inclusion we are proud of our people, our customers and local community. Today we are bursting with excitement to celebrate and flying our flag with Pride
#Birminghampride
#BeYou
It was a real pleasure for us to welcome
@PreetKGillMP
to our Project 80 development in Edgbaston to show how we’re leading the way in future building standards at a critical time as household costs increase for many of us. Find out more about Project 80:
Our Director of Technology and Transformation Kathryn Downs will be presenting
@HousingTech
on digital transformation and the customer experience in the Exeter Suite at 11am today - join us to find out more
#HousingTech2019
We’re delighted to announce
@AcornsHospice
as our Charity of the Year 2023!
We look forward to supporting Acorns and the vital services they provide, including palliative care, and therapeutic activities for babies, children, and young people with life-threatening illnesses.
Fantastic to see our colleague
@KhakanQureshi
awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to LGBT equality in the New Year's Honours list 🎉 Congratulations Khakan!
We had a great visit this morning from
@ChrisPincher
to Shannon’s Mill retirement scheme. In a brief break from meeting our lovely residents our Chairman John Edwards took the opportunity to talk social housing with the minister &
#Tamworth
MP
#HomesAtTheHeart
#AffordableHousing
A fantastic effort by our staff, contractors and partners in the city to provide packs for the 'invisible' homeless in
#Birmingham
this winter
#BrumCharityHour
They only went and won it! Huge congratulations to the team, a fantastic achievement - we had a great night celebrating with all of the other finalists
@HousingHeroes18
#allwinners
#UKHousing
Great to be part of this mornings launch of
#BER20
and join the discussion about building resilience and reconfiguring our regional economy as a hub of future growth
@unibirmingham
@CityREDI
@BrumChamber
Our amazing support workers at
#Birmingham
homeless scheme The Snow Hill work with displaced people every day. They know why we must
#FixTheHousingCrisis
We're backing
@natfednews
campaign and we have some ideas of our own too. Read them here:
We've been celebrating UK Disability History Month this December, raising awareness of invisible disabilities like hearing or speech loss. Here's a Christmas message from our colleagues in Makaton, one of the recognised forms of sign language 🎅
#Christmas2019
@MakatonCharity
We celebrate diversity and inclusion and are proud of our people, our customers and local community. Today we are wearing our heart with Pride as we fly our flag to support
#BirminghamPride
#BeYou
#loveoutloud
We're delighted to have been shortlisted at the
@UKhousingawards
! Our innovative retirement living lifestyle programme has seen us nominated for Best Older People's Landlord. Good luck team! 🤞
Everybody at our flagship supported housing scheme in
#Dudley
- Saltbrook Place - thinks we need to
#FixtheHousingCrisis
just like our colleagues at
@natfednews
We've got some things we think the next
#Government
should do too. Read them here:
We're delighted to announce our chosen charity of the year for 2023 is
@AcornsHospice
A few members of our team visited Acorns and discussed the ways we can support the continuation of the care they provide. Thank you Acorns for the warm welcome!
🤝
Great to attend the launch of
#ASBAwarenessWeek
led by
@resolveasb
@MidlandHeart
Chief Executive, Glenn Harris was among the guest speakers, explaining how a housing court could provide swifter justice and relief for those experiencing ASB.
@ASBAPPG
Our outreach team are out making sure individuals are aware they can take up accommodation or access emergency spaces should they want to. No deposits or payments are needed to access these services.
Today we hosted our first All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) inquiry on
#antisocialbehaviour
(
#ASB
) at the
@HouseofCommons
with
@Shaun4WBW
& key stakeholders from the sector to tackle the issue head on. Find out more from our Chief Exec, Glenn Harris:
From those self-isolating at home to our key workers out in the community we're all keeping busy! Click on the image below to see some numbers from across the team since the lockdown began back in March 👇
Happy 100th birthday to Vera, our resident of over 25 years at St Thomas Court, Coventry! Colleagues and family members helped to mark the occasion by organising a safe gathering in the scheme’s garden, which was attended by the Lord Mayor of Coventry, Cllr. Ann Lucas.
Paul, a 73 year old veteran and one of our Pine Court residents, served in the armed forces for 36 years. Recently, he's been giving up his time to help raise money for the
@poppylegion
by selling poppies in his local Sainsbury’s. Thank you Paul!
#ArmisticeDay
Today it was great to welcome
@andy4wm
Mayor of the West Midlands, to our offices for the official launch of
#Project80
, the UK's first homes to meet the Government's Future Homes Standard three years ahead of schedule.
#LowCarbon
#Event
#Construction
We're getting ready to celebrate the teams and individuals who have gone the extra mile for customers and colleagues at our annual STAR awards ceremony. Good luck to everyone up for an award! ⭐
A great response from our staff this morning attending 'policy and pastries' - over 80 staff gave their feedback to support our response to
@CIHhousing
'rethinking social housing' consultation with
@robhunter89
@Jack_MidHeart
Our Development team held a successful networking event today with key stakeholders. The focus was on how we can work together to achieve our target of building 550 new homes per year from 2019.
We are saddened to hear about the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We join people around the world in mourning her loss during this difficult time, including those who work for and have been helped by the 600 charities she was patron of.
Wearing our heart with Pride was our message this year as members of staff and a number of our customers walked and celebrated
#BirminghamPride
amongst many other local businesses, community groups and charities:
A number of Midland Heart colleagues are taking on the
#frightorflight
challenge for
@brumshospice
today. Look out them abseiling down the Park Regis Hotel, Birmingham, and racing up the stairs (16 floors!) to the top!
HUGE NEWS: We're proud to have been named one of the UK’s Top 50 Inclusive Employers! We ranked 24 in the Inclusive Top 50 and are in the company of organisations like the NHS, West Midlands Police and Bupa.
@InclusiveAwards
Moody's have today upgraded our credit rating from A2 to A1 - 'a true testament to the dedication and hard work of our colleagues' - Glenn Harris, CEO.
We're delighted to have been shortlisted in the Employer of the Year category for this year's
@_HousingHeroes
and
@womeninhousing
awards! The winners will be announced at a ceremony in Manchester this September. Fingers crossed! 🤞 🏆
#WIH
#HousingHeroesAwards
We've been in the festive spirit this week in the office with carols and hot chocolate on the terrace on Tuesday and today we're celebrating
#ChristmasJumperDay
! ❄️ 🎄
From Manchester to Midland Heart, our IoIC Award of Excellence has landed safely back at the office! Congratulations to our Communications team who were recognised at the High Flyer Awards. Thank you
@IntranetExperts
for nominating us.
#jointhejetset
Excellent morning showing
@HeatherWheeler
around The Snow Hill in
#Birmingham
It's much more than a flat for customers like Craig (right), it's stability and support on the journey from
#homelessness
back to independent living.
As it's
#ASB
Heroes Day, it's only right to celebrate everyone that's been involved with the
@ASBAPPG
report, calling on the government to pilot a Housing Court in the West Midlands to support victims of ASB.
For the full report: 👈
#ASBAwarenessWeek
Our affordable rent homes are now being handed over to tenants moving onto the new Wolsey Island development, Leicester created in partnership with
@WestleighHomes
to help provide much-needed housing and regenerate a disused factory site.
Our customer Craig is doing really well now at our scheme The Snow Hill, but he knows what it's like to be homeless. People like Craig are the reason we're backing the
#FixTheHousingCrisis
campaign from
@natfednews
We’re really excited these invites will soon be landing on 150 of our colleagues doormats, ready for November’s celebration event where they’ll be congratulated on some fantastic achievements over the past 12 months
#recognitionawards
Lovely to welcome
#Wolverhampton
MP
@Jane_Stevenson_
to Broadway Gardens today for a socially distanced singalong in the sunshine. It's fair to say great fun was had by all!
We are very pleased to be attending and speaking
@Housingtech
conference today sharing our learning around the digital journey and customer experience
#HousingTech2019
We're really pleased to be working in partnership with
@WestMids_CA
and other leading housing associations in the region to increase and accelerate the number of affordable homes for local people. Read the full story 👉
#InvestWM
#HousingForAll
Thinking pink at Firsbrook House, Wolverhampton raised over £190 for
@breastcancernow
thanks to our generous customers, friends and staff
#breastcancer
Chief Executives from several UK housing associations met last week for a roundtable discussion, including
@RuthMCooke
CEO of
@GreenSqAccord
and Midland Heart CEO, Glenn Harris.
An opportunity for attendees to discuss some of the challenges the sector needs to overcome.
We're over the moon to have gained our silver award! 🎉
This Ministry of Defence award recognises companies for their support to the Armed Forces community, including Reservists, veterans, spouses, Cadet Forces Adult Volunteers and cadets.
#SilverERS21
Today we are delighted to announce that 41 new organisations in our region have been awarded their Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Silver Award for 2021.
Stay tuned for our posts today showcasing our exemplary employers 👏
Read more:
#SilverERS21
It's
#HousingDay
next Wednesday and the theme this year is 'The tenant voice'. Share your stories and get involved using
#HousingDay18
and keep an eye on our Twitter and Facebook accounts for more information.
Midland Heart hit a century today with 100 new homes handed over for the month of March. It takes our end-of-year total to 450 homes completed and released to customers across the Midlands
The festively-named The Snow Hill in
#Birmingham
is just 1 of our supported living schemes. Thanks to our dedicated support workers, many formerly homeless people will spend
#Christmas2019
in a secure home and will be supported into employment, training or volunteering in 2020
The stats are in! Dan raised an impressive £508 for
@brumshospice
by completing a 100 mile virtual bike ride in 5 hours 56 minutes. Well done Dan, great work!
#charity
Project Support Co-ordinator, Dan, has taken to the saddle to raise funds for
@brumshospice
today! He is half way through a 100 mile virtual bike ride which is just one of the activities marking Engagement and Wellbeing week here at Midland Heart.
Thank you
@Lovell_UK
for spreading Christmas cheer and donating 60 boxes of biscuits to our customers in Saltbrook Place, our supported living scheme in
#Dudley
!
Today, we've joined forces with 33 leading housing associations representing 1.5m households to call on
@Energygovuk
to provide more support for those on low incomes with energy bills this winter.
Read about the campaign in the
@guardian
here
#energybills
Project Support Co-ordinator, Dan, has taken to the saddle to raise funds for
@brumshospice
today! He is half way through a 100 mile virtual bike ride which is just one of the activities marking Engagement and Wellbeing week here at Midland Heart.
Our CEO and
@CityMayorLeic
check out progress at one of our new housing developments with
@WestleighHomes
that are providing affordable homes and regenerating disused land in the city. Read about it in
@Midbusnews
A strong commitment to social values helped
@FortemCares
win its initial contract for repairs and maintenance at our properties in east and south Midlands. Read how their initiatives are benefitting the people and communities where we work
Our award winning Money Advice team have been working hard to support a Windrush tenant who was set to owe £100,000 in benefits. Luckily our team looked into the case and helped the tenant to prove his entitlement to live in the UK
#12DaysofMHChristmas
It's an egg-citing weekend ahead for six families who are moving into their brand new Midland Heart and Partner home at Bagworth, Leicestershire. The first six homes to be completed were handed over to our tenants today!
We welcome today’s announcement from the Government on supported housing funding which will offer the sector a more certain future and ensure better value for money.
#supportedhousing