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Award winning St Martins delivers over £588k in social impact initiatives!
We are delighted to announce that our St Martins Development has been crowned the Best Partnership of The Year at the 2024 Inside Housing Development Awards!
St Martins is a collaborative development between Redwing , The Regenda Group , M&Y Maintenance and Construction , the Parish Church Council of Broughton, and Paddock Johnson Partnership.
The development built by M&Y Maintenance and Construction saw 5 houses and 9 apartments constructed for Rent to Buy through Redwing on previously unused land around the chapel. Let and managed by Redwing, residents shared exceptional feedback.
Derrick, one of the new home residents shared: “We found our perfect property! Redwing were always available to answer our questions and provide guidance. We are beyond grateful and love our new home!”
The partnership between Regenda, M&Y Maintenance and Construction and Broughton PCC is an excellent example of how different organisations can work together to deliver a shared vision, utilising surplus Church of England land for the provision of affordable housing.
Inside Housing shared: “St Martins demonstrates real creativity in thinking around ways to use community engagement to support the wider success of the scheme. It provides an excellent example of partnership working to deliver social value and the judges were impressed by the opportunities the scheme provides to bring the community together”
"By collaborating with the Church, local community, and our subcontractors, we delivered over £588k in social impact initiatives! "
Staff from across Redwing, The Regenda Group and M&Y Maintenance and Construction used volunteering days to help with planting and landscaping for the chapel building, donations to local food banks and spend within the local supply chain.
Engaging with local schools enabled Redwing and the wider teams to connect young people with the world of regeneration and sustainable construction as a career. Once the development was completed, a community planting day was organised so that members of the parish, residents of the new homes and the people from local community could contribute to the completion of the development and share in the celebrations for this new hub of the community. The chapel was officially opened by the Bishop of Blackburn in September 2023.
Canon Andrea, Titterington, Broughton PCC said: “The quality of Regenda’s work and testimonies were outstanding. Our partnership has been positive, supportive, and productive throughout the 5-year project timescale, which included the COVID pandemic. M&Y undertook school workshops on construction which were valued by the parish school. Support was given to the Preston Food Bank, our move into the new building and the community planting day . This has been a model of partnership, and the proof is in the quality of the end product for the Broughton Parish and Fulwood’s community.”
