Launch of Jobs At Home

This was the formal launch of Jobs at Home and was organised by the Housing Leadership Foundation (HLF) who originally conceived the idea.

There were several key speakers including Richard Harrington MP for Watford who hosted the event, Don Foster MP, Under Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government and David Orr, Chief Executive of the National Housing Federation.

I really enjoyed listening to Gareth Lewis, our Director of Property and New Business and Phil Day, Resources Director from Thrive who did a “double act” telling the audience what it was really like to set the first enterprise up. Watching the video that followed had the greatest impact on me when some of the guys explained how the opportunity of this Watford and Three Rivers joint venture had changed their lives it was really moving.

This initiative has seen Jobs at Home employ tenants who were either unemployed or had insecure employment and offers training as multi-skilled operatives. They will be undertaking the following work in our homes to our more vulnerable tenants – Aids & Adaptations; Two room decs and Handyperson scheme.

I am so pleased I was able to attend this event. It was a really good opportunity for the Trust to present ourselves as a community business that really is doing important work to help our tenants and offering fantastic opportunities that would otherwise not be possible.

If you would like further information about Jobs At Home, would like to see the video or for anything else happening at the Trust, please contact me at trusty.house@wcht.org.uk.

Readers who submit articles must agree to our terms of use. The content is the sole responsibility of the contributor and is unmoderated. But we will react if anything that breaks the rules comes to our attention. If you wish to complain about this article, contact us here