Poplar HARCA

Location:

East London

Key contact:

Babu Bhattacherjee, Director of Community and Neighbourhoods

Contact:

020 7510 0555, Babu.Bhattacherjee@poplarharca.co.uk

Website:

http://www.poplarharca.co.uk

Homes managed	Homes to be built to 2022/23
9224	950

General needs social housing units managed	Housing for older people, supported housing and care home units managed	Low cost home ownership units	Temporary social housing	Non-social housing
5538	0	75	0	3611

General needs social housing units managed	5538
Housing for older people, supported housing and care home units managed	0
Low cost home ownership units	75
Temporary social housing	0
Non-social housing	3611

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Join Poplar HARCA's Safeguarding Team to learn about the delivery of their successful ‘hoarding support programme’;… https://t.co/sBvSFwcLmP

25th Sep, 2020

Additional services

Our Communities and Neighbourhoods (CaN) programme is a key priority for us. In the year our total spend on Community Regeneration of £4.9m (2016: £4.9m) was partially offset by external funding of £1.5m (2016: £1.1m) resulting in a net investment by Poplar HARCA of £3.4m for the year (2016: £3.8m).

The Employment and Training team have engaged with approximately 1,200 people throughout the year, providing one to one support, organising jobs fairs and running accredited training for work. As a result, 300 people successfully got a job and 450 residents have achieved qualifications.

Social return on investments

Our communities and neighbourhoods (CaN) programme utilises community assets and a £2.8m annual revenue budget to produce social returns valued between £17M and £25m a year (calculated by HACT). For example, we supported 450 people to achieve training qualifications and got 300 local people into jobs. This amounts to a social impact value of £3.5m. Getting 232 JSA claimants and 68 ESA claimants into jobs meant a savings of £4m to the Treasury, based on their formula.

Why we joined PlaceShapers

The Placeshapers Group is a fantastic network of small and medium Housing Associations covering the breadth of the UK. Together we share a set of core values to transform the homes of individuals, and to add quality of life through regenerating an entire area including infrastructure, services, activities, employment, health and education. Being part of the PlaceShapers Group gives us a unified voice to ensure these key passions will be maintained in the future.