Adra Housing Association is celebrating being crowned a winner at the national Social Value Awards.
The Social Value Awards are national awards that recognise and promote businesses that emphasise social value as part of their day-to-day work. The team from Adra scooped the Private Sector Leadership award and was ‘highly commended’ in the Accountability and Reporting category.
During 2023/24 Adra achieved a social value of £9,582,635 which benefitted communities across North Wales.
A recent report published by Adra highlighted some of the key achievements around social value:
- 94% of Adra’s Welsh suppliers are based in north Wales
- £55 million spent with north Wales contractors
- 370 local people employed by Adra
- 231 people supported into employment and training through the Academi Adra training and employment initiative
Llinos Bracegirdle, Social Value Co-ordinator, said:
“We were absolutely delighted to win one of the awards and to receive a highly commended in the other. The awards reflect all the great work that goes on across the business to maximise the opportunities for social value.
” This is very much a team effort between Adra’s staff, partners and contractors to create opportunities for our tenants and our communities to thrive”.
Rhys Parry, Adra’s Director of Resources, said:
“We want to have a positive impact on people’s lives, as well as the wider community. That commitment has been reflected in our Corporate Plan which focusses on building quality homes that people can be proud of; support communities and people to thrive; decarbonising our homes; improving the customer experience and strengthening the business.
“We want to provide opportunities for people to access quality jobs and training; we want to make sure that the contractors that we employ provide added benefits through investment and initiatives in our community and we want to continue to play our part in regenerating the local economy.
“To be recognised nationally for our work is an honour”.
