Gain influence
Your hands-on experience of what works in your communities and the daily challenges you face feed directly into the policy positions of Communities that Work.
Your voice is amplified when you join Communities that Work, and it becomes stronger; you'll be part of the only housing-led body in the UK representing the sector on employment policy.
As a member, we'll support your housing and employment messaging with your local target MPs and accompany constituency visits at your request.
You'll be automatically invited to our party conference events and our parliamentary reception at the Palace of Westminster.
And you'll be invited to join other ministerial meetings, parliamentary briefings and policy roundtables. These will offer you unique access to senior government members, leading parliamentarians and policymakers.
Leverage support
Members of Communities that Work support each other and gain insight from CtW events. We support you across housing and employment issues, from policy to delivery, leveraging the expertise of our entire membership base.
You'll gain access to funding intelligence through our exclusive news service and member events. Your input will feed into our policy on housing and employment funding that affects your ability to deliver services across your communities.
As a trusted source of intelligence and insight, we can connect you with parliamentarians and government departments. You'll be invited to join our policy-influencing events and your input shapes our dialogue with the government, and helps propose solutions to the challenges we all face.
Develop insight
Members of Communities that Work get the latest leading information from us about housing and employment.
We interpret and prioritise news from the government on how employment and skills policy is shaping up and how it's getting commissioned out, and we explain how to access funding opportunities.
Our members get exclusive access to the latest, most relevant intelligence thanks to our unique network of political contacts and connections.
You'll also be invited to join us for bespoke briefing events with experts in a whole range of policy and delivery areas.
And as a member, you'll get our regular hand-picked news roundup compiled by our media experts and delivered to your inbox.
Latest Newsletters
In this issue:
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JobsPlus shortlisted for national Awards
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Raising Aspirations – new report from Weaver Vale Housing Trust
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Budget read-out
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JobsPlus and MPs
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Party Conference Update
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Spotlight on Karbon Homes
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New CtW and BME National Joint Steering Group
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Green Collar Jobs: new report
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Board Champions announced
In this issue:
- Political Update
- Green Collar Jobs
- Welcome to the Board: Lucy Dixon
In this issue:
- Annual Reception Report
- Milburn Interim Review
- Good practise: Barnet Homes and L&Q reports
Latest from X
Congratulations to Weaver Vale Housing Trust on five more years of The National Lottery Community Fund funding for Raising Aspirations, its one-to-one mentoring programme for residents.
To conclude our Board Mission Champions series, we are pleased to introduce Nic McGrath newground and Tracey Walsh as Board Champions for the Housing, Growth and Green Jobs Alliance.
We are pleased announce that Jo and Jenny have been appointed as Communities that Work’s Membership Board Champions. Jo and Jenny will focus on refreshing our membership offer, working to ensure it reflects the needs of our members.
Latest from LinkedIn
Congratulations to Weaver Vale Housing Trust on securing a further five years of funding from The National Lottery Community Fund for its Raising Aspirations programme.
Raising Aspirations is a one-to-one mentoring project. It gives participants a ‘pick and mix’ approach built around their own needs and goals. The programme’s third and final year report for its first funding period has now been published.
Operating across ten neighbourhoods in England, JobsPlus brings employment support into communities, combining on-site services, local connections and financial incentives to help people overcome barriers to work.
This nomination is a fantastic recognition of the housing associations, local partners and communities working together to make a difference - and of the potential for community-led approaches to help more people access employment opportunities.
A great end to Labour conference for our Managing Director, Lynsey Sweeney, who spoke with the Minister for Employment, with PLMR in the chair. Local, personal support works.
Watch Lynsey’s report from the day below. hashtagLab26 hashtagJobsPlus