October 2016 March 2017 June 2017
Elisabeth Buggins appointed Chair
Elisabeth Buggins CBE DL took over the key role as Accord Chair at a
very demanding time for the housing sector. Mrs. Buggins has over 40
years’ experience in health and care services. She has chaired Strategic
Health Authorities, NHS Trusts, served as non-executive director or
advisor in the private sector and charities and is currently chairing
Eastern Academic Health Sciences Network. Click Start launch
Accord joined forces with whg to lead on Black Country Click Start, a
strand of Building Better Opportunities for the Black Country.
Funded by the European Social Fund and Big Lottery, Click Start will see
over £23 million of funding to offer support to over 10,000 people by 2020
and help them to build a positive future for themselves and their families.
Building Better Opportunities for the Black Country was launched in front
of an audience of funders, stakeholders and influencers at a strategic
event held at Banks’s Stadium, Walsall on Wednesday 1 March. Official opening at Arden Grove
Arden Grove, our brand new specialist housing with care complex for
people with dementia in Coventry, was officially opened on Monday 3 July
by the first customer to live within the facility and in the presence of the
Lord Mayor of Coventry. Arden Grove is this is the first brand new care
facility built by Accord in seven years.
April 2017
#weareaccord
After six months of hard work and superb colleague collaboration and
teamwork, the Accord Group collapsed its federated structure of seven
organisations - Caldmoreaccord, Heantun, Ashrammoseley, Fry Housing
Trust, Direct Health, bchs and RCH - to become one Accord.
November 2016
Sparkbrook sod-cutting
Work began on an innovative £3.6million housing development in
Sparkbrook, Birmingham. The 36 new apartments, located off Stratford
Road, are being built by housing and regeneration specialist Keepmoat,
on behalf of Accord. The development will feature a mix of stylish one and
two bedroom apartments for affordable rent.
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January 2017 May 2017
SOAHP Homes build
Matrix Housing Partnership was awarded one of the largest allocations
of the Homes & Communities Agency’s £1.3 billion funding for housing
associations, local authorities and developers in order to deliver new
affordable housing. Led by Accord, the partnership will build 664 new
homes in Birmingham, Redditch, the Black Country, Staffordshire,
and Worcestershire. Work on the homes will start in 2018 and will be
completed by 2021. Fair & Square
We launched our Fair & Square Promises – a set of mutually fair and
straightforward promises that will set out how we can work together
with our customers. The promises are a fair and open way for us to work
together, and we have worked closely with customers to develop them.
July 2017
Accord named one of the Top 100
Accord was placed 11th in the annual 24Housing Magazine’s Top 50
Social Housing Landlords - testament to all our great people and their
commitment to delivering homes and services.
Work begin on Burton Dementia Centre of Excellence
Burton Centre of Excellence will provide specialist accommodation in a
domestic style environment for people with dementia, providing high
quality care and support in an innovative, purpose built environment.
It is being built on the site of the former Margaret Stanhope Centre in
Outwoods, Burton at a cost of £6.4m with £945,000 of funding from the
Homes & Communities Agency.
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