CCG has announced it has donated £91,000 to the Wheatley Foundation, the charitable arm of housing, care and property management specialist Wheatley Group.
The contractor has undertaken three developments with Wheatley in the Glasgow area and made the contribution as part of the community benefits clause in the group’s new-build and investment contracts.
Wheatley Foundation helps to create opportunities for customers, including access to employment, training and learning as well as tackling social exclusion and working to alleviate the impacts of poverty.
£54,000 was donated to the Foundation’s home comforts service, which provides furniture and white goods, as a result of Hurlford Avenue, a 72-home development built by CCG on the site of a former primary school site in Garscadden.
The Foundation’s education bursary programme, which helps people at college and university, received £20,000 from CCG, delivered as a result of a 26-home development in Pollok.
Meanwhile, a third project, comprising 22 homes in Thornliebank, saw £17,000 donated to the Foundation’s partnership with the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, which sends children a specially chosen book free of charge every month until their fifth birthday.
Lynne Mitchell, director of Wheatley Foundation, said, “Community benefits is an important way for our contractors to support Wheatley communities and deliver wider social benefits in addition to the core purpose of a contract.”
Lynn Stodart, CCG Group HR manager, added, “Wheatley is one of CCG’s biggest clients. Year-on-year, we have worked together to create great places and transform communities with the delivery of high-quality, low-energy homes and localised investment.
“In addition to the construction programme, we welcome the opportunity to engage and support communities and these projects are tangible examples of activity that create opportunities for local people.”
