St. Modwen Homes

Last week colleagues from across our business gathered at the The National Self Build & Renovation Centre in Swindon for our quarterly Site Managers Conference. These sessions offer an excellent opportunity for our teams from all of our different developments to come together, share ideas and collaborate. On the day there were fantastic, informative presentations from Steve Tampin Safety & Access Ltd who gave a scaffolding review, and Lee Chadwick at Clarkson Evans Ltd who delivered a PV panels overview. Finally, we were also privileged to be joined by Gary and Michelle Anderson from SECURE MIND SOLUTIONS LIMITED who held a powerful discussion on Mental Health within the construction industry. This event was a tremendous success, and we would like to thank all of our site teams for their continued hard work!

Promoting and supporting the next generation of talent within the housebuilding industry is something we’re passionate about across each of our homes developments. 👷♂️ 👷♀️ Recently, we were delighted to welcome over 60 16 and 17-year-old plumbers, bricklayers, carpenters and plasterers from Weston College to our Handley Place development near Weston-Super-Mare for a series of engaging and inspiring events. Set across several days, these events covered a number of different areas of construction including the functional role of different trades as well as sequencing and programming stages as part of a residential development. These sessions also gave the students an excellent opportunity to speak to our site teams about their experience within the housebuilding industry and St. Modwen Homes specifically. Thank you to everyone from our site team at Handley Place as well as Jessica Jakes, Reuben Bennett and Andrew Kielthy for bringing these sessions to life. 

To coincide with #WorldMentalHealthDay today, we welcomed The Lighthouse Charity to our Hendrefoilan site yesterday. St. Modwen Homes colleagues and contractors alike listened to a powerful 45-minute talk around the importance of protecting your mental health and the support the charity can offer to anybody who is struggling.    "Sean Barlow, Project Manager at Hendrefoilan, said: “We are very grateful to Rob, Sam and everybody at The Lighthouse Charity for visiting Hendrefoilan and sharing their deeply personal stories with us all.   “Anything which encourages people, but especially men, in the industry to have conversations about their worries and issues is a hugely positive step. We have received great feedback from those who attended the talk today and everybody is now well aware of the fantastic free and confidential support that is now available to them if they are struggling.” The Lighthouse Charity is the only charity that is 100% dedicated to the emotional, physical and financial wellbeing of our construction workforce and their families. If you are suffering, you can call 0345 605 1956 or text HARDHAT to 85258 to speak to an expert either on the phone or via text message.

This time last week we welcomed colleagues from across St. Modwen Homes, our suppliers, contractors and wider network as we came together for the annual St. Modwen Charity Run for LandAid. 🏃♂️ 🏃♀️ With both 5k and 10k routes mapped out around Longbridge and Cofton Park, the race was completed by over 400 runners who have raised over £53,000 so far – a record total for the event! We’re delighted that the race is becoming a fixture in the Midlands property calendar and continues to grow whilst raising vital funds towards supporting LandAid’s mission to end youth homelessness. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who braved the conditions to take part, volunteer, donate or help to organise such a fantastic day. Here are a few of our favourite photos from the race: 📸

Formerly a student accommodation site, Hendrefoilan Park is a picturesque development based in the heart of the desirable village of Killay, near Swansea. Recently, a few members of our Marketing Team headed to the site for a video shoot and couldn't help but get some shots of the stunning interiors of our Gregory, Eustace and Oswald showhomes whilst at the development. Hendrefoilan Park is an excellent example of our long-term work which creates thriving communities with open spaces for all to enjoy. Find out more about the spectacular site, here: https://lnkd.in/eXYX9Xs4

We’re delighted to share that one of our Site Managers, Tom Wichall – who is based at our Orchard Mill site in Ditton, has been awarded a Pride In The Job Quality award by the NHBC. 🥇 These awards, now in their 44th year, hold esteem across the housebuilding industry as the benchmark for exceptional site managers with rigorous judging across several categories including attention to detail and technical expertise. Well done to Tom and the entire team at Orchard Mill on this achievement! 🎉

We are proud to announce that St Modwen Homes has achieved the ‘SafeContractor’ accreditation! 🏗 As one of the UK’s leading health and safety schemes, our SafeContractor accreditation underscores our commitment to keeping our people safe whilst demonstrating that we uphold high standards in health, safety and wellbeing. To secure this accomplishment, we underwent a rigorous inspection that involved auditors thoroughly evaluating our health and safety policies, procedures, and practices. Following a comprehensive review of our health, safety, and quality management systems it was confirmed that we met the stringent standards required. As ever, we wanted to give a huge thank you to our dedicated teams whose hard work ensures that we maintain these high standards day in and day out. 

We are always looking for ways to support our customers, whether that’s through expert advice, or a wide range of offers and initiatives. Recently, we’ve been able to offer a brand-new initiative, Own New Rate Reducer, which offers homebuyers access to exclusive discounts on interest rates, with buyers able to save up to £478 per month on monthly mortgage payments. We recently put together the below video explaining how all of it works – to find out more about Own New Rate Reducer, click here: https://lnkd.in/erXf5Yai

Recently, we were delighted to work with Emily Betson, a homes and interiors influencer, on a testimonial all about her journey with St. Modwen Homes as a first-time buyer. 🏡 She gave us insight into not only what her and her partner's priorities were when they were looking to step onto the property ladder, but also what their experience was like from reservation through to picking up their keys. 🗝 We’ve loved seeing how Emily has transformed our Mirin home to her own tastes with creative interior design and luxurious details! Read all about it here: https://lnkd.in/e5KF78x9

Last week we were delighted to welcome a group from Women in Property to our historic Longbridge West Works site, giving them a VIP tour of all the exciting changes within the development. 🏘 Thank you to all who attended and to Bethany Miller for both organising and leading the event - you can find out more about the visit and the vital work done by Women in Property, here: https://lnkd.in/eq9xHKWZ