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CGA signs up to the Board Charter for Community Investment

Community Gateway Association today became one of the first social housing associations in the country to sign up to the Board Charter for Community Investment.

“We congratulate Community Gateway in signing up to the Board Charter for Community Investment,” said Andrew van Doorn, Chief Executive of HACT.

“As one of the first housing association in the UK to sign up to the Charter, they have demonstrated their commitment to community investment and highlighted their role as one of the leading anchor institutions in Preston.”

David Yates, Chair of Community Gateway Association commented:

“Investing in our local communities is fundamental to Community Gateway and is right at the heart of our social purpose. As part of our Gateway in the Community programme, we deliver a wide range of services across the city and beyond to support local residents and enable neighbourhoods to flourish. As with everything here at Gateway, it is the tenants who shape and scrutinise our community investment programme, so we can be sure the projects we deliver make a real difference to local people and neighbourhoods.”

Rob Wakefield, CGA’s Chief Executive said:

“Signing up to the Charter demonstrates our continued commitment to working with our communities and making sure that our investment has a real and positive impact on people’s lives.”

As part of the pledge, Community Gateway will work with the Centre for Excellence in Community Investment to help maximise and measure the impact of its work.

HACT launched the Centre for Excellence in Community Investment in September 2018. The Board Charter was launched at the Housing Summit in September 2019 during a speech given by Andrew van Doorn at the conference.

The Board Charter consists of nine pledges to which social housing organisation Boards are required to commit.

The Communities Pledge:

  • Community investment is core to our role as a social housing organisation and central to our social purpose.
  • We commit to owning, investing in, and celebrating our community investment work and its impact.
  • We will work with the Centre for Excellence in Community Investment to help maximise and measure the impact of our work, as well as invest in the people who deliver it.

How we’re going to deliver it:

  • Our Community Investment Strategy will be underpinned by an action plan, and the appropriate resources, people and skills to deliver on our objectives.
  • We will ensure residents are at the heart of community investment, co-creating service design and involved in scrutiny and review.
  • We will be part of our communities, with Board members leaving the boardroom to see community investment delivery first-hand.

How we’ll demonstrate it:

  • We commit to a methodologically robust and rigorous measurement mechanism to evidence the impact of community investment activity.
  • We will publish key measures of success in our annual report to facilitate transparency and accountability.
  • We will be leaders and advocates for community investment, both in and outside of the housing sector.
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