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Whitefriars Housing Group Ltd is a not-for-profit housing and regeneration organisation established in 2000, that owns and manages approximately 17,000 homes across Coventry.

The Group has committed £240 million to the repair and improvement of its housing stock, ensuring that the Government’s Decent Homes Standard is met five years ahead of schedule.

Working in neighbourhoods, Whitefriars is committed to the national ‘iN business for neighbourhoods’ agenda and is a major player in the regeneration of Coventry and the provision of affordable housing.

However, Whitefriars is about more than bricks and mortar; it's about people and developing and renewing communities and neighbourhoods. Therefore to expand what we do and go beyond the normal landlord role, we have developed and undertaken a range of initiatives and services to help improve people's lives, not only their homes.

These include a number of initiatives to support people with problems they may be experiencing, such as debt, unemployment, alcoholism, or crime. They also include programmes to train our own staff in new ways to improve how we help people and the services we provide to our diverse customer base. Whitefriars works in partnership with communities and other agencies to provide these services for local residents, with the aim of building sustainable communities. Visit our 'More than housing' page for more information.

The company is run by a voluntary board, which includes residents, Council nominees and independents drawn from the community. Whitefriars not only provides secure, good quality, well-managed and affordable homes and neighbourhoods for the people of Coventry, it works with partners to use its expertise to provide regeneration solutions for other areas too. Visit our 'Investing in neighbourhoods' page for more information.

We have experts who can provide up-to-the-minute industry comment on:

• Anti-social behaviour
• Masterplanning
• Supporting People
• Housing investment – including meeting the Decent Homes Standard
• Community training and development
• Equality and diversity
• Culture change
• Housing finance
• Partnering
• iN Business For Neighbourhoods

For more information please contact Michelle Hallmark, The Bridge Group, tel: 024 7656 0440, email: m.hallmark@bridge-group.co.uk.