Raising standards to protect homeowners
CR in the Community
NHBC's involvement and support of communities at local, national and international level is extremely important to us.
Following a staff vote, a partnership was formed with Marie Curie Cancer Care and we are targeting raising £50,000 by Christmas 2011 through a range of industry and staff fundraising activites ranging from payroll giving and cake bakes, to teams cycling from Lands End to John O'Groats.
NHBC staff also fundraise and give time to a wide range of charities and causes that are important to them as individuals. To support staff engagement and involvement in community and charity initiatives, NHBC has a community involvement policy encompassing matched funding and matched time off for volunteering.
Following our successful fundraising campaign in 2007, where NHBC collectively raised more than £200,000 for international housing charity Habitat for Humanity, as founding sponsors of the Hope Challenge we are pleased to again be involved in 2011.
The philanthropic element of our balanced strategy is delivered via grants to Community Foundations where we have office locations such as the MK Community Foundation whom are able to ensure funds are delivered to the areas of greatest need in the communities in which we operate.
NHBC's Chief Executive, Imtiaz Farookhi presenting a cheque on behalf on NHBC for £200,000 to international housing charity 'Habitat for Humanity' - far exceeding our original target of £123,500 (equivalent to building 100 homes in the developing world).
Each year NHBC enters a team into the Estates Gazette Challenge - the annual 10k run for Muscular Dystrophy
NHBC sponsors the annual Youthbuild Awards, which provides construction training and employment for young people who have frequently come from difficult or troubled backgrounds
NHBC Building Inspector Steve Mellows has run several marathons for charity, including 'Help for Heroes
In 2008 Alan Allmond, Technical Claims Handler, embarked upon a five day motorcycle tour to raise funds for the Lymphoma Association
NHBC's HopeBuilder charity Challenge event in the Peak District