DECEMBER 2022 – TRAINEE NUMBERS RECOVER

After two years badly affected by Covid, our trainee numbers have recovered this year as we approach Christmas. We’ve had 21 trainees through the workshop door during 2022 with over half of them ex-services personnel. Particular congratulations to our Trainee of the...

OCTOBER 2022 – COMMUNITY ACTION ON EMPTY HOMES

Our friends at the charity, Action on Empty Homes, continue to call for the expansion of Government funding to support communities refurbishing long-term empty homes. The last National Empty Homes Programme, which helped PHASES to bring a number of empty properties...

JULY 2022 – TRAINING SUCCESS

Our funding through the EQUIP programme (partly financed by the European Social Fund) has enabled us to increase the number of our people progressing onto further trade-specific training. In particular, four of our trainees have progressed on to courses this year at...

APRIL 2022 – PHASES IN THE BIG ISSUE AGAIN

We’ve popped up fairly regularly in the Big Issue over the years. This is partly because they like what we do – our linking of construction and homelessness. And also because their ‘Big Issue Invest’ arm has lent us money for empty property renovation projects. Our...

FEBRUARY 2022 – NEW BUILD PROJECTS

We haven’t updated for quite a while on our aspirations to get involved in new build projects. The pandemic put these ideas on hold but since then we’ve been looking at various possible avenues. Most recently, our contacts at Southwark Council put us in touch with a...

NOVEMBER 2021 – THE ‘RIGHT TO REGENERATE’

The Government announced a consultation on a new ‘Right to Regenerate’ back in January. This would enable the public to convert vacant plots of land and derelict buildings into new houses or community spaces. Under the proposals, charities and other community...
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