Staff share important developments at North Devon Homes over breakfast. Every six weeks, the workforce of 115 comes together to share news over toast and cereal. Martyn Gimber, the chief executive, hands out shopping vouchers to a “bright star” nominated by customers, colleagues or managers for doing an excellent job for the association, based in Barnstaple. Team members go out of their way to help each other, scoring 84% positive, in eighth place among small not-for-profit organisations. There's a strong sense of family (77%) and people care about each other (83%). The organisation took over North Devon district council's stock of nearly 4,000 homes in 2000. It provides reasonably-priced housing across the county and is heavily involved in projects to rejuvenate the area. Its vision is to create communities where people want to live.
