Engagement score

Latest BCI Score

675.7

Quick facts

What we do:
Housing Assocication
Year established:
1993
Website:
http://www.broadacres.org.uk
Contact
- Broadacres House, Mount View, Standard Way, Northallerton , North Yorkshire, DL6 2YD

About Broadacres Housing Association

Broadacres Housing Association provide homes for rent, shared ownership and outright sale, as well as a diverse range of support and care services to customers.

They are a successful, innovative, not-for-profit housing association based in the market town of Northallerton, North Yorkshire. They currently own more than 6,000 homes and have stock in Hambleton, Darlington, Richmondshire, Harrogate, Redcar and Cleveland, Ryedale, Scarborough, Selby, York, Leeds, and the East Riding of Yorkshire.

The organisations aim is to meet their vision of making a real difference to people’s lives. Whether that is carrying out repairs to ensure a home is kept to the highest standards or providing people with ways of saving money.

Their head office is based in Northallerton and they are led by Chief Executive Gail Teasdale, whose focus is on the continual improvement of Broadacres Housing Association’s homes, services and neighbourhoods to benefit people living in, working in and visiting their communities.

What is it like to work for Broadacres Housing Association

Wellbeing

72% of staff agreed:

I am happy with the balance between my work and home life

Broadacres Housing Association use the Health and Safety Executive’s toolkit to help identify areas that are causing employees to feel stressed. Once identified, the results are discussed with the employee and an action plan is developed in collaboration with their manager. This ensures that staff feel supported during this difficult time.

72% of staff agreed:

I am happy with the balance between my work and home life

Giving Something Back

88% of staff agreed:

My organisation encourages charitable activities

They have made a commitment to supporting as many groups as possible and have a ‘Community Development Fund’ of £12,000 per annum that community groups and charitable organisations with a local link can apply to for funding.

88% of staff agreed:

My organisation encourages charitable activities

Fair Deal

65% of staff agreed:

I am happy with the pay and benefits I receive in this job

The organisation seeks to reward individuals going above and beyond their role. To encourage this, they have introduced performance-based remuneration to motivate and reward consistent high performance.

65% of staff agreed:

I am happy with the pay and benefits I receive in this job

Learn more about the 8 factors of workplace engagement here

Benefits:

Pensions

Companies offering a final salary, non-contributory pension scheme or one in which the employer puts in at least three times
Long Service

50% of employees with more than 5 years' service
Development

Non work related training supported