About Grand Union Housing Group

Grand Union Housing are buying bicycles for each office, there is free fruit in offices once a month, there are water fountains, health check machines, they are testing standing desks, there is Yoga, Pilates, walking group and access to telephone and face to face counselling (mental health training).

Grand Union Housing have so many community initiatives as their organisations have a strong social purpose and one of their key corporate strategies is building and maintaining sustainable communities: ‘Project Mackenzie Community Cafes’, two food bank partnerships, strive wheels to work, community kitchen, credit union partnerships, charitable donation funds, environmental improvement projects and ‘Giveagift’.

Grand Union Housing operates an exceptional performance awards scheme for staff who are role models and have demonstrated they have delivered above and beyond expectations. This is open to nominations by all staff for any colleague. Last year 25 staff were rewarded with sums of up to £1,000 and many were happy to be showcased to help others recognise what exceptional performance means in real terms. In addition they also have a quarterly prize draw for £250 of vouchers and all those who have not had a day off sick in the previous three months are eligible with the winner publicly acknowledged. They also recently held a staff competition to win a tablet to mark their 20th anniversary, designed to reward staff for their efforts in collecting essential customer data to help them improve their service. This was successful in engaging staff and raising awareness of a customer profiling campaign, with 21 tablets for prizes. They give an extra day's leave for those staff who have had no sickness in the last year.