Aileen Edmunds’ call to move from stigma to solutions
It was a busy week for the UK housing sector at the Housing 2024 event in Manchester last week. Our CEO, Aileen Edmunds, took to the fringe stage, delivering a powerful message that urged Housing Associations to stay true to their primary purpose—providing homes that serve as a foundation for a flourishing life. Aileen emphasised, […]
National Voice for Tenants
Along with The G15, Longleigh has co-commissioned a feasibility study on establishing whether there should be a National Voice for Tenants. We have chosen The Health Creation Alliance (THCA) to complete this research, which will consult tenants to: – Identify ways they can have greater influence on national policymaking – Explore how this initiative could […]
Longleigh’s Impact: Supporting Sharon’s journey to stability
Meet Sharon*, a 52-year-old woman referred to Longleigh by our Circles of Support partner, Cleanslate. Sharon was experiencing significant challenges due to anxiety and depression, which were worsened by financial strain. With two daughters depending on her, including one who was pregnant, Sharon found herself struggling to afford some of life’s basic necessities like food […]
Raising awareness for better floor coverings in Social Housing
We are raising awareness about our Final Report on the provision of floor coverings in social housing earlier this month, have you read it yet? Our research revealed that an estimated 760,000 adults in social housing live without proper floor coverings, affecting as many as 15% of households. This lack of floor coverings significantly impacts […]
Final report on the provision of floor coverings
Would you be comfortable living in a home with bare floorboards? Today, we publish our Final Report on the provision of floor coverings at the point of let in social housing. At Longleigh, we are more than just a provider of traditional grants, we’re advocates for change. In response to our experience as a grant-maker, […]
Longleigh publishes second learning report on flooring
Longleigh Foundation has recently published the second of our Learning Reports about the provision of floor coverings in social housing. This second report highlights the very real experiences of tenants. The research is being carried out by Altair on our behalf and is part of a three-year project commissioned and funded by Longleigh. If […]
Manjeev Muker, Longleigh’s Individual Grants Manager, Speaks at ACO Conference
Manjeev Muker, Longleigh’s Individual Grants Manager, was invited to speak at the Association of Charitable Foundations (ACO) annual conference, which took place on 27th September. Manjeev, along with Anne-Marie Bancroft, Principal Consultant at Altair, introduced Altair’s research findings around the lack of flooring provision in social housing, which Longleigh has commissioned and funded. As part […]
Longleigh Foundation appoints new CEO
We are delighted to introduce Aileen Edmunds as our new Chief Executive. Aileen joins Longleigh from Trafford Housing Trust (now acquired by L&Q) where she set up a multi-million pound Foundation. She has more than 15 years’ experience in the charity sector specialising in service design, fundraising and leadership in causes from homelessness to international […]
Sharing stories of our progress and performance – Our Annual Review and Statutory Accounts 2022
We are pleased to present our Annual Review 2022. This was a year in which the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic was ever present and made even more challenging for many households due to the cost-of-living crisis that quickly followed and remains with us to this day.