Social value

We take an asset-centric approach to our social value activity, supporting communities local to our assets and offices. Thriving local communities and strong local stakeholder relationships are essential for the long-term strength of our business.

We aim to respond to local needs and build relationships at both a national and local level to achieve our material social objectives of:

• Building skills and employment 
• Developing young people 
• Encouraging and supporting local investment and enterprise 
• Supporting health and wellbeing 

These areas provide us with the greatest potential to support positive change through partnerships and collaboration, and those that have been identified as most relevant to the communities in which our assets are located.

Our social value activity in 2022 included:

• Collaborating with local authorities and Jobcentre Plus in the UK to deliver Recruitment Fairs at several of our assets including Brent Cross and Cabot Circus to support local people into employment
• Developing jobs brokerage initiatives across our France assets to support long term unemployed, young and disabled people into employment
• Supporting The Lion / Brave / Cuchulainn Heart Challenge at six secondary schools across the UK & Ireland engaging 462 pupils 
• Partnering with Birmingham Mind to deliver a powerful mental health support campaign during mental health awareness month engaging 385 local residents