PA Housing is a passionate organisation made up of dedicated people who are committed to providing affordable homes and great services.
As well as supporting our residents and our neighbourhoods, we're also committed to helping create thriving communities. So, supported by our values and Our Corporate Plan, this often extends beyond the boundaries of our homes and allows us to give back where we can.
Our values
We’re defined by our actions, and our values help to define how we treat people, our behaviours, and our level of services.
Deliver
We do the right thing.
We keep our promises.
We see things through to the end.
If we get something wrong, we will say sorry and we will resolve it.
One Team
We make a positive difference to our residents’ lives.
We are one team; we play our part and support each other for the benefit of our residents.
Our colleagues will be supported to be the best they can be.
Respect
We listen and learn.
We treat people fairly, with respect and integrity.
We listen to understand, not just listen to respond.
We're teaming up with Stand4 Socks
We've partnered with Stand4 Socks and have given a pair to every new starter at PA since August 2024. This isn't just so their feet look fancy, it's because for every pair we buy, Stand4 Socks will donate a pair of warm, antibacterial socks to a homeless and vulnerable person in need.
So far, we've donated over 500 additional pairs of specially engineered socks to people experiencing homelessness, via the Stand4 Socks Homeless Programme.
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Garden transformation helps disabled resident
Jeannette is one of our residents and unexpectedly took ill, loosing her leg and becoming a wheelchair user. Living in a semi-detached house, her life became confined to two downstairs rooms and she lost all confidence to go out.
Overtime her garden became overgrown and unloved as wasn't able to manage it herself, or have contacts to deal with it for her, so even the garden was off limits and her grandchildren had nowhere to play.
We approached our kitchen and bathroom contractor, PiLON, and asked them for help under the social value element of our contract with them. This sets aside a portion of the contract value for projects that benefit our residents and communities.
They jumped into action, clearing the garden, cutting down a dying tree, and lay artificial grass to create a maintenance free garden for Jeanette and her grandchildren to enjoy.
Donating laptops to local schools
Six PA colleagues raise over £2,200 for homeless charity
Champions in sleeping bags! On Tuesday 16 May, six PA Housing colleagues gave up their beds to brave the cold, pitch-side concrete of Leicester City's King Power Stadium for the night.
They did so as part of the first Sleep Easy event organised by YMCA Leicestershire, who do incredible work providing safe accommodation for homeless people aged between 16 and 25 in the local area.
The charity also run skill sessions to support these young people to move forward with their lives.
Helping to fund a garden for ICU patients
Money raised by PA Housing colleagues has gone towards a courtyard in the Balmoral Section of the Leicester Royal Infirmary hospital that has been made into a garden for use by families, patients, and staff of critically ill patients at the hospital
