Derwent Living joins the Places for People Group

SHEFFIELD-BASED housing association Derwent Living has joined the Places for People Group as a subsidiary organisation. The move will see the Group become one of the UK’s largest property management organisations with a portfolio of more than 182,000 homes across the country.

 

Derwent Living, which owns and manages around 30,000 properties through its affordable and commercial businesses, will maintain its own independent identity, local offices, management team and operational structure.

 

Peter McCormack, Chief Executive of Derwent Living, said: “For more than 50 years, Derwent Living has been providing homes for people across the Midlands and beyond, with a clear focus on affordability, and delivering a range of housing tenures to meet local need.

 

“Joining Places for People offers our staff and customers the best of both worlds; allowing our services and identity to remain tailored to our local communities, while benefitting from the financial security and opportunities that come from being part of a larger organisation.

 

Derwent Living is the third independent housing association to benefit from a successful integration into the Places for Group, following other providers in Norfolk and Scotland.

 

Peter continued: “Places for People has demonstrated a strong track record in supporting and enabling regional housing providers to improve the services on offer to customers, while retaining their individual local identities.”

 

David Cowans, Group Chief Executive at Places for People, said: “From the outset of our discussions, it became clear that one of Derwent Living’s greatest assets was its people and their working culture – which shares many similarities with our own. We look forward to welcoming the knowledge and expertise of Derwent Living’s employees to Group projects across the UK.

 

“The addition of Derwent Living will not only provide a new operational base in the East Midlands, it will also enable the Group to rationalise its housing stock in the region, in order to deliver greater efficiencies that ultimately improves local services.”

 

As well as a large number of homes nationwide, the Places for People Group manages 115 leisure facilities across the country, including centres in Ripley, Wellingborough, Hinckley and Sheffield, through its leisure management arm.

 

Derwent Living customers will benefit from a range of new opportunities as part of the Places for People Group, including low cost financial services and access to nationwide initiatives including the annual Good Neighbour Awards.

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