Welcome
Thank you for expressing an interest in ClwydAlyn and our vacancies for Board Members.
We are an ambitious Housing Association and very driven by our values and mission. We believe that it is wrong that there is still so much inequality and poverty across our region, and we know that this impacts every aspect of people’s lives. We took a strong position to end evictions four years ago and we use our money and influence to do all we can to support those experiencing poverty and to champion for change across our country.
We are also a large developer of new homes with over 600 currently on site. We pride ourselves in building high quality homes; all built to at least EPC A; making them affordable for our tenants to live in and helping to reduce carbon emissions. We have built a number of innovative housing schemes utilising local Welsh builders; Welsh timber frames built in Berwyn prison and the latest air source heat pumps and battery technology etc. Our programme is 80% social housing, but we also build homes for intermediate rent and assisted purchase.
We own 6,300 homes of various ages and types and are committed to an extensive programme of retrofit over the next 10 years or so.
Developing a strong voice for residents is important and our refreshed governance structure is certainly supporting this. Residents are at the heart of our decision making and influence what we do and how we do it. We welcome feedback even when it is uncomfortable and want to do all we can to meet resident expectations.
We are a strong believer in the benefits of collaboration and working in partnership. We have developed positive relationships at local, regional, and national level, which our new Board Members will want to support and encourage.
We have a strong credit rating and sufficient borrowing at fixed interest rates, to fund our development programme for the next few years. We have the highest regulatory ratings from Welsh Government for both finance and service delivery, and we have no formal improvement actions from recent Care Inspectorate Wales regulatory visits
Our priorities for the next few years include; rebuilding our operating margin post covid; developing an affordable and deliverable plan to reduce our carbon emissions; making sure that all our residents live in safe; high quality homes they can afford to heat; meeting the requirements of the Building Safety regime and investing more to address the impacts and causes of poverty in our communities.
We want to be an exemplar of good practice for inclusion and diversity both as an employer and service provider. We are a top 30 employer across the UK for working families and offer our staff an exciting and fun place to work with a good rewards package and flexibilities to manage their work and personal lives well. Our staff satisfaction levels are high, and we have replaced a number of policies with guidance allowing our Managers to operate in a flexible person-centred way; whilst meeting business needs for service quality and performance.
We have a strong and talented Board, and all the Members bring different skills and experiences. The Board is supported by four Committees and an experienced, motivated Executive Team, and committed, enthusiastic and talented staff. The information below provides you with a more detailed picture of the Group. We would expect the new Board Members to also be a member of at least 1 Committee.
We are centrally located along the North Wales corridor, 35 minutes from Bangor and Wrexham and an hour away from Manchester. In the last few years, we have significantly developed our approach to agile working and expect to continue to have a blended approach to meetings in the future. We are a very proud Welsh company and would welcome applications from Welsh speakers, and members of minority and diverse communities.
I am standing down at the end of September at our AGM, having served almost nine years, with many proud achievements; and having successfully appointed the next Chair its an exciting time for ClwydAlyn.
If you are passionate about our mission and values, then we really look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards
Stephen Porter
Cris McGuiness
Chair ClwydAlyn
Incoming Chair ClwydAlyn