Helping people into employment
Clarion Housing Group’s charitable foundation, Clarion Futures, has helped more than 15,000 people into work since its launch in 2017.
In 2022-23, we worked with our partners across the country to help 2,114 people into work. We also supported more than 5,000 people into training to prepare them for employment.
Our trained specialists work to help our residents by:
- Giving careers advice
- Helping with interview techniques
- Putting CVs together
- Working with Microsoft to deliver free digital skills training for our residents
- Providing support in finding employment and training
Personalised support packages help people overcome obstacles and gain the skills they need. We help people to enter or return to the workplace and fulfil their potential.
Employers have a vital role in our jobs and training programme. They provide work placements, apprenticeships, and job opportunities.
The work we do to help people find work or training is part of one of the country’s biggest programmes of social investment, run by Clarion Futures.
Who we work with
We work with a wide mix of organisations. These range from local community groups to large government departments and corporates.
More than 300 companies have joined our national jobs and training programme. It is also supported by our major contractors EQUANS, United Living and Wates.
Other organisations we’re working with include:
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Microsoft
- NHS
- Plymouth Argyle FC
- Primark
- Royal Mail
Successful partnerships
Hear from some of the people and employers we’ve worked with on our national jobs and training programme.
Apprentice partnerships
As the UK’s largest housing association, we can support your apprentice recruitment by sharing available opportunities with our residents and partners.
We can help you find apprenticeships for the people you work with and advise you on the best options for them.
Our team of mentors can support apprentices directly, and can also offer you training and advice on developing your apprenticeship programmes.
Benefits of partnering with us
Our partners are part of a programme that makes a difference for people and communities. Our national jobs and training programme is part of a wider package of support. This includes financial literacy and digital inclusion programmes as well as community projects.
We invested £17m in our residents and their communities in 2022-23. This investment delivers quantifiable outcomes. These can be measured against Environmental, Social, and Governance criteria.
In 2022-23 our social investment programme delivered an estimated £137 million in social value. This highlights the wider economic, social and environmental impacts of our work.
Clarion Housing Group in 2022-23
4,000+
strong team
2,032
new homes built
£1,008m
turnover
Making things better for communities
We’re the partner of choice for a large and varied mix of organisations. We’re united in a shared goal of making things better for people and communities.
Clarion Housing Group is the UK’s largest social landlord - with more than 360,000 residents and 125,000 homes. We have a presence in more than 170 local authorities and a heritage stretching back more than a century.
Our size means we have the resources to make a real difference to the lives of our residents.
“The support I’ve received from Clarion Futures has been life-changing. They helped me not only improve my skills and update my CV, but rebuild my confidence and thanks to them, I’ve secured a permanent job with the DWP as a work coach.”
A leading role in employment programmes
We have a track record of playing a leading role on major employment and training programmes. Love London Working is a £34m employment programme. It is funded by the European Social Fund and managed by the Greater London Authority.
We lead a partnership of 16 housing associations involved in this project, which has helped more than 6,000 people into work.