As a landlord and developer, we have a big part to play in making spaces that work for everyone. Our places will bring new people but we are mindful that we operate in established communities; we are respectful of this and want to benefit these communities through tangible opportunities such as employment, opportunities for local business in new supply chains and investment in community facilities.
By getting to know our local community, supporting, listening, and engaging through activities on our developments we aim to forge a fully inclusive community.
Our developments create new economic opportunity and we want people living in the surrounding areas to benefit from this. Working with local support organisations, we promote new employment opportunities on our developments to local job seekers and where local people to Canary Wharf are seeking to access further education to equip themselves with the required skills for a role, we have the Tower Hamlets and Canary Wharf Further Education Trust.
Established in 1990, the Trust has supported more than 4,500 Tower Hamlets residents to access further and higher education as well as vocational training to make the journey through education and into employment.
We understand that there will be residents close to our developments who are unable to, or do not wish to, access the resultant economic opportunities. To these people, and the wider community we strive to be a good neighbour. We share updates on our construction projects and engage on our future plans.
We also directly fund and support projects and organisations which help improve the lives of residents around our developments in the themes of connecting communities; supporting the elderly and young people; education, culture; heritage; health and wellbeing; and environment.
We seek to lead our industry and to offer innovative and effective solutions to challenges affecting our sector, our local communities, our city, and our country. We take an active role in relevant business and representative organisations and support initiatives which improve the economic and social environment such as the Living Wage Foundation’s ‘Real Living Wage’ campaign.
We will support national or international programmes and charities where our involvement will make a strategic difference and support the interests of our stakeholders such as the promotion and delivery of key infrastructure like the Jubilee line and the Elizabeth line.
