Welcome to Irwell Valley Homes
We are a not-for-profit housing association providing affordable homes and services to more than 20,000 people across Greater Manchester.
We have a strong social purpose and make it our mission to enable people to live well in their home and community.
Our homes
We do this by providing safe, good quality homes and services, making a difference in the communities we serve, providing more affordable homes, and supporting colleagues to enjoy work, learn and grow. For nearly 50 years we have delivered against our purpose.
It can be difficult for people to access housing they can afford in their local area, so we offer a range of tenures to help people into a home that’s right for them including homes for affordable rent, social rent, market rent and shared ownership.
Some people need a little extra support to live well, so we provide homes with specialist support for people with dementia, mental health issues, learning and physical disabilities, and those who have been made homeless or experienced domestic violence. We also have dedicated independent living schemes for older people to support them to live independently in their community.
Our homes
All our homes meet the Decent Homes Standard. Every year we invest around £9 million maintaining homes and keeping them safe, and £7 million on home improvements.
Everyone deserves a safe, secure, comfortable place to call home. We are building more affordable homes of different types and tenures to help meet the growing demand. Plus more supported housing and eco homes to reduce carbon emissions.
Making a difference in the communities we serve
We have invested over £35 million building new affordable homes over the last three years and plan to invest further in delivering even more new homes over the next five years.
In Trafford we are well under way with our multi-million-pound estate regeneration programme in Sale West our multimillion-pound estate regeneration programme. We are transforming the estate by building more affordable housing, improving existing homes and enhancing the environment and public realm with new roads, parking, walkways, cycle routes and environmental enhancements.
- We’ve built 200 new affordable homes since 2019.
- We’re building 1,100 more affordable homes over the next five years.
Making a difference in the communities we serve
By working with the people in the communities we serve, we can improve the lives of those who live there. From hosting outreach services at our community centre, to serving up free kid’s meals in the school holidays at our community café, we make a difference in the communities we serve.
We have an active social investment strategy which is supported by a £2million charitable investment fund, the Irwell Valley Foundation. Every year we invest around £100,000 of dividends to help people with their personal development and wellbeing, as well as projects and initiatives that benefit the wider community. See the difference it makes here.
We play to our strengths and work with partners across the public, voluntary and charitable sectors to help us achieve more. Partnerships like Athena which is helping to deliver training and employment across Greater Manchester to reduce inequality and poverty.
All our colleagues are given two days every year to support charities and organisations within the communities we serve, helping them play an active role and helping us to make a difference.
Everyone’s welcome here
We make it our mission to enable people to live well in their homes and communities, ensuring fairness and equality of opportunity is crucial in delivering this. By recognising everyone’s differences, we can provide homes, services, and employment that help people to live well, foster an inclusive culture and promote diversity.
We know people can face challenges in relating to accessing housing, support, and employment. We are committed to changing this and have a strategy and action plan to help us promote equality in all that we do.
Our EDI priorities
- Ensuring our services are inclusive and accessible to everyone.
- Ensuring our homes enable everyone to live well.
- Providing more affordable housing of different tenures and types to meet the needs of the communities we serve.
- Improving diversity within the workforce across all levels and roles.
- Enabling colleagues to be themselves and be their best.
- Fostering our inclusive culture and being known for this.
- Joining forces to champion and advance equality in housing.
- Improving equality of opportunity within the communities we serve.
- Being an ally and supporting marginalised groups in the communities we serve.
Benefits
Refer a friend scheme
Stakeholder pension scheme
Agile working
Up to 30 days holiday a year plus your birthday off
Two days every year to volunteer in the local community
Training and coaching
Financial education
Savings clubs
Professional membership fees paid
Tax-free green car scheme
Loans scheme for travel season tickets
Cycle to work scheme
A medical cash plan
Counseling and well-being programme
Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
£150 allowance to spend on Perkbox – plus access to hundreds of discounts and freebies