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Thursday 12th December 2024
Hear Her Voice at Work: Taking Action for Lasting Social Change
Discover how Civitas is driving social change, improving lives, and empowering future generations.
Thursday 12th December 2024
Wokeplace Culture? Or Workplace Transformation?
Are workplace reforms about being ‘woke’ or building a stronger, healthier, and more inclusive future for everyone?
Wednesday 11th December 2024
Reflections of a year: Achievements, Ambition and Advice.
Jessica reflects on her first year at calfordseaden, her achievements, ambitions for the future, and provides advice for women looking to get into the construction industry.
Tuesday 10th December 2024
Could you be one of Inside Housing’s Women in Housing 2025?
Could you or someone you know be a Women in Housing 2025 award winner? Celebrate the leaders, innovators, and changemakers shaping the housing sector—find out how to enter and make your mark!
Thursday 18th July 2024
Bridging the Gender Gap in Architecture: The Power of Diverse Perspectives
Yiling Wang, an Associate at PRP, discusses the importance of integrating diverse gender perspectives to enhance architectural design...
Thursday 18th July 2024
Gaynor Darby, Director of Asset Management at Civitas Investment Management, reflects on her 30-year journey in social housing...
Tuesday 16th July 2024
With the force of the electorate having been awakened, could this finally be the new hope we’ve been awaiting in terms of political progress for the UK?
Friday 12th July 2024
Celebrate the women we heard from at Housing
At Housing 2024 in June, the housing and wider living sector came together to discuss and collaborate and speak with one voice to those framing the debate.
Tuesday 23rd April 2024
David Hawkins on inclusive design: ‘surround yourself with people who know more than you’
PRP survey revealed that 3 out of 10 people don’t find their local public space inclusive.
Wednesday 20th March 2024
Empowering Voices: Insights from Five Women at calfordseaden
Highlighting the experiences and insights of five remarkable women at calfordseaden who are making significant contributions to the construction industry.
Wednesday 20th March 2024
Batteries Not Inclusive – Why Women are Burning Out Faster and How to Stop It
In a world striving for inclusion, are we truly breaking down barriers for all women?
Wednesday 20th March 2024
My Journey into Health and Social Care
Discover Carol’s passion for improving health and social care at Civitas
Wednesday 29th November 2023
What Do Women Want for Christmas
It can be a minefield choosing the right Christmas gifts for women can’t it?
Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Celebrating Academic Achievements
As calforseaden continue to champion the invaluable contributions of women in housing and construction, they highlight the academic accomplishment of Dr. Huda Elsherif.
Thursday 19th October 2023
Victoria Ogilvie Hodge from JLL shares her experience of returning to work after maternity leave...
Tuesday 25th July 2023
My Journey into Social Housing
Nazlin Nazri's is an Associate Director at Civitas. Read her journey into housing...
Monday 24th July 2023
Why Men’s Involvement in Managing the Menopause Matters
That’s a lot of ‘M’s. But in order to catch the attention of people who are not always directly affected by an issue, nowadays, branding and catchy words matter.
Tuesday 28th March 2023
From school teacher to Sustainabilty Consultant
From primary school teacher to sustainability consultant. Erika discusses her role as a Sustainability Consultant, experience of changing careers and plans for the future.
Tuesday 28th March 2023
Three days of inspiration and inclusion - Who do you send? Do you champion everyone in your organisation?
Tuesday 28th March 2023
What would a four-day week mean for working women?
The results are in. There can be no doubt now that a four-day work week positively impacts both employee wellbeing and the bottom line.
Monday 5th December 2022
Shared experiences of returning to work from maternity
Amy Farr and Anna Keys, Partners at calfordseaden, share their experience of returning to work after maternity leave.
Monday 28th November 2022
Places for People - The Ever-Changing nature of Public Spaces
Roumpini Perakaki, an Associate at PRP, discusses the effects architecture & the built environment have on us...
Monday 28th November 2022
What will the workplace look like for women in 2023?
The last two years have seen a seismic shift across our work spaces, with millions quitting their jobs and looking for new roles...
Monday 4th July 2022
Thrust into the new world of remote and hybrid working, it became clear that the old ways of doing things were no longer fit for purpose...
Thursday 17th March 2022
On a Mission by Barbara Akinkunmi from Lovell
Role models and inspirational leaders can play such an important part in people’s careers, and for Lovell’s Barbara Akinkunmi, the importance of a female manager when she first started working on site was invaluable...
Thursday 17th March 2022
Women in Leadership – What’s changed since the pandemic?
The pandemic has refocused a lot of people’s priorities, with a large section of society looking for more meaningful jobs or careers...
Thursday 17th March 2022
One year on from joining calfordseaden Katie Welsh reflects on her career journey so far...
Wednesday 8th December 2021
Real estate as part of the bigger picture
Hear from Mary Finnigan, Transaction Director, Civitas Investment Management on real estate as part of the bigger picture...
Monday 6th December 2021
2021 Reflections Stepping into our power and releasing what no longer serves us in 2022
As we look behind us one last time at 2021 and reflect on our experiences and personal journeys, there will be a sense of a releasing and letting go...
Tuesday 9th November 2021
JLL Blog Victoria Ogilvie - Hodge
Victoria Ogilvie Hodge looks back at her career and speaks about the diversity that London Housing offers the community.
Tuesday 13th July 2021
A Win-Win for Net Zero and Building Back Greener
With the climate crisis looming and the net zero carbon target ever closer, businesses across the UK are putting action plans in place to deliver on their environmental ambitions.
Monday 28th June 2021
Leading with inclusivity and empathy really is a powerful tool in helping drive innovation and belonging within an organisation...
Monday 28th June 2021
Meeting calfordseaden’s newest female surveyors.
Calfordseaden catch up with their newest recruits to find out more about their career journeys and plans for the future...
Friday 23rd April 2021
How Social Value creates sustainable communities
Social Value needs to trigger a chain reaction. We must not lose momentum in expanding these values and appreciate that it’s not just about money, it’s about fostering health, wellbeing and creating accessible environments.
Friday 26th March 2021
Working closely with our partners and the rewarding benefits
I have learnt a lot about not only the social housing sector, but also on the importance of building strong and genuine relationships..
Friday 26th March 2021
Victoria Eden on the growing visibility of the industry and increasing female leadership
...I liked the idea of being involved in a niche market, developing specialist valuation skills and contributing to a sector that has a tangible social impact.
Tuesday 23rd March 2021
What to expect from a COVID-19 test
Jean Fletcher a Customer and Community Manager with Wates Living Space is volunteering at a pilot COVID-19 Lateral Flow Testing Centre...
Tuesday 16th March 2021
Future Homes Standard Consultation
In January 2021, the government issued its 114-page response to the Future Homes Standard Consultation. Emily Mansfield, Calfordseaden Senior Sustainability Engineer, has summarised the key notes.
Tuesday 16th March 2021
An Introduction to Greenacre Consult – Developing Future Leaders Within Our Housing Network
We’ve always been a people business and we’ve always been passionate about making a difference. As our organisation has grown and our services have evolved, we wanted to find a way to offer a more holistic suite of services to our customers and to start to fill the gaps that other leadership programmes were not addressing.
Tuesday 16th March 2021
Lovell Breaking Ground for Women in Construction
The construction industry is widely reported to have the worst gender balance of any UK industry, with just 13% of all workers being female. As the 8 March 2021 celebrated International Women’s Day with the theme ‘Choose To Challenge’, Lovell is celebrating its year-round commitment to improving gender equality.
Tuesday 15th December 2020
Be resilient, work hard, and have faith in yourself and you will launch forward to achieve things you never thought were possible!
Tuesday 15th December 2020
Tuesday 15th December 2020
Central are delighted to be working with WISH to implement 365
Tuesday 15th December 2020
Working within the built environment
I never had any intention whilst growing up to work within the built environment. As many children do, I followed the example set by my parents...
Monday 14th December 2020
How Women In The Workplace Have Been Affected By The Pandemic
Sunday 13th December 2020
Sunday 13th December 2020
Mobilising Mid-Pandemic: Keeping Repairs Running
The UK was brought to a standstill on 23 March and suddenly many of our day-to-day needs were jeopardized...
Wednesday 25th November 2020
Lovell Q&A interview, QS, Jordan Bird
Jordan’s willingness to learn and progress within Lovell was rewarded when she progressed into the role of Trainee Quantity Surveyor...
Sunday 14th June 2020
Friday 3rd April 2020
CS2 are launching a new value service offering ‘Delivering Homes’, a collaboration by three organisations that have well established working relationships.
Wednesday 1st April 2020
Women In Leadership - The STEM Skills Gap and the challenges we must overcome
We recently celebrated two big topics that have the potential to change the future of this country’s industry infrastructure. National Careers Week, has been shared across multiple platforms in a bid to attract the younger emerging UK workforce; and International Women’s Day was celebrated across the globe, with a huge emphasis on gender equality, equal rights and the gender skills and pay gap which is shockingly still a thing in 2020.
Tuesday 16th July 2019
Too much of what we have built in the last 10 years is fit only to be torn down - Andrew Mellor, PRP
There has been much discussion in the industry in recent years about poor-quality construction and the impacts this has on architectural aesthetics, building performance and occupant wellbeing.
Tuesday 11th June 2019
From an early age, the expectation was that I would become a doctor, following the family trend. By the time I completed sixth form, I was certain that I didn't enjoy science and that medicine was not for me.
Tuesday 2nd April 2019
How I got into Social Housing - Kat Day, Capsticks
"I am proud to be part of a team that has a clear growth strategy and a commitment to invest in the social housing sector"
Monday 1st April 2019
Suzann Eaglen is head of compliance for Kier Housing Maintenance. Here, she explains her career journey and why fire safety works are so important to her.
Tuesday 26th March 2019
My path into social housing - Victoria Mallela, Civitas Housing Advisor
Few would disagree with this profound quote by Rosalynn Carter, wife of Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States of America. I had the pleasure of meeting Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter when I was working on a building site in the Philippines in 1999, helping local families to build their own homes as part of the Habitat for Humanity Project. At that time I was part way through a year teaching in Japan. Little did I know then that buildings - and their significance to people - would become a recurring aspect of my life.
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