Longhurst Group

A leading performer in housing and care

Longhurst Group is a leading regional housing organisation managing more than 16,000 homes in around 40 local authority areas. The Group’s reach spans the Midlands, East of England and Yorkshire and Humberside regions; it includes major cities, deprived coastal towns and many rural areas.

The Group and its four member companies – Friendship Care and Housing, L&H Homes, Spire Homes and Keystone Developments– offer much more than just a landlord service. Together members provide affordable homes for rent and sale, support neighbourhoods, tackle social problems. They also help people to improve their lives by increasing job and training opportunities, accessing grants and benefits and building neighbourhood connections. Collectively, the Group aims to help create communities where people live positively together.

The Group’s mission is to lead and inspire growth, based on providing excellent services. It provides strategic direction, support and corporate services to member companies. Members are encouraged to share expertise, avoid duplication and be recognised for their distinctive strengths. The team includes almost 1,000 people, who collectively keep the business calm, creative and focused. Stability is also a key feature, with around one-third of employees having worked for the Group for at least 10 years.

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News

• Blueprint for a new breed of green affordable homes
  Academics from the University of Lincoln have teamed up with a major housing provider to develop a new generation of eco-friendly affordable homes.
• Spire gets the big Green Apple
  Spire Homes have been awarded with the Green Apple Award for Environmental Best Practice for their homes at Seaton Road in Uppingham.
• Out and about in Sparkbrook
  Impressed and inspiring… were just a couple of words CEO, Bob Walder mentioned when describing the terrific work being carried out in some of Birmingham’s most deprived areas.
• Bend it like Birmingham … The sports inclusion project
  Did you know that Friendship has been working on a Sports Inclusion project in partnership with Ashram, Waterloo, Midland Heart and Harden for the last few years?
• Trafficking Drugs…not in our neighbourhoods!
  Once again, landlord Friendship Care and Housing (Friendship) has taken legal action to remove anti-social behaviour from its streets.