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Newbury Town Council is pleased to announce the unveiling of a blue plaque for the first person in the world to be treated with Penicillin.

Sovereign's gender pay gap is low at 1.7% - but the housing association says it will continue to strive for parity for women.

Leadership 2025 has announced the appointment of six new board members, including Sovereign’s CEO Mark Washer.

Sovereign wants to lend even more support to those in their communities seeking employment or training offers.

Leading housing association Sovereign is continuing its work with not-for-profit digital fundraising platform The Good Exchange for a further two years.

Twenty-one groups, charities and individuals put in a bid to try and win up to £10,000 funding from housing association Sovereign during the winter lockdown.

Fifteen groups, charities and individuals put in a bid to try and win up to £20,000 funding from housing association Sovereign during the winter lockdown.

£32,000 from Sovereign has seen 3,000 young people from 10 different schools talk to 800 businesses about employment opportunities for the future.

Sovereign Housing Association has launched a Homes and Place Standard which will be the quality benchmark for every property it owns and for the communities where its customers live.

Sovereign Housing Association has 40 paid work placements available through its Kickstart job placement scheme. The roles are open to anyone aged 16-24 and currently on Universal Credit.

Innovative environmental art project ‘Moths to a Flame’ has been funded £10,000 via the Sovereign Housing Association Thriving Communities Fund.

Nine young people living in homes owned or managed by Sovereign Housing Association have started a new forum so that they can have their say on the future of housing.

Outstanding public speaker and leadership coach Pamela Leonce has joined the Board at Sovereign Housing Association.

In just four weeks, 150 fabulous food boxes worth nearly £30 each have been distributed to families and individuals across Bristol by community group Mamas Bristol CIC.

Sovereign is working in partnership with Miller Homes, and investing almost £50m into building 136 as part of the Miller Homes @ Cleve Wood development.

Sovereign Housing Association has purchased a 5.2 hectare former stables site in Ash near Aldershot to build 60 elegant new affordable homes for the local area.

Sovereign has today announced that Nicole Sharp will take up a new role as Chief Operating Officer the role will encompass all our customer-facing operations.

In Children’s Mental Health Week (1-7 February) we’re highlighting some the projects we’ve worked on with charity providers via the Good Exchange and Crowdfunder.

Sovereign Housing Association donations will give disadvantaged children access to laptops so they can learn from home during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Sovereign Housing Association is offering 40 young people the chance to kickstart their careers with a six-month paid work placement in departments across the organisation.

The Isle of Wight’s two leading housing associations have teamed up to help give islanders essential skills as the economy recovers after Covid-19.

Tom Titherington, is calling for all housing developers and planners to embed older people’s housing needs into their working practices.

Sovereign has today announced that Sally Hyndman has been appointed as the new Chief People Officer and that she will take up her post on 18 January 2021.

An old industrial estate in Thatcham is being turned into a brand new development which will bring much needed affordable homes to the area.

Sovereign joined teams of people including the MP for Newbury, Laura Farris and her family, to plant 200 saplings in a new ‘Lockdown Wood’.

The RHS awarded Sovereign’s housing for older people scheme, Carnarvon Place, a Certificate of Recognition for their Community Garden.

We've teamed up with VocalEyes to provide a platform for local residents to decide how £40K is spent in their community in Bristol.

Sovereign is supporting the Trussell Trust charity and the ‘More Than Homes’ campaign that aims to put food on the table for vulnerable people in the UK.

Sovereign is highlighting the need to support their residents most in need on National Fuel Poverty Awareness Day today, Friday 27 November.

Sovereign, Clarion Futures, and Fusion21 are confirmed as the first investors in HACT’s social value roadmap to measure social impact.

Sovereign Housing Association is helping their elderly Devon residents keep busy and keep loneliness at bay during lockdown.

Sovereign Housing Association is giving out activity packs to help some of its most vulnerable residents get through the long days ahead.