Where thriving communities begin

Apply to be part of our new customer engagement panels

Since merger, we’ve been working to combine our engagement offer using feedback from customers. We recently announced our new SNG framework, with new opportunities for customers to help improve our services and hold us to account. 

We’re now looking for customers to be a part of our new Customer Influence Panel and our new Scrutiny Panel - find out more and apply by 22 September.

On 1 October 2023, Sovereign Housing Association and Network Homes came together as SNG (Sovereign Network Group). As one organisation we can invest more into building more new homes, maintaining existing homes and providing services to customers.

This website still contains all the key information for Sovereign customers or visit www.sng.org.uk to find out more about the new organisation.

Our Thriving Communities strategy sets out our ambitious goals to improve the wellbeing and quality of life of our residents through an asset-based community development approach.

Delivering social impact alongside quality affordable housing has been an important part of our mission since we were formed.

View our video about creating thriving communities below.  


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Our core themes

Community investment

We work in partnership with organisations working in our communities to develop programmes supporting our customers around our key themes – such as Youth, Open Spaces and Ageing Well.

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Customer engagement

We want our customers to help scrutinise, influence and co-create services. We have three groups for customers to join: Resident Board Partnership, Scrutiny Coordination Group and Youth Panel.

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Employment and skills

Working with partners, we create, fund and deliver projects to help residents access employment, skills and training opportunities. Our team has helped 1,000s of residents to achieve a better future.

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Funding and partnerships

We offer grants to organisations working in our communities and source external funding to help us and partners deliver better or additional services to our customers and expand our social impact.

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Financial inclusion

Our financial and digital inclusion service is here to help you with money matters, support if you find it hard to use the internet, or options for improving your mental health and wellbeing.

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Digital inclusion

Having access to the internet can make a big difference if you’re looking for work, working from home or have kids who need to do homework, we can help you get online and learn the digital skills.

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Demonstrating our impact

Measuring our impact

We know that our work has a significant impact on the people that live in our communities. Find out how we measure that impact and the goals we aim to meet.

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Social value

We're maximising social value opportunities through our supply chain, and launching new initiatives to make sure that we look for commitments that really matter.

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Our commitment to ESG

We’re conscious of the need to build more genuinely affordable homes, and in doing so we’re committed to ensuring our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is strong.

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How we're creating thriving communities

Find out more about some of our work this year so far

£8.2k for activities and food programmes this summer

We’re delighted to be working with a number of organisations across our geography in the delivery of a wide-variety of summer activities and food programmes for families, children and young people.

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Press release

New £1.2m social action programme launched for young housing association residents

Sovereign has teamed up with Clarion Futures and Places for People and to launch a new social action programme to provide opportunities for young residents.

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More than £86k awarded to youth social action projects in communities

Ten more youth-focused organisations working in Sovereign Housing communities are celebrating thanks to support from Sovereign and The National Lottery Community Fund’s (TNLCF) #iwill Fund.  

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Press release

Sovereign donates £20k to Dorset cost of living appeal

Sovereign has donated £20k to Dorset Community Foundation’s (DCF) Surviving Winter appeal. Sovereign’s funding was matched by another charitable organisation, helping DCF reach its £100k target.

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Free training for Hampshire residents keen to get into security industry

Sovereign offers Hampshire residents who are not in paid work a chance to get Level 2 Award for Working as a Door supervisor for free.

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£4,000 available to celebrate Black History

Groups and organisations celebrating the fabulous achievements of individuals with African and Caribbean heritage are being invited to apply for funding from the Black History Month 365 Fund.

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