1. Community Investment Casebook 2014/15
Investing in
Communities

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We generated
£3.16 million
of social value
We invested £939,000
in our Community Investment
and Engagement programme
We attracted £460,000
of external funding and support
We worked directly with
13,647residents through 216
different projects
We work with150different partner organisations
We helped 660 households with
their benefit claims and raised
£2,979,972of extra income for our residents
through this support
50
families were supported
through the Dorset
Families Matter project
Our Residents contributed 2649hours
of volunteer time through involvement in the
governance structures of Spectrum
2142people benefitted from our
NHOs who delivered 39
projects and spent £12.7k
132 residents joined the
Growing Spaces project
42
young people got
involved in conservation
activities through our
Green Army initiative
99
residents are regularly involved in
Residents’ Associations, Community
Forums and Spectrum Residents’ Groups
residents were supported
to get online and improve
their digital skills
298
2014-15 has been another successful year for Community Investment at Spectrum
Housing Group. Our team of Community Investment Officers coupled with increasing
support from residents, partners and colleagues in Spectrum, have enabled us to
deliver a wide range of initiatives and demonstrate very positive outcomes.
ThisisthefirstyearwehaveusedtheHACTWellbeingValuationmodelforcalculating
Social Value. We are thrilled to report that our activities over the year have delivered
216 projects creating £3.16 million of social value within our communities.
Maria
Introduction
Maria Wilkinson
Community
Investment Manager

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Pathways & Employment Training
Duncan Breckell
Pathway Programme
Employment, training and skills
Our Pathway Programme involves an eight week unpaid
work placement for unemployed residents, followed by
the opportunity for a six month paid placement within the
business and a number of other companies. 2014/15 was
the second year of the programme.
25 people finished the programme in 2014/15, and
13 progressed into employment. We also helped two
residents into work through short term work experience
and job application help. Our work on the programme
delivered a net benefit of £207,606 of social value.
Building on our success with Jewson last year, the
policy of offering employment and training opportunities
to unemployed residents was incorporated into the
procurement process and now forms part of the tender
scoring for suppliers.
We also received £50,000 of funding from the Dorset
Local Enterprise Partnership in 2014/15 to expand the
programme into external companies in Dorset. That
funding has been rolled over into 2015/16 and placements
will be delivered with Siemens and Care South.
In2015/16wehave26placementsacrossSpectrumgroup
locations. Employment and Skills Plans are now used on
Spectrum developments and we will be working more
closely with our development team to link construction
opportunities to local residents.
We have part funded a secondment for a Jobcentre Plus
Advisor to work with us this year. The role will be to
help identify Spectrum residents that are in receipt of
unemployment benefit and work together to help them
into work. We hope this will make it easier to link our own
residents to the employment opportunities that we create.
It’s made a massive difference. I’ve got a job!
I don’t need to worry about money any more.
If you’re thinking about it go for it, you don’t
know where it might take you.”
Laura
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Hampshire
• Native bird cherries were planted in three plain grass
triangles with spring bulbs such as snowdrops planted at
their bases.
• Honeysuckle was planted as ground cover outside
apartment blocks and against plain walls for scent and
wildlife amenity.
• A single white hawthorn has been planted to create a
feature at the centre of Tangmere.
• In the shaded garden new paving and plants were
installed to replace the existing defensive planting. New
plants include periwinkle, variegated ivy, wood anemone,
celandines, native roses, rosemary, thyme and marjoram.
• Years of bramble have been cleared from around two
thirds of the woodland bank area, and hazel bundles,
wild native roses and woodland ground plants have been
planted with the help of the children on the Wildplay
days. The remaining third of the bank was left untouched
at the request of a resident who is bird-watching here.
A series of three Wildplay days which were attended by
over 30 people, gave local families the opportunity to take
part in a number of different nature related activities,
including bug-hunting, hurdle-making, bee-bomb making,
flower-pot casting, wildflower sowing, tree ID and nature
photography.
The days were an opportunity to encourage the children
to get to know their local area by being invited to choose
the locations on the estate for the bird-box installations,
and to explore the neighbouring woodland (an SSSI and
important site for rare butterflies) via a bug hunt and a
nature photo expedition. This was the first time that many
of the children had visited the woods.
Green Space Improvements and
Wildplay Days in Lordshill
Creating better places to live
Spectrum Housing Group delivers a large proportion of
our community investment activity through our Action for
Neighbourhood projects. This approach brings Housing,
Asset and Community Investment teams together to focus
resources in target neighbourhoods. In doing this we aim
to achieve maximum impact, improve the quality of our
homes and the environment, and address challenges
faced by the community.
Lordshill in Southampton is one of Spectrum’s largest
estates with 157 properties. 2014 was the third year of
improvements in the neighbourhood. The first two years
focused mostly on consulting with residents and making
physical improvements to the buildings. In year three we
were able to carry out a number of targeted green space
improvements which involved a mixture of formal gardens
and woodland understory restoration, as well as a series
of fun Wildplay days to build interest and support.
The improvements include:
• Raised beds were built to replace redundant play
equipment and amenity grass and filled with floral carpet
roses and lavender.
• A scented bee-garden of rosemary, lavender and
heathers has been created outside one block of flats.
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The families who took part in the Wildplay days were
offered the chance to come and join Arc Consulting and
Spectrum’s Natural Wight project at Under the Pier – a
fantastic rock-pooling event held under Ryde Pier on the
Isle of Wight last summer.
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Some of the positive outcomes from our work in Lordshill
are:
• Ten year old Lauren checks the bird box she chose and
installed on her way to school every day and reports blue
tits nesting. Her ambition is to find a harvest spider.
• One local resident keeps lists of birds nesting in the
woodlandbank,whichincludebullfinchesandgoldfinches.
• A resident member of Spectrum’s Hampshire
Community Forum is feeding back news on the woodland
understory restoration to the forum meetings.
• One resident has tidied up her garden in response to
the improvements opposite her.
• Residents are requesting bird boxes and further 4Bs
planting, talking to one another in the communal spaces
and helping to ensure that any ASB is prevented.
• Nuthatches have been spotted in the middle of the
estate.
A satisfaction survey shows that levels of satisfaction
in the area have risen since the work began. Overall
the Action for Neighbourhood has generated over
£120,000 of social value, with residents feeling that
the place they live is a ‘good neighbourhood’ and that
they feel a sense of belonging to it.

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salad leaves which can be harvested and used in cooking.
Having captured the imagination of the children, Keeble
Junior Gardening Club was formed, meeting monthly in a
group to weed and maintain the planters, and returning in
between times to water and check on their plants.
Inadditiontothegardeningandbugspotting,theylearned
more about nature and growing food plants through their
activities. They planted their own sweet pepper and chilli
plants to grow on their windowsills, decorated and filled
‘bug houses’ to create a friendly home for insects in their
gardens, and took part in a wildlife themed scavenger
hunt.
“This has been a lovely idea, it has given the
children something to do, and turned the
planters from an eyesore into something useful.
We’ve been having minted new potatoes for
dinner a lot in the warmer weather using the
mint from the planters.”
Keeble Road Resident
Growing Spaces has been a long-standing success story
for Spectrum in all the Community Forum areas. In 2014 a
total of 132 residents were given the chance to grow fruit
and vegetables in their own gardens and communities.
Many participants have never grown their own before,
so have been taught a whole new set of skills, as well
as being introduced to new foods, and encouraged to
eat more healthily and spend more time outside in the
garden.
Keeble Gardening Club
Health and wellbeing
The Community Investment team, together with the
families living in the Keeble Road area of Kinson in
Bournemouth, have rejuvenated three large raised
planters situated in the park on the estate.
In October a family Halloween event was held where
residents took part in some seasonal craft activities
like painting pumpkins and making pipe cleaner spiders,
and also replanted the two raised beds: two with insect
friendly plants, and the remaining one was turned into
a ‘Growing Space’ filled with herbs, strawberries, and
On Your Bike project
Hod View, StourpaineThree Counties
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Shelley Gardens
Creating better places to live
As the subject of an Action for Neighbourhoods project,
Shelley Gardens had already benefited from some
major improvements in the form of new windows,
and landscaping of the communal garden for the flats
including a new shed and drying area. Following this
estate work, Spectrum staff and residents came together
on a very rainy Monday in February to work together to
spring clean the estate.
The community day was an opportunity for some of the
other communal areas to have a make-over, and a skip
was provided for residents to have a bit of a spring clean
and get rid of some larger items.
Keen young gardeners, fuelled by hot chocolate and
crepes from a van provided, came out to help Spectrum
staff to plant over 100 bird and bug friendly plants, and
residents already involved in the Growing Spaces scheme
picked up some bulbs and seed potatoes to plant in their
own gardens.
Following the event the young people have continued to
show an interest in their neighbourhood and there are
plans to involve them in a programme of summer activities
including further planting, a litter pick and road safety.

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South Wessex
On Your Bike
Health and wellbeing
This is an exciting pilot project in Stourpaine, a village
just north of Blandford Forum, launched to tackle some
of the transport issues inherent in rural living.
Stourpaine sits on the fantastic North Dorset Trailway, a
disused railway line that has been transformed to a multi-
use, motor-free trail allowing access between several
villages and the market towns of Blandford Forum and
Sturminster Newton. It is a fantastic resource and we
wanted to make the most of it for our isolated residents
in Hod View, an area we have been working in for some
time.
Public transport for Stourpaine is limited and expensive.
With the Trailway on its doorstep we saw an opportunity
not only to provide an alternative transport but also
promote recreation and a healthy lifestyle.
WepartneredwithlocalbikeshopOffCamber,topurchase
and supply bikes to a group of residents. The shop even
gave us a discount, which was really great.
Four families responded to our advert for the project and
we provided them with six adult and three children’s
bikes. The difference these bikes have made is already
really positive, with two families regularly riding together
along the Trailway. Riding is a fun and healthy family
activity and it is wonderful that this project has given
these families the chance to get involved.
One resident, who is at risk of eviction, was able to travel
to an important appointment with his housing officer in
order to maintain his tenancy.
Another resident, Sam, who is 17, was accepted on the
Princes Trust programme and has been riding his bike
into Blandford Forum every day to attend courses and
activities. This is saving him £25 per week on bus fare.
He also uses the bike to visit friends in neighbouring
villages. Taking part in this project has had a really
positive impact on Sam’s life, giving him greater freedom
to get around the area using the Trailway.
“Having a bike has made a big difference. I’m
obviously saving lots of money. It’s easy to get
places and to do it quickly. I’m never late! I
don’t have to rely on a bus schedule and it takes
about the same time to ride to town as to take
the bus. It gives me a lot of freedom. I just get
on the bike and go. I’m really enjoying it.”
Sam
Sam with his new bike

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Digital Inclusion
Digital strategy
Spectrum is committed to improving digital access and
skills for our residents by enabling residents to access
online services through physical connections where
communal facilities allow and by providing IT training
to specific groups.
Year two of Spectrum’s Digital Inclusion programme
was very busy. Working closely with the IT Team, we
installed broadband, a computer and printer at 13
schemes across the group, providing communal access
to 222 households.
Additionally, we were able to install complete Wi-Fi
networks at 10 independent living schemes that provide
homes for people over 55. These Wi-Fi networks allow
residents to access the internet in the comfort of their
own homes and all the communal areas; a benefit that
is positive and greatly appreciated.
Residents regularly state how grateful they are - being
able to stay in touch with family members across the
world, save money on shopping and access other online
services has been valuable to them in so many ways.
Training at Independent Living Schemes in North Dorset
continued though our training partner, Age Concern.
Residents learned how to confidently access the internet
using tablet devices and laptops. Our oldest learner is
94 years young!
Across the group, residents and other members of the
community have taken part in our training offer. During
the past year, 197 residents and 101 other members of
the community have received training: a total of 298.
Fantastic! That’s 298 people better equipped to access
online services and make real savings through shopping,
getting the best deal on energy, insurance and other
essentials and reducing social isolation.
To date, broadband with Wi-Fi is available at 32 schemes
across the group and, along with our training offer, is set
to increase throughout 2015/16.
£184,213
of social value has been
generated from our digital
inclusion programme.

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Cycle Safe – Scoot Smart
Safer, stronger communities
We hosted the Cycle Safe - Scoot Smart event at Chancel
Park. Young residents had fun learning how to cycle
safely at their scheme and learnt about the dangers of
using the car parking area to play in and how to cycle
responsibly around the local area.
In partnership with Ride On, a community project from
Exeter, this lunchtime event with a serious message was
created with fun at heart. Posters around the estate
invited everyone to come with their bikes and scooters
for a day of competitions, obstacle courses and a chance
to learn new tricks and win prizes.
“We think Spectrum are doing a great job
teaching children how they can have fun, be
healthy and stay safe. We loved attending today
and seeing all the youngsters so enthusiastic
about being on bikes and scooters and getting
outdoors but also learning how to be responsible
around cars and play safely in the area.”
Adam Golding from Ride On
The busy day was attended by local parents and children
from the estate, all eager to see the central car park and
regular play area transformed into a challenging scooter
obstacle course.
Build a Go-Kart
Safer, stronger communities
Wantage Gardens in Plymouth has been the focus for
one of our Action for Neighbourhood projects for the past
two years. A specific problem was identified through
discussions with the residents at the scheme about how
both the young people and adults felt there was a divide
between those living in the converted listed building at
one end and the newer homes at the other.
Through contact with WhizKids, an organisation who’d
successfully applied for funding from the Devon+
Community Forum grant the previous year, a project was
put together to hold an event in the middle of the scheme
with the young people working together to build a go-
kart, chat about how best to use, how to share and what
to do if it broke.
This broke down lots of barriers and misconceptions
the young people had about each other and very soon
they were all working together to get the Go-Kart built
so they could have fun riding it. They put aside any of
their previous differences and were very mature when
it came to drawing up the ‘fair usage agreement’ which
they all signed up to.
Adults came out to see what the kids were up to and
all ended up chatting and congratulating the children
on their achievement. There was even an impromptu
race between the kids on the go-kart and two powered
wheelchair bound residents. The young people were
convinced that resident Chris has souped-up his electric
wheel chair as he seemed to zoom off at 10mph!
On Your Bike project
Hod View, StourpaineDevon Plus
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“My son Osaretin loves being on his bike and is
constantly out and about playing on the estate,
so it’s nice to have Spectrum help me get the
message about staying safe across to him.
It’s also nice to see them putting on stuff for
kids in the area to do in the school holidays.
Osaretin had so much fun and the Spectrum
staff and the team from Ride On were lovely.”
Spectrum resident Trish Osabuohien
Spectrum’s Resident Involvement Officer, Lisa Elford,
who organised the event said, “It’s really encouraging
seeing children on the estate playing outside in the
summer but as a concerned landlord we’re really keen to
make sure everyone is always safe. Cycle Safe - Scoot
Smart, was a fun way of getting the children involved
and excited about being responsible and thinking twice
about playing in areas around cars.”
The day also gave us the opportunity to share information
about a forthcoming GOALs training session for adult
residents and this led to parents booking onto the course.
“Coming out today to speak informally with
neighbourhood staff about other activities and
opportunities offered by Spectrum was great
and I’ll be signing up to become more involved”
Resident Marie Cousins
GOALs
Employment, training and skills
GOALs is a wellbeing programme that provides
participants with tools to enable them to feel more
positive. It boosts self-esteem and self-worth and helps
participants to feel more in control of their lives.
In October, a two-day GOALs course was held in Devon
and a mixture of residents, pathway trainees and support
workers attended. Opening up the course to support staff
at our schemes was a positive step because elements
of the course would be utilised in the way staff and
residents could work together in the future, and often
residents in supported accommodation look to local on-
hand staff for guidance.
A resident from an event held earlier in the year, Cycle
Safe - Scoot Smart, came along to the workshop and
commented, “I’ve been given the tools to talk more
positively to myself, given skills to pro-actively look
for work in a different way and to set some new goals.
It was a great empowering course that was delivered
without a ‘touchy-feely’ approach. I’ve updated my CV
straightaway!’
Marie Cousins followed through with her goal of
becoming more pro-active and successfully applied to
become a member of a residents’ Forum that is part
of Spectrum’s co-regulation and governance structure
and this provides her with volunteering experience and
access to other training courses.
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residents and staff attended
a 2 day GOALs course

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In the last year alone, our volunteers have supported
a huge array of projects, working with organisations,
companies and local authorities such as the Wildlife
Trust, the IW Council, the Tree Council, Arc Consulting,
LandscapeTherapy,VentnorBotanicsandWightinBloom.
We’ve cleared shrub and brash for butterflies on Arreton
Down and helped restore chalk grassland on Knighton
Down, cleared ponds of willow in West Wight and learnt
how to manage hedgerow in Pan Country Park. Next up is
heading to the coast to support an experimental project
to restore the ‘Lost Duver’ in Sandown.
We’ve also started to bring Green Army closer to home
– literally to our doorsteps – through our related 4Bs
(Birds, Bees, Bats, Bugs) project. Green Army volunteers
have helped to start a restoration project at a Spectrum-
owned riparian woodland at the Arc on the edge of our
Oakfield Estate in Ryde, supported Spectrum residents in
getting their own wildlife gardens started, and perhaps
most interesting of all, our volunteers joined us at one
of our new housing developments where we created a
new space for people and wildlife to meet one another,
restoring a tiny woodland copse, planting nectar and
fruiting-rich plant species and creating reptile habitats
from coppiced materials.
Lastly, Spectrum recently teamed up with Challenge &
Adventure, and so Green Army funding now not only
helps sustain an excellent local charity for some of our
most vulnerable young people, but also provides them
with a new learning tool to help support their work.
Natural Wight’s Green Army
Employment, training and skills
Spectrum’s award-winning Green Army is formed of young
adults, aged 16-25 (many classed as vulnerable or NEETs)
who take part in conservation and outdoor volunteering
opportunities all over the Isle of Wight. Green Army began
as part of our Natural Wight project, and was originally
funded by Natural England and the Big Lottery Fund; its
success has led to further support from Southern Housing
Group over the past year and is set to continue as part
of a huge HLF-funded East Wight Landscape Partnership
project, Down to the Coast.
Green Army shows that conservation volunteering is
simplyabrilliantwaytoengageandencouragevulnerable
young adults. With Green Army and importantly, with
access to nature, as part of their ‘menu’ of support, many
of our volunteers have gone into work or further education
– or simply to feel better about themselves and the world!
The key ingredient is nature… it’s well-researched and
proven already but Green Army backs it up…virtually all
our Green Army volunteers have received that definite
boost to wellbeing that comes from being outdoors!
Medina
To date, around 300 young people have taken part in
dozens and dozens of conservation days and related
activities and the group has won two awards, most
recently the fantastic Merlin Trophy awarded to us by
the CPRE.

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Bread Enterprise
Employment, training and skills
Thanks to the support of Foyer Manager, Matthew Bell,
many of the Foyer residents have worked closely with
MicheleNewtonfromtheFourSeasonsCookeryAcademy.
By taking part and completing this course, the residents
have gained both an NCFE Enterprise qualification and
also been awarded their CIEH Level 2 qualification in Food
Safety. Their experience and qualifications gained during
the Bread Enterprise has enabled them to expand into an
in-house catering team for the Foyer. They have catered
for a number of events including a three course dinner for
Island Rotarians. They also provided the catering for the
Spectrum Group Board and CEO Richard Hill, during their
recent tour of the Isle of Wight.
Following completion of the Enterprise course two of
the young people used the skills they had learnt to gain
employment, which is a fabulous achievement, and will
help them to move on from the Foyer, having given them
both cooking skills for life, and a job.
A second course in Slade Road, Ryde, funded by the
Isle of Wight Council’s Adult and Community Learning
team, has proved just as productive with residents now
embarking on the Level 2 NCFE course. With the Level
1 NCFE Enterprise course and Food Safety under their
belt, the team provided supper for Barnardo’s Cool Time
Club bat event, cakes for the local Food Bank as well
as supporting the Cats Protection League and RNLI
through cake sales. Following the level 1 course the
group continued to meet to develop their cooking skills.
They also cooked for a weekly lunch ‘drop in’ for local
residents and provided lunch for the February Family Get
Active week.
Use Your Loaf
Health and wellbeing
TheUseYourLoafprojectcontinuestogofromstrengthto
strength on the Island and across the Group. 22 sessions
have taken place on the Isle of Wight throughout the
year in nine different venues in our neighbourhoods.
Each half-day session teaches participants how to make
a basic loaf, demonstrates other simple bread recipes
and provides a sociable healthy lunch. Each participant
makes a loaf of bread to take home with them. We
have had 165 people take part in a session, with many
of them returning to participate in the advanced bread-
making session at a later date.
“I was very impressed with the workshop.
A lot of care, time and skills were put into
producing a very enjoyable class. I am
extremely impressed with the financial
investment Spectrum have put into making the
neighbourhood a richer cultural environment.”
Sarah, Southern Housing Group
Some of the participants have been inspired to continue
pursuing their new-found bread-making skills by enrolling
onto the Bread Enterprise course, which is also funded
by Spectrum. The Use Your Loaf project has also led to
Spectrum helping to fund the Pan Cookery Course, which
is delivered by local community group, Pan Together. This
cookery course delivers eight sessions of practical simple
recipes and cookery, and also takes participants through
their level 2 Food Safety course. This course increases
residents’ confidence in being able to cook for themselves
and their families using cheap simple ingredients, and
the Food Safety certificate also gives them a qualification
to add to their CV when job hunting.
293residents attended a Use Your Loaf session
in 2014-15 across the Spectrum Group

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Dorset Families Matter
Youth/family intervention
Spectrum Housing Group recognises that our residents are the best
people to tell us what aspects of our services work well and where
we can do better. We work with residents to improve services and
make our neighbourhoods better places to live.
Our resident involvement approach ensures that we have
the right structures and opportunities in place to support
residents in getting involved. We support and empower
residents to improve services and create strong accountability
within a framework of co-regulation and localism.
In the year 2014-15, 99 residents were regularly involved in working with us through Residents’ Associations,
Community Forums and the Spectrum Residents’ (scrutiny) Group. Our Residents contributed 2649 hours of volunteer
time through involvement in the co-regulation structures of Spectrum.
Our five Spectrum Community Forums made 51 grants totalling £83k and benefiting 7797 people. These grants
generated a measurable social value of £415,742 a ratio of £5.00 value for every £1.00 invested through grants.
Many different organisations have benefited from our Community Forum Grants.
Resident Involvement
Social interaction/resident involvement
Dorset Families Matter is a major partnership project that has
been set up to deliver the government’s Troubled Families agenda.
The project aims to support families who experience multiple and
complex challenges in order to help them improve their wellbeing.
The project works with families in Dorset who are experiencing difficulties
with a range of issues such as: children not attending school; children or family members being involved
in crime, and/or anti-social behaviour; those experiencing or at risk of domestic abuse; where there are vulnerable
children; someone in the family is in receipt of out of work benefits or a family member has a physical or mental
health condition.
Anna Thorn is the Project Officer working for Spectrum in the Blandford Office. Anna covers the North Dorset area and
has worked with over 50 individuals during the first phase of the project. Phase 2 of the project is now underway with
more outcomes being delivered improving the wellbeing of families in the area.
Anna has been brilliant helping us with lots. She came to us because of my oldest son’s attendance
at school and we were unemployed through my husband’s illness. She has helped us to get the right
benefits and getting my youngest the right help with his learning needs. She is always friendly,
approachable and efficient.”
For more information please visit:
www.dorsetforyou.com/dorsetfamiliesmatter
Our Community Forums made 51 grants
totalling £83,000 and benefitting 7797 people.

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ACSOs
Age Concern Dorset
Age UK IW
Aldi
Apex Church, Cowes
ARC Consulting
Barnardo’s
Bicton College
Bikeability - Ride On
Blandford Children’s Centre
Blandford Police
Blandford St Mary Parish Council
Bournemouth Borough Council
Bournemouth White Lining
Bryanston Court Residents’ Social Group
BT
CAB
CAHMS
Campaign to Protect Rural England - IW
Challenge & Adventure
Children’s Services
Community Action IW
Cowes Brownies and Guides
Cowes Children’s centre
Cowes Lions
Cowes Primary School
Cowes Rotary
Cowes Sea Cadets
Cowes Town Council
Crime Stoppers
David R White Building Services
Devon Wildlife Trust
Dorset Skills and Learning
Dorset Wildlife Trust
East Boro
East Cowes Churches Together
East Cowes Pavilion
EWLP
First Dorset Credit Union
Footprint Trust
Forest First Community Forum
Four Seasons Cookery Academy
Friendly Food Company
Frontline
GOALs International
GPs
Grasshoppers Netball Club
Groundsells
Guinness Housing
Gunville Residents’ Association
Gurnard Primary School
Hampshire Constabulary
Hampshire Fire & Rescue
Foodbank
HIWCF
HIWWT
Hope2Bake
HSBC
Hythe and Dibden Parish Council
IDVAs
Independent Arts
IRIS
Island Line
IW Adult & Community Learning
IW Autistic Society
IW Bat Hospital
IW Chamber of Health
IW Council
IW Green Gym
IW NHS
IW Playing Fields Association
IW Sports Unit
John Lewis
Jumperoo bouncy castle hire
Kardan Travel
Land Products
Landscape Group
Landscape Therapy
Lanesend Primary
Local Councillors
Ludwell Community Primary School
MC Enhancement
Medina Marching Band
Mudeford Phoenix Girls & Ladies FC
National Energy Advice
Naturezones
NDDC
New Carnival Company
New Leaf
NFDC
NHS
North Dorset Consortium
Northwood Primary School
Northwood Scouts
Off Camber Bike Shop
Okeford Fitzpaine Primary School
Pan Together
Panel Shop
People Matter
Picket Twenty Community Association
Planet Ice
Plymouth Food Bank
Police
Poole CVS
Radian Care
Radian Housing
Redhill Rangers Football Club
RNLI
Rotary
Routes to Roots
Ryde Town Council
S Moss Carpentry
Safety in the Home
Sainsburys
SCC
SELF
Shaftesbury Hospital
Shanklin Theatre
Shaw Trust
Simply Counselling
Sings Express
Southampton City Council
Southern Housing Group
Sovereign
SPC
Spectrum Community Forums
Spectrum Residents’ Associations
St Josephs RC Primary School
St Marks Trust
Stewarts Landscaping
Stoneham Housing
Stonehouse Timebank
NHS Smile Service
Street Pastors
Synergy Housing
Tesco
Test Valley Community Development
Trading Standards
The Children’s Centres
The Co-op
The Dance Factory
The Hampton Trust
The Store Room
Tree Council
TVBC
UKSA
Ventnor Botanic Gardens
West Moors Pre-school
Westward Housing
WhizKidz
Young Enterprise
Partner organisations
Finally, a big thank you to all our funders, project partners and supporters who have helped to ensure the
successful delivery of our projects.
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16. Contact us:
Freephone: 0800 783 7837
Local: 0300 777 7837
Email: contact@spectrumhousing.co.uk
Fax: 01425 283555
Customer calls will be accepted 24 hours a day.
Our offices are open from 8.30am to 5pm Monday to
Thursday, and 8.30am to 4.30pm on Friday.
Head Office:
Spectrum Housing Group
Spectrum House
Grange Road
Christchurch
Dorset
BH23 4GE
spectrumhousing.co.uk
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