We are delighted to announce we have joined the PlaceShapers network of around 100 community-focused housing associations.

We provide and support services to 2,500 homes predominantly in Castle Vale, Birmingham alongside our charity, Compass Support.

We manage a range of community assets including two community centres and the local football stadium.

Simon Wilson, our Chief Executive, said: “We are a community-focused housing association that works to not only support our tenants but also recognise the impact that our actions have on the wider community.

“We’re pleased to be rejoining the Placeshapers network and excited to work alongside other organisations whose mission is so closely aligned to ours and who work together to continue to build strong and vibrant communities.”

Matthew Walker, PlaceShapers Chair and Chief Executive of Leeds Federated Housing Assciation, said: “PlaceShapers is a national network of place-based landlords who work together to help communities thrive.

“Members are ambitious for their communities, committed to long-term solutions, united in our purpose, and firmly in it for the long term.”

“With its’ strong focus on place and the Castle Vale community, The Pioneer Group shares this ethos and we are delighted to welcome them.”

Membership is assessed by the PlaceShapers Board of the housing association chief executives, based on:

• Demonstrating a long-standing commitment to the places it operates and how it strives to improve the social and economic resilience of the communities it works with.
• Putting residents and customers at the centre of what it does and ensures they have real influence on the organisation.
• Being locally focused and works actively with local authorities and local partners to improve and shape places at a strategic and operational level.
• Building homes that respond to local housing needs and providing more than just landlord services because it cares about the people and places where it works.