Aspiring Community Works

Our own award winning social enterprise Aspiring Community Works was developed to deliver contract services from clearing VOID properties through to gardening for our project partners Tower Hamlets Community Housing.

Launched in 2010, the enterprise was already winning awards six months later when it picked up two National Housing Federation awards for its impact within the local community and local residents.  For the staff of the enterprise this was a particularly proud event as the awards were judged by an independent panel of social housing residents.

“After six months it’s great to get this recognition of the team’s hard work.  We’ve really had a great response from so many of the residents, they can see that we’re really trying to carry out our work to the highest standards possible.  After all, this is our community too.”

Aspire Foundation is sure that the social enterprise is going to go on winning awards as its work grows and extends through Tower Hamlets and East London.  The enterprise is already carrying out a wide range of services:

• Bulk Refuse Removal,
• Grounds Maintenance,
• Office & Communal Cleaning,
• Window Cleaning (up to 60 foot),
• Deep Cleaning, and
• VOID Clearances.

Through these contracts ACW is achieving a wide range of community benefits, including:

• Employing residents
• Offering training opportunities
• Offering flexible working patterns
• Increasing the housing associations on site presence
• Funding local community projects through our MicroFund, and
• Encouraging entrepreneurship through our Start Your Own Business programmes.

If you would like to talk to our team about the Aspiring Community Works model or contracting services to achieve social benefits please contact our team.

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