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Mission statement

 

Our aim is to be the preferred landlord for as many people in need as possible in south and west London creating real quality of life in mixed and lasting communities.

To achieve our aim:

  • We will offer high quality housing and related community services designed to achieve the maximum choice, neighbourliness and potential for all those who choose us as their landlord; and
  • We will expand our work with deaf people; and
  • We will challenge accepted ways and dare to be different while generating genuine, effective partnerships with residents and other organisations in the public, voluntary and private sectors; and
  • We will create an organisation that gives exceptional job satisfaction and that is a magnet for the best. We expect all areas of our operations to match the performance of the top 25% in any sector

Fairness

We work hard to be fair in everything that we do. This applies particularly in the following areas:

  • Board and Staff– we want our people at all levels to reflect the communities we serve.
  • Lettings – we want any new homes to be made available as fairly as possible and want to be sure that a fair percentage of our homes goes to people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.
  • Resident Satisfaction – we want satisfaction levels to be high from people of all backgrounds.
  • Resident Involvement – we want all of our residents from all backgrounds to feel that they can join us in helping to run and improve our services.
  • Harassment – we hate harassment of any type and will do all we can to stamp it out.
  • Who we do business with – we want our suppliers and contractors to share our approach to fairness.

More about what we do

Founded in 1962 by Dr. Beryl Harding, a physician who lived in Wandsworth - Harding Housing Association is committed to providing affordable housing to those who need it.

We have over 1300 flats and houses in the London Boroughs of Wandsworth, Lambeth, Merton, Hammersmith & Fulham , Greenwich and Hillingdon.

We also have 3 directly managed residential care homes in Wandsworth caring for deaf people with mental health problems. To find out more about our work with deaf people, please click here. In addition to this we also have a large number of agency managed and directly managed supported living schemes.

For the last 3 years, we have had a Businessplan target to perform in the top 25% of all housing associations. Most of our performance indicators are now significantly better than average. Some of the most important (such as void and bad debt levels) are now the lowest in our peer group.

In October 1998 we were awarded Investors in People status.

Housing Plus Initiatives

Harding works with a variety of partners.  Here are some of them:

Life's Better Together
BCHT (Battersea Churches and Chelsea Housing Trust)
Thames Housing Association

VARG (Vassall Area Regeneration Group)
comprising: 

  • Cowley Estate Management Board
  • Myatts Field North Community Association
  • Holland Town Tenants Management Cooperative
  • Patmos Area Community Association
  • St John the Divine Church
  • Vassall Ward Youth and Community Project
  • Presentation Housing Association
  • London & Quadrant Housing Trust
  • Lambeth Housing Department
  • North Lambeth Town Centre Manager
  • Kennington Police

Debt Advice
Credit Action

Elderly
Age Concern (Wandsworth)
Age Concern (Lambeth)
BCHT - SW11 & SW18 Activities Group
Besom Foundation - Gardening and decorating projects
Hammersmith & Fulham Community Alarms
Inner London Probation Service - Community Service Gardening
Wandsworth Community Transport (Outings Project)
LASCOT- Lambeth & Sothwark Community Transport (Outings Project)
Lambeth & Southwark Community Transport

Fire safety
London Fire Brigade, Borough Commander Lambeth
London Fire Brigade, Greenwich
London Fire Brigade, Wandsworth

Furniture Schemes
(FAST) Furniture Action South Thames
Furniture
Shaftesbury Furniture Scheme
Wandsworth Housing Support Project

Gardening at Church Manor
BTCV (British Trust for Conservation Volunteers)

Parenting Classes
St Marks Church, SW11

Training
Community Learning Centre, SW9
Make IT Easy, SW11

Vocational training for people with learning difficulties
Richmond Fellowship
Thrive

Volunteering
Wandsworth Volunteer Bureau

Youth
Dempster Road Youth group, SW18
Durand School, SW9
Fulham Football Club
Vassall Youth and Community Project

 

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