In April, a team of volunteers from the leading house builder, Homes for Scotland, ventured to Kenya to build a new home for Mama Saline. Nicola Barclay, their CEO, returned inspired and wrote this blog post about her experience. Words can’t describe… A week after I returned from Kenya, and I’m back into the swing… Read more »
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Helen rises to the challenge: Making the most of corporate volunteering
Habitat for Humanity is a phenomenal charity. Through its work, individual and corporate volunteering, lives are changed for the better every day, by the creation of safe and secure places for people to call home, in some of the poorest and most challenging regions of the world. When I was fortunate enough to be offered… Read more »
Read moreWhy we volunteer in Romania: Addleshaw Goddard
Last summer, we chatted with Richard Yeomans, one of Addleshaw Goddard’s senior partners. He shared some great insight into the importance of corporate volunteering to the law firm’s values and their new trainees – who head out to Romania every year. Every summer for the past 10 years, top law firm Addleshaw Goddard have been… Read more »
Read moreHope Challenge: The Results
HOPE CHAMPION 2017 GOES TO THE MILLER HOMES STAR GAZERS! The team finished the weekend victorious after winning both the mental challenges and fundraising (raising over £12,000 for Habitat for Humanity), and coming second in the trek and shelter build. Pantera Carpentry stole the show with their unique shelter design made of recycled carpet tubes.… Read more »
Read moreCorporate Volunteering in Malawi: What to Expect
In September, a team of 17 employees from Miller Homes will be joining a corporate volunteer trip to Malawi with us for a week – in order to help build homes for orphans and vulnerable children in the district of Salima. During this time, the volunteers will meet the families they are helping and encounter an entirely new… Read more »
Read moreMiller Homes Goes the Extra Mile for Habitat for Humanity
Award winning housebuilder Miller Homes has been heavily involved with our Hope Builders campaign throughout 2016 and we have been very impressed by the support and commitment from them to help end poverty housing across the world. Below Chris Endsor, Chief Executive of Miller Homes talks about his team’s fantastic fundraising efforts and introduces the… Read more »
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