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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Why Build in Malawi: Inspirational Quotes on Corporate Volunteering
Keen to experience first hand how a safe and secure home could benefit families in Malawi, the Miller Homes staff embarked on a corporate volunteering trip with the aim of building three houses by the end of the week. In fact, they were so keen, they ended up building four new homes! As we were their nominated charity for… Read more »
Read moreMiller Homes brave the elements to carry on supporting Habitat for Humanity GB
Hope Challenge Following on from a phenomenal year of fundraising in 2016, 3 teams from Miller Homes braved the elements to raise over £28,000 for Habitat for Humanity GB. Three teams from across the housebuilder’s regional offices competed in our Hope Challenge, which took place in Derbyshire’s Hope Valley from 9th to 11th June and comprised four… Read more »
Read moreVolunteers in Zambia Are Changing Lives, One Home at a Time
Last July, we sent a team of volunteers to Zambia to build homes for our Orphans & Vulnerable Children project. This is a project that provides houses for children who are parentless or otherwise vulnerable due to sickness, often being taken care of by an extended family member or another carer. Recently our colleagues in Zambia updated… Read more »
Read moreMiller Homes Volunteers Return from Malawi
The team of volunteers from Miller Homes are now back from their volunteer trip in Malawi, full of stories, emotions and memories. This trip also marked a great achievement as not only did they manage to build the three homes that they had initially planned to, they also completed a fourth home. This is the first time… Read more »
Read moreStories from Malawi: Miller Homes visits Newbottle Primary Academy
Upon return from their Global Village trip to Malawi, Miller Homes are more motivated than ever to end poverty housing across the world. Seventeen Miller Homes employees from across the UK, including CEO Chris Endsor, have recently returned from working with local staff and beneficiaries to build four homes for four families in desperate need in Salima, Malawi. On the 11th… 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 Employee Brings Hope Through Marathon Effort
Over the course of the year Miller Homes has pledged to raise £100,000 for our Hope Builders campaign, enough to build over 30 homes and make a real difference to those living in poverty housing. As part of this pledge, Miller Homes Contracts Manager, David Graziano put his best foot forward and completed the London Marathon in just over four hours whilst… Read more »
Read moreTeam Building: A Corporate Perspective on Volunteering
Corporate partners are superb supporters of Habitat for Humanity. Our biggest Hope Builder, Miller Homes, explain why they got involved… Over 21 million people volunteer in the UK at least once a year and this contributes an estimated £23.9bn to the UK economy. As a company we’ve pledged to raise £100K during 2016 for Habitat for Humanity. The funds raised… Read more »
Read moreReasons for Volunteering: Finding Meaning in Life
Our Head of Volunteering, Manuela Campbell, tells us her Habitat story of finding meaning in life through volunteering. From my first interaction with Habitat for Humanity I have found that it is all about what we can do. As individuals, as team members, as leaders and HomePartners—we can harness the Power of One in order to… Read more »
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