Marcon announced as corporate partners for Simon Community NI ‘Creating Homes’ initiative
Creating Homes was launched in 2022 as part of Simon Community NI’s 50th anniversary. It is an ambitious plan which aims to create 50 new homes for people experiencing homelessness.
Organisations can get involved by contributing towards the purchase of new homes or their renovation.
Since its launch in 2022 Creating Homes has welcomed eight new tenants to refurbished homes, including the most recent in Portadown. There have been two further sales agreed on properties in Ballymena and Derry. This brings the total number of houses acquired under the initiative to ten.
Over the last couple of years, Marcon have taken part in various events with Simon Community NI. Such as Christmas Jumper Day and taking part in One Big Sleep out and have raise over £7,000 for the leading homeless charity to date.
Mark O’Connor, Director at Marcon commented: “We pride ourselves on being a responsible business and it is important that we contribute to places in which we work and support our local communities. We hope to be able to bring our specific expertise to the Creating Homes initiative, investing in the long-term sustainability of communities.”
Procurement Manager at Marcon, Laura Moore continued: “It’s great to be able to use our skills to get involved, demonstrating our commitment to making positive changes in the communities where we work. The whole team really enjoy participating in schemes like this. It gives them a sense of pride that they are helping to make a difference to people’s lives. Thank you to our Directors for giving us the opportunity to get involved with this fantastic initiative.”
JP Corry a leading supplier of building materials and timber products have also increased their commitment by supporting the Creating Homes initiative.
Laura Wray HR Manager at JP Corry said, “Creating Homes is part of our shared value that everyone deserves a safe place to call home. We have been pleased to partner with the Simon Community over the past two years and expanding our commitment through our corporate social responsibility aligns with our fundamental operation of building, repairing and renovating people’s homes. This is an exciting initiative and one we are proud to be a part of.”
Simon Community NI Chief Executive Jim Dennison added, “We are delighted to welcome JP Corry and Marcon as new corporate supporters to our Creating Homes initiative. We recently welcomed them to view the latest house we have refurbished, just before the new tenant moved in, to see for themselves the standard of accommodation we are providing, and the impact the initiative has to change lives.
“We are looking forward to working with JP Corry and Marcon as the Creating Homes initiative expands.”
Pictured (l-r): Simon Community Corporate Partnerships Manager Brian Shanks MCIOF, JP Corry HR Manager Laura Wray, JP Corry Operations Director Chris Collins, Simon Community Chief Executive Jim Dennison CIHCM, Marcon Fit-Out Procurement Manager, Laura Moore and Marcon Fit-Out Business Systems and Innovation Manager Colleen Scullion.