Gain influence
Your hands-on experience of what works in your communities and the daily challenges you face feed directly into the policy positions of Communities that Work.
Your voice is amplified when you join Communities that Work, and it becomes stronger; you'll be part of the only housing-led body in the UK representing the sector on employment policy.
As a member, we'll support your housing and employment messaging with your local target MPs and accompany constituency visits at your request.
You'll be automatically invited to our party conference events and our parliamentary reception at the Palace of Westminster.
And you'll be invited to join other ministerial meetings, parliamentary briefings and policy roundtables. These will offer you unique access to senior government members, leading parliamentarians and policymakers.
Leverage support
Members of Communities that Work support each other and gain insight from CtW events. We support you across housing and employment issues, from policy to delivery, leveraging the expertise of our entire membership base.
You'll gain access to funding intelligence through our exclusive news service and member events. Your input will feed into our policy on housing and employment funding that affects your ability to deliver services across your communities.
As a trusted source of intelligence and insight, we can connect you with parliamentarians and government departments. You'll be invited to join our policy-influencing events and your input shapes our dialogue with the government, and helps propose solutions to the challenges we all face.
Develop insight
Members of Communities that Work get the latest leading information from us about housing and employment.
We interpret and prioritise news from the government on how employment and skills policy is shaping up and how it's getting commissioned out, and we explain how to access funding opportunities.
Our members get exclusive access to the latest, most relevant intelligence thanks to our unique network of political contacts and connections.
You'll also be invited to join us for bespoke briefing events with experts in a whole range of policy and delivery areas.
And as a member, you'll get our regular hand-picked news roundup compiled by our media experts and delivered to your inbox.
Latest Newsletters
In this issue:
- Political Update
- Green Collar Jobs
- Welcome to the Board: Lucy Dixon
In this issue:
- Annual Reception Report
- Milburn Interim Review
- Good practise: Barnet Homes and L&Q reports
In this issue:
- JobsPlus featured at Resolution Foundation event
- Spotlight on: South Yorkshire Housing Association
- Latest Government News and Reports
In this issue:
- JobsPlus: The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed a further year of funding for the Jobs Plus pilots
- JobsPlus funding update
- Spotlight on: Peabody
- Events: The London Housing Summit 2026 & The National Retrofit Conference & Expo 2026
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We are pleased announce that Jo and Jenny have been appointed as Communities that Work’s Membership Board Champions. Jo and Jenny will focus on refreshing our membership offer, working to ensure it reflects the needs of our members.
The @SMCommission's latest report, Regional Insights: Creating Fairer Chances Across the Regions, explores how place-based approaches can improve social mobility and create fairer opportunities across the UK.
Today, our Managing Director Lynsey Sweeney features in Politics UK, exploring how investment in retrofit can create pathways into sustainable jobs and training opportunities for social housing residents.
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We’re delighted to see our Managing Director, Lynsey Sweeney, featured in BusinessGreen today, making the case for why social housing must be at the heart of the UK’s green jobs strategy.
As the UK works towards net zero, we have a huge opportunity to ensure that investment in greener homes also creates meaningful employment and skills opportunities for the people and communities who live in them.
Social housing residents should not only benefit from the transition to greener homes – they can be part of the workforce delivering it.
To conclude our Board Mission Champions series, we are pleased to introduce Nic McGrath newground and Tracey Walsh as Board Champions for the Housing, Growth and Green Jobs Alliance.
Together, they will support and strengthen our capacity to advance the Alliance’s goals, championing the vital role of housing providers in supporting inclusive growth and creating opportunities in the green economy.
We look forward to working with all our newly appointed Board Mission Champions as they help shape and support our priorities over the coming years.
We're pleased to share the Social Mobility Commission's latest report, Regional Insights: Creating Fairer Chances Across the Regions.
Drawing on conversations with local authorities, employers, educators and communities across the UK, the report explores how place-based approaches and greater devolution can help improve social mobility and create fairer opportunities.