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Coast & Country receives top 20 accolade

Coast & Country is in the top 20 of the UK’s best organisations to work for, according to a prestigious national listing.

One of the largest regeneration and housing regeneration companies in the North East, has seen its position soar from 77th place last year to 19th in the Sunday Times’ respected Top 100 Not-for-Profit Organisations to Work For.

Coast & Country has also moved up from a one star, (very good) company to a two star, (outstanding) company.

It has been ranked in 19th place after staff were asked to comment on how they felt about working for Coast & Country, the quality of its leadership, its community ethos, the opportunities available and the calibre of its workforce development programmes.

The organisation scored in the top 10 for five of the Sunday Times’ eight survey factors, with the highest scores coming in the “Wellbeing” and “Fair Deal” categories, with an amazing 81% of staff saying that they were proud to work for the company.

Leadership, management, fairness, and staff personal development also have been highlighted by employees as major plus factors.

Coast & Country manages more than 10,000 homes across the Redcar and Cleveland area and employs more than 500 staff.

The Sunday Times says the listing highlights the best organisations to work for ‘voted for by the people that know them best – their workers’.

Iain Sim, Coast & Country Chief Executive, said: “To have risen up this prestigious ranking to now be one of the top 20 not-for-profit organisations to work for is a fantastic achievement and we could not have accomplished this without the support and hard work of our employees.

“People lie at the very heart of everything at Coast & Country from our employees, who play a vital role in the running of the business, to the residents who are involved in all that we do to improve our services in the many communities that we work in.

“Without our hard-working and dedicated staff, Coast & Country would not be the organisation that it is. Our strategy will be to continue supporting and nurturing our staff’s career development, equipping them with the knowledge, confidence and tools to do an efficient job as well as treating them with respect, and providing a healthy work-life balance.”

Paula Breen, Chair of the Coast & Country Housing Board said: “I and the Board are extremely proud of the achievement of getting into the Top 20 on this very prestigious list.

“It shows the hard work and dedication from all at the Company, to make Coast & Country a great place to work. We firmly believe that supporting and developing our staff, and creating a company which people are proud to work for is the key to creating a culture which seeks to deliver excellent customer service and which seeks to involve our customers in all aspects of our business.

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