Community

Target	Progress	Percentage Complete
To manage relations with communities to achieve social and business benefits
Partner with Barclays savers and the local council in a community regeneration project in the Middlesbrough area, near the Company’s Teesside Shopping Park	The Company invested £20,000 in a multi-use games area in Middlesbrough through the Groundwork Trust. This area has been completed, providing free access to two football pitches and a basketball court. The project also provides two local people with full-time, permanent jobs.	100%
Initiate a new community project in Camden or Hackney	A team from our subsidiary, Broadgate Estates, supported the Runnymede Trust in preparing for and managing an office move in Hackney. In preparation for our Head Office move to York House in Westminster we also supported two community projects in the area: gardening on three housing estates and carrying out research for Abbey Community Centre.	100%
Hold a training programme for in-house and external staff on stakeholder consultation during the pre-planning and planning stages of development	Findings of the consultation study undertaken at two British Land projects were fed back to in-house team and external consultants at lunch-time session. Guidance on Masterplanning strengthened in the revised Sustainability Brief for Developments.	70%
Pilot a process for measuring the socio-economic impact of British Land where the Company has a major presence	Problems in identifying suitable data at single project level have led to wider discussions with Government officials on the need for further research on economic indicators using data from a wide range of projects.	20%
British Land's Head Office staff and Broadgate Estates’ staff will provide head teacher and GP mentoring in Hackney to support local changes taking place in education and health	British Land’s Head of Internal Audit, mentored a senior GP at Fountayne Road Health Centre in Hackney. Broadgate Estate’s Technical and Environmental Director mentored the Headteacher at St John the Baptist school in Hackney.	100%