Local communities
We aim to provide local communities with safe, clean and attractive centres in which to shop, work and spend leisure time, and recognise that our businesses can be integral parts of those communities.
The Group aims to provide local communities with safe, clean and attractive centres in which to shop, work and spend leisure time. A key objective is that local people see the centres as positive assets to their area and to achieve this the Group listens and responds to the views of local people. The Group actively participates in activities that bring sustainable support and benefit to local areas, for example fund raising and donating to local charities. This allows it to build ongoing positive relationships with local people and communities and contributes to the long-term prosperity of the business. The Group also pursues opportunities to contribute to economic, social and environmental regeneration.
2009 Highlights
- Over the last five years, MallCares has developed a bond between each shopping centre and the local community. During 2009 over £1 million was raised for local and national charities from the shopping centre portfolio.
- The Junction sponsored a community arts project at St Andrews Quay Retail Park in Hull to create a 50 ft mural to recognise the heritage of the area.
- At West India Quay a four-week festival of free events and entertainment took place in the summer. The event was split into Art Week, Music Week, Sports Week and Street Week.
2010 Priorities
- To continue fund raising under the MallCares programme.
- In The Junction, to create a memorial garden in the St Andrews Dock area dedicated to the 58 men that died on three Hull trawlers in 1968.
- In The Junction, to run a community boat for disadvantaged and disabled children and community groups along the historic inland waterway from Swansea to Port Talbot.
- In X-Leisure, to continue to offer free events to customers throughout 2010, to encourage local community engagement and sustain visitor numbers.
- To continue to develop security excellence at The Mall through the application of the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme, Action Against Business Crime, LeisureWatch, Park Mark and Project Argus through the National Counter Terrorism Security Office
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