“It's not just about houses; it's about community. If you build six thousand houses without soul, you’ll fail.
And as with charity, community begins at home.
At Thakeham we recruit people from a whole range of backgrounds. We believe everyone deserves a chance; those coming out of prison, people leaving the armed forces or anyone who’s been unemployed for a while. There’s still more work to do; for example, we’d like more women in construction. We’re proud that our Thakeham workforce is now 38% female, and we’re working hard to increase that.
We run our training modules on Diversity, Inclusion and Unconscious Bias in the same way that many other big organisations do, but we’re especially proud of the culture we have created where people feel they are able to be themselves and bring their whole selves to work without being judged.”
— Rob Boughton, CEO, Thakeham
