Simon Community NI has announced new corporate partners for its Creating Homes initiative.

Launched in 2022 as part of Simon Community NI's 50th anniversary, this plan aims to create 50 new homes for people experiencing homelessness and organisations can get involved by contributing towards the purchase of new homes or their renovation.

Since its launch in 2022 Creating Homes has welcomed eight new tenants to refurbished homes, including the most recent in Portadown. There have been two further sales agreed on properties in Ballymena and L'Derry, bringing the total number of houses acquired under the initiative to ten.

Marcon and JP Corry have been confirmed as Creating Homes corporate partners.

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Mark O'Connor, Director at Marcon said: "We pride ourselves on being a responsible business and it is important that we contribute to places in which we work and support our local communities. We hope to be able to bring our specific expertise to the Creating Homes initiative, investing in the long-term sustainability of communities."

Laura Wray HR Manager at JP Corry commented: "Creating Homes is part of our shared value that everyone deserves a safe place to call home. We have been pleased to partner with the Simon Community over the past two years and expanding our commitment through our corporate social responsibility aligns with our fundamental operation of building, repairing and renovating people's homes. This is an exciting initiative and one we are proud to be a part of."

Simon Community NI Chief Executive Jim Dennison added: "We are delighted to welcome JP Corry and Marcon as new corporate supporters to our Creating Homes initiative. We recently welcomed them to view the latest house we have refurbished, just before the new tenant moved in, to see for themselves the standard of accommodation we are providing, and the impact the initiative has to change lives.

"We are looking forward to working with JP Corry and Marcon as the Creating Homes initiative expands."