News, Products, Services Actis welcomes Archbishop’s project to help tackle housing crisis
A commission set up in April by the Archbishop of Canterbury to explore ways to address the housing crisis has been welcomed by insulation specialist Actis.
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Commission on Housing, Church and Community will explore a Christian perspective on housing policy with a particular focus on providing good homes and promoting thriving communities.
The desire to tackle the growing housing crisis chimes with Actis’ own philosophy that practical action needs to be taken to increase the UK’s housing stock.
Actis’ pragmatic approach is to encourage an increase in the building of offsite homes which are 30 per cent faster to build than their brick and block counterparts.
Actis Regional Sales Director, Jemma Harris, said: “While building offsite homes alone isn’t going to provide an instant answer to homelessness and housing insecurity, it is one of many practical elements which can help move our country in the right direction. Clearly homelessness is a massive problem. But increasing the speed at which we can build homes, and therefore augment our inadequate housing stock, will play a small part in a much, much wider problem facing modern Britain.
“This latest initiative from the church combines an in-depth look at the social problems many people in this country are facing, with the clout to be able to influence planning and social policy.”
The commission will see academics, housing experts and theologians
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Recycled plastic challenge for schools
RPC bpi recycled products is piloting a recycling initiative named ‘Recycle with Riley’ with primary schools in Stroud, Gloucestershire. The challenge requires the children to collect their pre-loved polythene plastic from home, which currently is not collected by local authorities, and bring it into school to be recycled by RPC bpi recycled products into second life products.
Thrupp Primary School in Stroud was the first school to embrace the challenge collecting 100kg of plastic film in only 56 days. Their prize was a Snakes and Ladders Activity Picnic Table for the playground
made from the plastic they collected. The table is a nature friendly, sustainable and a renewable product made from Plaswood - a 100% recycled plastic.
Patrick Carroll, from RPC bpi recycled products in Stroud explained: “Our aim with Recycle with Riley was not only to engage the next generation but for them to be ambassadors to their parents and adults within their families, to push the importance of recycling in their local communities while reinforcing the importance plastic has in our world.”
meet over an 18-month period to examine how the Church of England can build on its own work in housing and contribute to the national debate on policy.
It was set up following the publication last year of Archbishop Justin Welby’s book Re-imagining Britain: Foundations for Hope in which he argued that the principal aim of housing should be the creation of community and that good housing is essential to equality and justice.
The Archbishop said: “Britain’s housing crisis is one of the major challenges facing this country - and it is hitting the poorest the hardest. While there is already significant work being done to find solutions, the Church has something unique to contribute.
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VELUX appoints new Managing Director to lead roof window business from UK headquarters in Scotland
VELUX® Company Ltd has appointed a new Managing Director to lead its roof window business from its UK headquarters in Fife, Scotland.
Mick Schou Rasmussen joins the company, which recently unveiled plans for a £7 million expansion at its UK and Ireland head office building at Woodside Way in Glenrothes.
The 41 year old brings more than 15 years’ experience of the roof window industry having worked for VELUX as Managing Director in Denmark, Russia and several Eastern European countries.
Eco Warriors from Thrupp Primary School, Stroud after completing the Recycle with Riley Challenge were presented with an activity table made from Plaswood.
From left, Katherine Lorek-Wallace and Patrick Carroll from RPC bpi recycled products
The children’s collected plastic film is taken to RPC bpi recycled products factory in Dumfries, Scotland. At the site the plastic film is washed, shredded, and finally extruded into Plaswood lumber and made into a range of Plaswood outdoor furniture, fencing, boardwalks and gates.
Prior to moving to the UK, Mick spent four years as Managing Director of VELUX Denmark. Before that, he was heading up the Eastern European region where he was responsible for seven sales subsidiaries including Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia and Belarus. He also spent five years as the Managing Director of VELUX Russia based in Moscow.
Mick, who will lead a team of over 250 staff across the UK and Ireland, will be responsible for growing the business through Brexit and devising a clear business strategy that will grow the roof window market.
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Commenting on the new appointment, Mick said: “What sets VELUX apart in the industry is our 60 year history in the UK, our customer relationships and continued commitment to making innovative products.
“We are determined that 2019 will see us grow the roof window market. By focussing on the needs of our customers I am confident that we can execute a strategy to see VELUX continue to strengthen its presence throughout the UK”.
“The Church seeks to bind communities together with bonds of friendship, compassion and mutual support. This teaches us that any way forward must involve building communities, not just houses.”
Charlie Arbuthnot, Chair of the Commission, said: “We need to build good homes and supportive communities, with the provision of spaces for people to meet, share and celebrate together. We hope to support and inspire all sections of society including public, private and voluntary organisations that share this vision.”
TEL: 01592 778225
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