Working with us

Tai Calon was established on 26th July 2010. We are a not-for-profit, community mutual organisation and Blaenau Gwent’s largest social housing provider, with nearly 6,000 homes, comprising 5,685 general needs homes, 215 sheltered homes and 337 leaseholders across the County Borough.

We are a major employer in the local area, with over 260 well trained and committed staff. Our annual turnover is over £31 million.

To date we have invested over £120 million in our homes to ensure they reached and are maintained to the Welsh Housing Quality Standard.

In 2020 Tai Calon was named one of the Sunday Times Top 100 Not For Profit Companies to work for.

In addition, the company secured Disability Confident status, recognising our efforts to ensure a safe, supportive and inclusive environment for disabled colleagues.

Here is our wellcome to Tai Calon video:

Our vision (why we exist), mission (what we will achieve) and values (how we will achieve it) reflect our promise to support tenants, their families and neighbourhoods.

Our Vision

“Tai Calon exists to inspire its people so that they go beyond affordable housing and are driven to create vibrant communities across Blaenau Gwent.”

Our Mission

By 2025, over 90% of Tai Calon tenants will be satisfied, or very satisfied, with the overall service that they receive.

That overall satisfaction in 2025 will also reflect tenants’ opinions on:

The quality of their home; including the planned and significant improvement in its environmental efficiency, such that the average energy efficiency measure for all Tai Calon homes is 85 (as measured by the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP), and;

The perception of their neighbourhood, which is informed by some of the 200 new homes to be re-developed by Tai Calon across the county.

Blaenau Gwent offers some of the most affordable homes in Britain.

We’re very proud of the strong sense of community across our three valleys and the rich social history of the area, for example the inspiration and birthplace of the National Health Service is in Tredegar.

Recent multimillion pound investment into road and rail links has made commuting to Blaenau Gwent easier than ever.

There’s no shortage of things to do, with the Brecon Beacons National Park just a stone’s throw away; its picturesque landscape and hikes are some of the finest in Britain. The National Park offers a range of activities from cycling and water sports to abseiling and rock climbing. Cardiff is a short distance away, as is Swansea’s Gower Peninsula

Wales is a great place to work and has a culture, lifestyle and skilled workforce to rival anywhere in Britain.

Key Information about Blaenau Gwent

• Situated in South East Wales, approximately 30 miles from Cardiff and 20 miles to Newport. Bristol is 56 miles away and it is 95 miles to Birmingham
• 15 miles long from north to south; 8 miles wide from east to west
• Made up of three valleys with transport links mainly running up and down the valleys

Why we need great people serving the communities of Blaenau Gwent

• An ageing population of around 70,000 living in 32,000 households.
• Key settlements are Ebbw Vale, Abertillery, Tredegar and Brynmawr
• A changing economic focus towards manufacturing and service sectors
• The highest rate of unemployment and lowest economic activity in Wales
• Lowest life expectancy in Wales for both men and women

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