Lend Lease - BeOnsite, Transforming Lives : Regenerating Communities

Sustainability has been an integral part of Lend Lease’s culture for more than 50 years. To make a difference to social sustainability and inclusion in the UK, Lend Lease employees set up a dedicated not-for-profit company called BeOnsite in 2007.

BeOnsite responds to community needs and builds local partnerships to provide people from excluded groups with industry relevant training and sustained employment in the property sector.

BeOnsite is unique in the UK. It is the only organisation that provides a combination of:
Opportunities for people from excluded groups including: long-term unemployed, homeless, ex-offenders, serving prisoners, BAME, and people with disabilities;

• Training with a range of partner organisations, specifically tailored to each job role;
• Working with industry supply chain and training organisations to develop and deliver training in-line with industry needs and modern methods of construction;
• Direct employment with BeOnsite, providing a ‘foot in the door’ to work and ongoing continuity of employment with one, stable employer, regardless of project duration.

Lives have been transformed and communities regenerated as a result. Lasting successful regeneration of the communities and places that we are entrusted to develop lies at the heart of BeOnsite. We have made a real contribution to tackling the poverty and disadvantage that blights some of our most deprived communities by generating growth and employment.

• Get senior management buy-in.  If possible win hearts as well as minds. 
• Ensure people understand not only the tangible business benefits but why it is the right thing to do as well.
• Always give back as much recognition to partners as possible and be seen to give back more than you take.