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Sovereign Housing Association<\/a> is co-sponsoring an event organised by the Guinness Partnership<\/a> designed to share organisational expertise on how to boost the recruitment of women into manual trades<\/h2>\n

The two organisations will share their ambitious aim of getting 5% of female trades working in social housing<\/a> maintenance, over the next three years.<\/p>\n

From line managers to HR representatives to those already working in manual trades, participants at the event in Crewe will be encouraged to work together to highlight the reasons that bringing women into manual trades\u2019 roles is so beneficial and consider the ways that numbers can be boosted in the future.<\/p>\n

Paul Roberts, director of social investment and CSR at the Guinness Partnership, and Liane Sheppard, operations director at Sovereign, are both keen advocates of equality within their departments, recently delivering a joint session at the National Housing Maintenance Forum and continuing to share best practice.<\/p>\n

Helen Colwill, a Guinness electrician who started out her career with the housing association as an apprentice, will share her experiences as a tradeswoman ambassador with delegates.<\/p>\n

Attendees at the event will also hear how Liane and her team have rolled out a \u2018schools toolkit\u2019 across the Sovereign geography to encourage girls and boys to get hands-on during open day events, as well as setting up a Women in Trades support network<\/a>, and actively recruiting women through the apprenticeship and adult trainee programmes.<\/p>\n

Liane said: \u201cSeeing women in trades\u2019 roles is something I\u2019m extremely passionate about and in the past three years we\u2019ve worked hard to embed a \u2018women in trades<\/a>\u2019 culture\u2019 across Sovereign.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so proud of the fact that our trade workforce is 3% female – well over the national average of 1%. But we\u2019re not stopping there – over the next three years we want to recruit female trades of at least 1% of our trades each year. We also want to share our knowledge and ambition with others who want to do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kimberley Wheatland, an adult trainee carpenter at Sovereign, said: \u201cThere are times when being a woman brings something specific to the role.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor example on visits where for personal or religious reasons female residents don\u2019t want a man attending while they\u2019re alone \u2013 I\u2019m able to complete the job. But for me, it\u2019s most satisfying to just be one of the team \u2013 a tradesperson who can get on with the work, getting things right the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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