Strategic planning framework
NCH Strategy 2025 aims to provide “homes in communities where people want to live”, delivery is managed through supporting strategic commitments, strategies and frameworks, corporate and directorate plans and our policies and procedures.
These framework includes short, medium, and long-term financial plans with regular review of performance and monitoring of risk which provides the board with assurance that the association is responding to changes in the operating environment and delivering the ambition defined in NCH Strategy 2025.
NCH Strategy 2025 defines the association’s purpose, strategic commitments and priorities that support the delivery of our collective ambition. The strategy is long-term, it is high level and will remain flexible to enable the association to respond to changes and challenges in the operating environment.
Progress against NCH Strategy 2025 is measured and reported to board and leadership team via the quarterly integrated report, and to directorates through directorate and team plans.
Strategic commitments confirm the association’s ambition to deliver against major, complex cross-cutting themes identified in Strategy 2025. The high-level actions identified in the commitments will remain dynamic, with regular review (and update where appropriate) to make sure they remain relevant to the operating environment.
The current strategic commitments address areas requiring significant change as the association responds to:
- ED&I: the association’s strategic approach to achieving a fairer and more equal society
- Growth: the association’s strategic response to the housing crisis and the potential of our financial strength to enable the association to deliver more
- Environmental sustainability: the association’s strategic response to the climate and nature emergencies.
Progress against the three strategic commitments will be reported annually to board and relevant key strategic measures included in the quarterly integrated report.
Supporting strategies are used to address specific areas of activities where significant change or improvement is required. The supporting strategies address complex areas (where more than one function is integral to success) and are long-term in nature. They address situations where what we are trying to achieve is known and confirmed.
Supporting frameworks set out the principles and methods for activities that ensure compliance with agreed good practice and or legislation. The supporting frameworks ensure consistent application of the principles and methods set out in the framework ensuring the application of good decision-making and assurance.