Social Outcomes Alignment

Overview

The Self-Sustaining Garden Programme supports wider social objectives linked to placemaking, housing management and resident wellbeing. These benefits do not replace technical measures but complement them in schemes where resident behaviour influences the performance and perception of outdoor spaces.

Key Social Outcomes

• Improved resident confidence in managing outdoor space
• Greater pride in place, supporting neighbourhood quality and stewardship
• More consistent, appropriate use of private plots, reducing misuse that can affect planting or drainage
• Encouragement of sustainable, low-impact everyday behaviours
• Lower customer-care demand related to gardens, waterlogging, unclear maintenance or failing plants

Why This Matters for Projects

These outcomes align with:

• Housing association priorities around outdoor space, resident wellbeing and satisfaction
• Regeneration objectives to support stable, healthy neighbourhoods
• Social value frameworks where resident engagement is relevant
• Reduced pressure on customer-care teams and estate management functions
• Long-term stewardship ambitions for mixed-tenure developments

The programme does not claim social value credits, but it offers a simple, scalable mechanism to support positive resident behaviours that underpin both environmental and social outcomes.