Partnerships

Support for the local community

We work with business, community groups and charitable organisations that help us to place the people of Cambridge front and centre of our developments. These include:

Abbey People – a vibrant community charity in the Abbey Ward area of Cambridge, improving the lives and wellbeing of Abbey residents.

Railpen has established a long-term partnership with Abbey People to support some of the most vulnerable and excluded groups in Cambridge, with a particular focus on the Abbey and East Barnwell area of Cambridge. We're helping by:

Providing core funding for the Abbey Food Hub at East Barnwell Community Centre
Supporting mentoring programmes, careers sessions, work experience and training for local people.
Community initiatives, such as the Big Lunch and Christmas events.

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Form the Future – an organisation that helps people find their route through education into employment, and provide employers access to their future talent.

The employer engagement projects, work placements, summer programmes and internships will give young people from all backgrounds valuable and inspirational experiences to work inside exciting new companies, and provide those young people with the opportunities to start building the critical soft skills required for a successful career.

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Cam Skate – formed to support and enhance skateboarding opportunities in the city. Skateboarding promotes creativity, perseverance and positive mental health for young people and brings life to urban environments.

Railpen has partnered with Cam Skate to incorporate skateboarding and roller skating within our developments. We're also proud to launch The Warehouse, an indoor skatepark, alongside Cam Skate.

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Indie Cambridge – a membership organisation that advocates for independent businesses of all sizes in Cambridgeshire.

Railpen has partnered with Indie Cambridge to help rejuvinate developments into vibrant and popular destinations for local people that caters for all budgets, provides independent retail to complement existing facilities and contributes to the success of the City.

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We're also very grateful to have had the opportunity to work with a variety of organisations to help us inform our development plans, and to support with community initiatives.

FutureIN – an international business consultancy that has supported with award-winning apprenticeships in Cambridge.

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Make Space for Girls – advocates for parks, play equipment and public spaces designed with girls in mind.

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Cambs Youth Panel – working to ensure the voices of young people are heard.

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Red2Green – Working to increase opportunities in education, training, work and leisure for people with learning disabilities and Autism.

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Cambridge Sustainable Food (CSF) – a non-profit organisation working to build a fairer, more sustainable food system which supports the community and the environment.

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Cambridge Science Centre – Supporting children and young people to build a lifelong love of science through inspirational hands-on activities.

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Cambridge Community Arts – a charity focused on empowering people through creative education.

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Mill Road Winter Fair – festive community celebration and parade.

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Development partners

Railpen understands that, working with our development and construction partners, we have a real opportunity to positively impact the environment and create social value. Railpen works with like-minded organisations who are committed to improving the environment and quality of life of the communities in which we operate. In Cambridge, we are working with:

Socius – an impactful developer with a £2.5bn pipeline across the UK’s fastest-growing cities including Cambridge, London, Bristol, Brighton and Milton Keynes. A privately-owned B Corporation, Socius partners with investors, leading architects and local communities to create inspiring and sustainable places, balancing profit with purpose

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Ridgelift – an asset and development management company with an objective to outperform the market, delivering mixed-use property throughout the UK, Europe and Africa.

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Morgan Sindall – focused on ‘placemaking with purpose’ and are committed to protecting and developing people, improving the environment, working with their supply chain and enhancing communities.

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Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) – have a firm commitment to the design of buildings of economy, elegance and delight. The principal focus of the practice has been the design of everyday buildings in the city. It is our belief that such buildings can, through intelligent design and a professional methodology, be made extraordinary.

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Business Collaboration

Railpen connects with businesses in and around Cambridge, and also more broadly (where there are tangible benefits for the city), to support the thriving STEM community, energy efficiency and sustainable food production – to name but a few. And, in the coming months, we look forward to announcing a number of significant collaborations.