Canopy won the UN World Habitat Award 2015/16 in partnership with Giroscope. We bring derelict property back into use, house homeless families, train unemployed people in construction skills, create jobs, improve community cohesion and contribute to the regeneration of disadvantaged neighbourhoods.
- Acquiring and refurbishing empty properties to high environmental standards
- Training volunteers in construction skills
- Rehousing homeless people and families in homes they have helped refurbish themselves
