Secure your place here to our free mortgage webinar in partnership with Mortgages First on Wednesday 13th November, 6:30pm-7:30pm.
For Shared Ownership or Housing Association enquiries, please contact Sage Housing.
Secure your place here to our free mortgage webinar in partnership with Mortgages First on Wednesday 13th November, 6:30pm-7:30pm.
For Shared Ownership or Housing Association enquiries, please contact Sage Housing.
We are committed to bringing added value and meaningful benefit to the communities in which we build, not just through the homes we create, but by investing and enhancing in the very essence of what brings a local community together.
Our Pledges bring together a host of bespoke measures for each local community including activities, donations, initiatives, volunteering drives and much more.
See below what we have supported with in the local community...
10 local businesses were selected to inspire our latest view apartment. From artists to home fragrance creators, garden centres and artisan retailers, our Showhome of Support initiative allows us to support locally, and showcases wonderful local businesses to visitors and homeowners.
Stay Safe, Stay Away offers primary schools an interactive session covering the history of building houses as well as the variety of fantastic and varied career opportunities within the industry, as well educating pupils about the dangers of going into construction areas unsupervised.
Members of the Cala North Home Counties team ran the Tiptree10 Road Race on the 8th October 2023 and 13th October 2024 in support of local Essex charities; Kid's Inspire, Tiptree Foodbank, Jogon Again and Active Essex Foundation. We donated £500 each year in support of the events.
A donation of £375 was made to the Kelvedon in Bloom committee - who are responsible for supplying, planting and maintaining the floral arrangements around the village. The donation covered the cost of new plants and flowers that will be enjoyed by the villagers for the year ahead.
Land To Life is a curriculum-based schools project aimed at 7-11 year olds. The comprehensive suite of teachers’ notes and detailed lesson plans aims to educate children on how new communities are created, from land acquisition through to sales and marketing.
In the spirit of community and our commitment to the environment, we partnered with the ‘Kelvedon Litter Pickers’ and gave the village a good spring clean. We want to listen, take action and make a difference in the community, so it was great to meet and chat with some brilliant local residents who share our passion for keeping the environment clean.
Protect and enhance existing and new wildlife habitats within the site, protect species including hedgehogs, birds, bats, reptiles, invertebrates as well as native flora, and green open spaces which includes an ecological protection area, a childrens’ play area and a pond.
A donation of £1,000 to Witham Town FCs under-nine seven-a-side team has allowed the team to purchase smart new kits, complete with the Cala logo, helping the team look and feel professional in training and on match days.
St Mary the Virgin Church, Kelvedon hosts an annual fete every July in the church yard. This is an important occasion as it is the main fundraising event of the year, where they try to bring together the local community. The fete took place on Saturday 1st July and Cala donated £75 towards the cost of refreshments for the beer and wine tent which contributed in making a profit of £765 towards the maintenance of the fabric of the Church.
Emmaus Colchester is a dedicated homelessness charity that uses sales from its donations to support its companions and provide home and work opportunities as part of its social enterprise to help them regain stability. Our Aylett's Green development donated approx. £3k worth of furniture to support their cause
Springfield Furniture Bank collects, sells, and redistributes donated furniture items to people moving into unfurnished accommodation who cannot afford to provide these items for themselves they also support individuals and families in need, who cannot afford to replace key items of household equipment/furniture as part of the St Vincent de Paul Community Support Projects. We donated approx. £2k worth of furniture from our Aylett's Green development.
Are an inclusive community youth football club based in Feering and Kelvedon, Essex. The club was first established in 1978 and has the FA Charter Standard Mark. They provide footballing opportunities for both Boys and Girls from the age of 5 to 18. Cala donated £500 towards football scraping kits.
Welcome to Aylett's Green's Showhome of Support
At Cala, we are passionate about building communities, not just homes. Our view apartment in Kelvedon will not only give you a glimpse into the Cala lifestyle, it will also showcase the small businesses, rising stars, local talent and the new community we are now part of.
We want to spotlight Kelvedon's local businesses in our showhomes and apartment. From artwork and accessories to furniture and fabrics, we aim to bring a real unique flavour of what this town has to offer.
Local businesses we are supporting
Click on the names of the local businesses we are showcasing in our view apartment at Aylett's Green to find out more about them:
The Blue Goose, family-run furniture and homewares
Stonefields Farm Shop, local fruit and vegetable shop, providing fresh British produce
Great Tilkey Honey, Producers of Essex and Suffolk Honey
Poplar Nurseries, local garden and homewares store
Tiptree Jam Factory, producers of quality preserves since 1885
Smitten Too, purveyor of personalised gifts including clothing, artwork and ornaments
Perrywoods Garden Centre, locally grown plants and gift shop
Crystal Dreams, specialist supplier of crystals and holistic therapies
What a melt, creator of luxury wax melts and other home fragrances, hand poured in Essex
Curtain Call Interiors, specializes in handmade curtains, blinds, and soft furnishings
Lark Studio, a one-of-a-kind jeweller that makes contemporary handmade items from recycled cotton
Essex Spirits, founded in 2020 and is Chelmsford's first operating distillery
A Cala sales representative will be in touch soon to discuss your enquiry.
