Public sector partners
For public sector partners seeking specialist expertise
Transforming strategic vision into reality
Delivering transformative change requires close collaboration with investment partners who are in it for the long term, committed to understanding local needs and can unlock the true potential of communities.
Since 1836 Legal & General has been building a better society. Believing strongly that capitalism and social progress are not opposing forces, we invested £20,000 in the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway to help keep cities moving, and made our very first investment in property development, in Birkenhead. More than 150 years later, our goal to support regions with their place-based needs has resulted in us investing £32bn in towns and cities across the UK.
Today, we’re helping regions to address the chronic underinvestment and challenges society faces by working with partners like you on a range of solutions including retrofitting housing, building prosperous communities, addressing the shortfall in housing supply and meeting a region’s placeambitions for the future.
What we offer
Our specialist team has a strong track record working in partnership with regions in the UK and US, bringing together in-house placemaking, investment and development capabilities at scale. We help our partners navigate large and complex projects that offer wide-ranging economic and social benefits to local communities over many years.
This experience has helped us to understand the challenges faced by our regions and co-create solutions to address these challenges.
What we offer
Our specialist team has a strong track record working in partnership with regions in the UK and US, bringing together in-house placemaking, investment and development capabilities at scale. We help our partners navigate large and complex projects that offer wide-ranging economic and social benefits to local communities over many years.
This experience has helped us to understand the challenges faced by our regions and co-create solutions to address these challenges.
Long-term strategic partnership
Regional investment solutions
Placemaking projects
Our UK investments
From the delivery of diversified homes, to the regeneration of cities across the UK, we use long-term investments to build better futures.
Explore our interactive map of investments across the UK from Glasgow to Eastbourne.
Case studies
Oxford University Development
This private-public sector partnership brings together the land and opportunities of Oxford University with our investment and development management skills.
Newcastle Helix
We shared this vision and in 2017, Newcastle City Council and Newcastle University secured us as their long-term investment partner for the scheme. We contributed £65 million of funding to the £350 million flagship regeneration project and made our in-house development expertise available to support their project team.
Addressing health inequalities
Health is a critical factor in driving societal and economic wellbeing and has a vital role to play as we work to help the UK ’level up’. In addition to the roles that the government and the NHS will play in reducing health inequalities, business can also use its scale and influence to tackle this pressing issue.
We’ve partnered with Professor Sir Michael Marmot at University College London; a world expert on health inequity to highlight that the conditions in which people grow, live, work and age are key drivers of health inequality. And it’s the improvement of these social determinants of health that we can help accelerate.
Insights
Delivering a step change in affordable housing supply
This report aims to demystify some of the financial and operational challenges and realities facing the participants in the affordable housing sector.
Homes fit for Londoners
This Centre for London report found that demand is far higher than supply, meaning there is a huge lack of available affordable homes, pushing some people into poverty and forcing others out of London altogether.
Meet the team
Pete Gladwell
Group Social Impact & Investment Director
Julia Goldsworthy
Head of Social Impact