A CHARITY that helps children and young people who have severe illnesses by arranging special events such as visiting pantomimes is seeing stars thanks to a house builder.
David Wilson Homes Southern Counties has received the maximum five stars from the New Homes Customer Satisfaction Survey for the 13th year running.
To celebrate, its parent company Barratt Developments donated £100,000 to Starlight.
The money will help it develop its work, which includes story boxes, pantomimes, gaming packages, and playtime activities, both in and out of hospital.
Cathy Gilman, CEO of Starlight, said: “Thank you to Barratt Developments for choosing Starlight for such a significant donation.
“Their generosity will help us to provide time, space and more opportunities for play for seriously ill children and young people across the UK.
“We will be helping them to escape their illnesses for a time, with important resources like Story Boxes, Gaming packages, and offering more services for our Starlight Escapes.”
And the housebuilder was equally thrilled.
Kimberley Benson, sales and marketing director at David Wilson Southern Counties, said: “The high satisfaction rates are testament to the commitment we make to building high-quality houses that our customers are proud to call home. The customer is at the heart of everything we do, and to be rated highly once again means we are maintaining an excellent relationship with our customers.”
The HBF New Homes Survey is one of the largest surveys of its type in the country and is completed by nearly 50,000 people who have recently bought a new build home. The star rating system was developed to showcase which housebuilders have the most satisfied customers.
Among the schemes David Wilson Southern Counties is involved in is it Ashridge Grange development in Wokingham.
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