News

Here you will find all the latest news from new development launches to our charity donations.

20 January 2026

Developer donates funds to North Northamptonshire Hospice

A North Northamptonshire charity has secured a £5,000 donation from Persimmon Homes Midlands, helping to support the charities development of a bereavement programme.

16 January 2026

Applications open for Persimmon Homes Wessex charity pot

Persimmon Homes Wessex is inviting charities and community organisations in Wiltshire to apply for its Community Champions initiative, which offers funding to local good causes.

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16 January 2026

Bradford College Welcomes Two Houses Worth of Bricks

Construction students at Bradford College have taken receipt of 18,000 bricks from Persimmon Homes.

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16 January 2026

New Welsh homes handed over to local housing association

The developer behind the major Parc Llanilid site in Rhondda Cynon Taf has handed over the latest tranche of homes to a local housing association on-site.

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15 January 2026

Reaching new heights with fundraising challenges

The Essex region has raised over £7,700 after a successful year of fundraising for the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Trust.

14 January 2026

Persimmon Homes Central promotes new Land Director

Persimmon Homes Central has strengthened its top team following an internal promotion.

14 January 2026

‘Exceptional’ primary academy scheme progresses

Persimmon Homes Severn Valley is proud to report significant progress on the construction of Airfield Primary Academy, a flagship new school forming part of our Haywood Village development in Weston-super-Mare.

13 January 2026

172 new homes approved for next phase of major Didcot development

Persimmon Homes Wessex has received reserved matters approval from Vale of White Horse District Council for the next phase of development at Valley Park, Didcot.

13 January 2026

Persimmon Homes announces new development for Dundee

Former Ballumbie Golf Course to be transformed into 148 new homes

13 January 2026

Developer donation for Welsh rugby club

The housebuilder behind the Maes y Rhos site in Ystradgynlais has given a boost to the town’s rugby club with a £1,000 donation.

09 January 2026

New commercial chief for major Welsh housebuilder

Persimmon Homes East Wales has appointed its new Commercial Director Designate.

07 January 2026

Local sports club bowled over by £3,000 boost

A Wem sports club is celebrating a timely lift as it pushes ahead with plans to improve local training facilities.

06 January 2026

Planning secured to bring new homes to Midsomer Norton

Persimmon Homes Wessex has been granted detailed planning approval to bring 180 high-quality homes to Midsomer Norton.

05 January 2026

Contract signed with housing developer for Pembrokeshire site

The developer behind the Ger y Môr development in Saundersfoot and the local authority have marked their deal to deliver public housing on the site.

24 December 2025

College Gets Early Christmas Present from Housebuilder

Tyne Metropolitan College in North Tyneside has received a sack load of bricks from national housebuilder Persimmon.

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Supporting your communities

At Persimmon we're proud to support our local communities. Our Community Champions programme was established in 2015 and has already donated more than £3 million to over 3,500 good causes across Great Britain. We also run a range of community events as part of our ongoing partnership with Team GB, along with other great initiatives. 

 

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Our hugely successful Community Champions programme has already donated more than £1 million to good causes in England, Wales and Scotland. Whilst the programme is running, each of our regional offices makes a donation of up to £6,000 every quarter to local organisations.

Persimmon Homes official partner with Team GB

We're proud to be one of Team GB's official brand partners. Discover some of the exciting content created for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, from athlete appearances to competitions and challenges.

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