Prominent retirement village provider IRT Group has announced another year of solid and supported growth, with an increased asset base and an annual income improvement of 7%, among numerous other significant achievements.

The achievements were made public by Acting IRT Group CEO Patrick Reid (pictured) at the organisation’s recent Annual General Meeting, where Mr Reid also highlighted annual achievements such as an all-time high customer satisfaction rating of 93% across IRT retirement villages, and the expanding work of the Group’s very own IRT Foundation.

“2016 into 2017 was another successful year for IRT. We improved our services, provided a great place to work, gave back to the community and continued to answer the call of older Australians for more choice and control over how they live.”

In the past year, IRT worked to expand its retirement village and aged care retirement village, opening stage two of IRT Woodlands retirement village on the Sunshine Coast, starting construction of Parkside at IRT Pioneer Place in Wollongong, and securing development approval for the Bulli Aged Care Centre of Excellence and a new retirement village at Kanahooka on New South Wales’ South Coast.

Mr Reid added that IRT’s ongoing success enables the community-owned organisation to enrich the lives of older people and fund its social impact, of which he said he was particularly proud of the work of IRT Foundation seeking to empower older people to live free from disadvantage.

“IRT Foundation’s efforts were rewarded with $180,000 in NSW Government funding to continue its work, $1.4 million in Australian Government funding for an Indigenous Home Care pilot, and two awards for its Volunteer Ambassador Program with Destination Wollongong,” Mr Reid said.

IRT also received two international accolades for Kerima at IRT William Beach Gardens, its fourth consecutive Australian Business Award for Employer of Choice, and a Media Award for its magazine The Good Life.