Top achievers in housing awards

More than sixty housing organisations have been shortlisted for the UK Housing Awards because of their outstanding contribution to improving the lives of people in their communities. 
The UK Housing Awards are in their 13th year and the final winners will be presented by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and Inside Housing magazine on Friday 6 November 2009 in London. The awards recognise excellence across nine categories and present prizes for outstanding achievement in housing in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and for the UK as a whole.
CIH Chief Executive, Sarah Webb, said: ‘I am delighted that so many excellent entries were received this year, and this is evident from the high standard of the shortlisted finalists. I want to congratulate all the organisations who have reached the finals, their work is a true inspiration to all of us.’

The finalists for the UK Housing Awards 2009 are:

Contributing to housing and health:
Bron Afon Community Housing, Cwmbran - Falls Cost Lives Initiative; Clanmil Housing Association, Belfast - Mullan Mews dementia initiative; The ExtraCare Charitable Trust, Coventry - Wellbeing project; Housing 21 - Spring Bank Court, Blackburn extra care housing project; St Albans District Council - Elderly Women’s Tiffin Club; Your Homes Newcastle - Community Care Alarm Service

Encouraging innovation and efficiency:
Knowsley Housing Trust - Advantage initiative; Luminus Group, Huntingdon - Organisation Wholeness Strategy; RMG - Housing Options service for Westminster City Council; Salford City Council - SHIP (Salford Heat Installer Partnership); Sovereign Housing Group, Newbury - Sovereign Development Consortium

Creating integrated and safe places to live:
Circle 33 - Holly Street Partnership, Hackney; FOLD Housing Association, Northern Ireland - Grouped Traveller Housing schemes; Great Places Housing Group - Devon Street/Norfolk Street project, Oldham; Liverpool Housing Trust - JIGSAW Youth Squad; Northern Ireland Housing Executive, Belfast - SNAP project; Your Homes Newcastle - Challenge and Support initiative

Meeting the needs of vulnerable people:
Accord Housing Group - The Eden Alternative elderly care initiative; Birmingham City Council - Supporting People Programme Lay Assessors; Derwent Living, Derby - The Butterfly Project for women fleeing domestic violence; Glasgow Homelessness Network - 4Front Learning partnership project; Hact - Accommodate refugee housing initiative

Raising the standards of customer services:
Birmingham City Council - South Lozells Housing Regeneration consultation project; Connaught, Leeds - Training and customer experience improvement programme; Flagship Housing Group, Norwich - Service Right, First Time initiative; Poole Housing Partnership - Raising the Bar initiative; Stevenage Homes - Opening Doors customer service initiative; Taff Housing Association, Cardiff - Inclusion of hard to reach groups initiative

Meeting housing needs and aspirations in a changing market:
East Thames Group - Grand Union Place regeneration project; Hafod Housing Association, Cardiff - Mortgage rescue scheme; Lewisham Borough Council - New housing offer; Salford City Council - Over 50’s Housing Choice initiative; Wrekin Housing Trust - the Inreach initiative

Delivering better accountability and resident involvement:
Bron Afon Community Housing - Stock Transfer process; Northern Ireland Housing Executive - Intercommunity Network initiative; Selwood Housing, Trowbridge - Make a Difference Campaign; Stockport Homes - empowering vulnerable customers to improve services; Stonham (Home Group) - Seaford Court, Wokingham young persons shared accommodation; St Mungo’s, London -Outside In initiative

Contributing to housing and education:

Birmingham City Council - NEETS apprentice scheme; Bournemouth Churches Housing Association (bcha) - Learning 744; Cambridge Housing Society - New Horizons initiative; Home Group - the Peer Motivator programme; Port of Leith Housing Association - Training Opportunities in Lothain (TOIL); Wakefield and District Housing - Community Leadership Programme

Creating better places to live by regenerating communities:
Elevate East Lancashire - Creative Community Engagement project; Fabrick (Tees Valley Housing/Middlesbrough Council) - Trinity development; North Ormesby Home - Benwell Neighbourhood Management Initiative; Liverpool Mutual Homes (LMH) - transformation of the Daneville estate, Walton; Meden Valley Making Places - regeneration strategy

Outstanding Achievement in Housing:
Northern Ireland: Clanmil Housing Association - Causeway Meadows, Lisburn, Co Antrim; FOLD Housing Association - Grouped Traveller housing schemes; Helm Housing - Ard Aveeb Manor supporting living accommodation project; Bessbrook North and West Housing - regeneration of Oakland Park; Northern Ireland Housing Executive - SNAP project

Outstanding Achievement in Housing:
Scotland: East Dunbartonshire Council - Homelessness Triggers diagnostics tool; Glasgow Housing
Association - Breaking New Ground; Link Group - SmartLiving; Link Group - Older Persons Advice project; Renfrewshire Council - Young persons alcohol project; West Lothian Council - New Homes and New Skills project

Outstanding Achievement in Housing:

Wales: Bron Afon Community Housing, Cwmbran - Falls Cost Lives Initiative; Cardiff County Council - Landlord Accreditation scheme; Cymdeithas Tai Hafan, Camarthen - Tai Hafan Learning & Work - Moving On project; Melin Homes, Pontypool - Golden Thread project; Rhondda Housing Association - Community Regeneration Strategy

Inspirational Colleague award:

Jo Brennan - Wales and West Housing Association; Carole Burchett - Soha Housing, Didcot; Jan Mahoney - Old Ford Housing Association, Rainham; Johnny Patterson - Sanctuary Group, Hull; Lesley Sandland - Your Homes Newcastle; Darren Wilkinson - Guinness Northern Counties, Derbyshire

For more information on this and our other awards, including contact details, see our events page.

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