UK Housing Award finalists unveiled

27/08/2010

More than 70 housing organisations have reached the final stages of the prestigious UK Housing Awards.

The awards, now in their fourteenth year, attracted more than 250 entries. They recognise excellence across 10 categories and present prizes for outstanding achievement in housing in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and for the UK as a whole.

The final winners will be announced by the Chartered Institute of Housing and Inside Housing at a ceremony in London on 10 November.

CIH chief executive Sarah Webb said: ‘It is fantastic that we have had so many excellent entries 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.’

See our event page for more on the UK Housing Awards 2010

The UK Housing Awards 2010 finalists

Championing Customer Service and Choice

Cheshire Peaks and Plains Housing Trust - Applying customer profiling Community Gateway Association - Gateway Direct initiative
Homes for Haringey - Customer Journey mapping programme
Homes in Havering - Mobile Working
Parkway Green Housing Trust - Believe in Customer Excellence campaign
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea - Accessible Housing register

Regenerating Communities

Cheltenham Borough Homes - Transforming St Paul’s
Contour Housing Group - New Broughton, Salford
PortsmouthCity Council - John Pounds regeneration scheme
Swan Housing - Bow Cross, Tower Hamlets
The de Havilland Housing Partnership - Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Walsall Housing Group - Blakenall energy savings project

Meeting the Needs of Vulnerable People

Bromford Group - Beacon Centre for the blind
Hackney Homes - Gypsy and Travellers floating support service project
LinkLiving - SmartLiving peer education project
P3 - Cooperage Court intensive support service, Sandwell
Riverside ECHG - ‘Defeating Exclusion through Partnerships’ programme
Willow Housing and Care - ‘Supporting Together’ initiative

Involving and Empowering Communities

Bolton at Home - Customer inspector service
Elmbridge Housing Trust - Resident’s Menu of Involvement
GreenSquare Group - Resident Scrutiny panel
Midland Heart - Inclusive customer involvement
Parkway Green Housing Trust - Empowering communities in West Wythenshawe
Salix Homes - Customer Senate

Delivering Innovation and Efficiency

Cadwyn Housing Association - CalonLettings agency
Cardiff Council - cardiffhousing.co.uk website
Fabrick Housing Group -Weave project
Harvest Housing Group - VOXPOD/Mediabank project
Hull City Council - Bungalow conversion programme
Southampton City Council - ‘Everyone Sing’ project

Creating Safer Communities

Charter Housing - ‘OK Kids Parenting’ project
Community Gateway Association - ‘Community Blossom’ project, Porter Street, Preston
Liverpool Mutual Homes - Improvements to the Westminster Estate
Northern Ireland Housing Executive - Mediation and Community Support (MACS) programme
Riverside - ‘Stop the Hate’ project
South Liverpool Housing - ‘Making Waves’ project

Delivering Effective Repairs and Maintenance

Cheshire Peaks and Plains Housing Trust - Housing stock investment initiative
CityWest Homes - Repairs service improvements
L&Q - Maintenance service driven by residents
Liverpool Mutual Homes - ‘Rated by Residents’ initiative
Morrison/Riverside Group - Delivering customer service excellence
Shepherds Bush Housing Group - Resident led repairs service

Supporting Social and Economic Inclusion

Contour Housing Group - ‘Community Investment’ programme
Derbyshire Dales District Council - Debt and Money Advice project
Melin Homes - ‘Getting Connected’ project
Shepherds Bush Housing Group - ‘From Dependence to Independence’
Southampton City Council - Worklessness Action Plan
The Wrekin Housing Trust - ‘Financial Inclusion and Capability’ initiative

Supporting and Integrating Diversity

Habinteg Housing Association - Ballyfatton Close, Sion Mills, Northern Ireland
Herefordshire Housing- ‘Embedding Diversity’ initiative
Magna Housing Group - ‘Actions speak louder than words’ project
Newport City Homes - Involving young people project
Parkway Green Housing Trust - Equality and diversity organisational awareness campaign
Trident - Equality and diversity monitoring

Innovation in Housing Finance and Development

East Lothian Housing Association - Loan agreement with Council
East North East Homes Leeds - Zero Based Budgeting
Festival Housing - ‘Fundraising at Festival’ programme
Gentoo - City Green, Sunderland
Great Places Housing Group - The Vibe, New Broughton, Salford
L&Q - ‘UpToYou’ initiative

Outstanding Achievement in Housing - Northern Ireland

Clanmil - The Curzon, Belfast
Habinteg Housing Association - Ballyfatton Close, Sion Mills, Strabane
North and West Housing - Travellers housing at Mill Race, Monagh Road, Belfast
Northern Ireland Housing Executive - Mediation and Community Support (MACS) programme

Outstanding Achievement in Housing - Wales

Cadwyn Housing Association - CalonLettings
Charter Housing - ‘OK Kids’ parenting project
Charter Housing Association - MoneySaver project
Melin Homes - ‘Getting Connected’ project
Moneyline Cymru - Affordable lending initiative
Newport City Homes - Involving young people project

Outstanding Achievement in Housing - Scotland

LinkLiving - SmartLiving’s Peer Education project
South Ayrshire Council - First Home project
North Lanarkshire Council - Open to Change DVD/Food for Thought programme
North Lanarkshire Council - Tasking and Co-ordinating project
Renfrewshire Council - The Twilight Service
Renfrewshire Council - Investing in Futures project

Readers' comments (11)

Harry Lime | 27/08/2010 9:38 am
Kass, I'm sure you'll join me in congratulating L&Q for being nominated in 2 categories, most notably "maintenance service driven by residents" did you nominate them by any chance?
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kass | 27/08/2010 11:37 am
Well it's maintainance srvice driven by residents, for a start. So credit to the L&Q residents here, otherwise god know what mess the directors would have made.
It looks like maintainance service driven by directors and managers is still rubbish.
I did not nominate any, unfortunately. Simply because I just do not know how the nomination system work.
Probably you do an you nominate L&Q simply thinking, this will upset Kass. You missed a trick there, I would have been very upset I guess for a few of us if a L&Q director had been nominated here.
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Mr P | 27/08/2010 2:05 pm
I'm with you Kass, you do far more for your fellow man than the directors of a not for profit organisation which provides you and thousands of others with a home you can afford.
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kass | 27/08/2010 2:39 pm
Mr P | 27/08/2010 2:05 pm

To be honest, Mr P, our Prime Minister does much more stuff for the whole country and get paid much less.
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Sidney Webb | 27/08/2010 2:43 pm
Other than smile, reproduce, watch his inheritance grow, and roll out damnation for anyone less fortunate, what exactly does the PM do?
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kass | 27/08/2010 3:17 pm
Well, following Mr P logic the PM, like a director of a non profit organisation provides you and thousands of others with a home you can afford (out of his own pocket of course) - a PM provides you and other millions of other citizens with a country you can live in. Because, still following Mr P's logic, it's only thanks to the PM that you have a country to live in.
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Mr P | 27/08/2010 4:10 pm
Kass, If you follow my logic then RSL directors do a lot more to actually resolve the issues discussed on this website than you.

Remember, there are plenty of satisfied residents, not all of them are as negative as you about everything.
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kass | 27/08/2010 5:16 pm
"Mr P | 27/08/2010 4:10 pm

Kass, If you follow my logic then RSL directors do a lot more to actually resolve the issues discussed on this website than you.

Remember, there are plenty of satisfied residents, not all of them are as negative as you about everything."

Your logic is utter nonsense. You cannot compare a customer with a director. You got to compare a director with a director.

What is your function exactly in social housing so I can check how much positive you do?
So far I noticed your role is calling negative posters you do not like, which is far from doing anything positive.
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Anonymous | 28/08/2010 0:37 am
I know I shouldn't get distracted and this has nothing to do with the article, but this comparison based on the PM wages is nonsense. PMs earn a good wage while in office, but many (most?) of their living expenses are also covered. They then make their real money once they leave office - memoirs, speaking engagements, directorships, consultancy, etc. etc. and not many other jobs can even start to compare with that earning potential.
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kass | 28/08/2010 11:48 am
Anonymous | 28/08/2010 0:37 am

yes, better not to pursue this here, because there are several other articles with lots comments about this issue in this website, all very interesting. Some of them about capping public sector Ceos salaries, etc.
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