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Rising Stars 2018 winner announced
Oliver Harling has been named the winner of Rising Stars 2018.
Mr Harling, a trainee surveyor at Irwell Valley Housing Association, was crowned winner of the competition at the Housing Heroes awards ceremony in Manchester tonight ahead of Housing 2018.
Mr Harling impressed the judges with his “passion and commitment as well as fresh perspectives and ideas”.
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He pipped three other finalists to the prize; Eden Bailey, quality team manager at WM Housing Group; Jess Page, tenancy support programme manager at Notting Hill Genesis and Ian Patterson, housing services manager at Sovereign.
A fifth finalist, Natasha Jones, engagement manager at Monmouthshire Housing Association, was forced to drop out of this year’s competition at the roundtable discussion stage due to illness.
The competition, brought to you by Inside Housing and the Chartered Institute of Housing, showcases the talent and commitment of up-and-coming housing professionals across the sector. This year’s revamped competition saw the 10 shortlisted candidates write blogs for Inside Housing, take part in a live Twitter chat and face-off in a public vote.
The finalists then took part in a roundtable debate with judges and sector leaders.
As part of his prize, Mr Harling will have the chance to guest-edit an issue of Inside Housing and receive mentoring from a sector leader.
CIH and Inside Housing have run the Rising Stars competition for many years and we have consistently seen our Rising Stars going on to great things.
This year we changed the model to celebrate even more up-and-coming housing professionals during the competition.
We named 10 people on our Rising Stars list in the spring. And they really are all stars. Over the weeks, we tested and challenged them, allowing new skills to develop, helping new networks to blossom and giving our stars valuable profile.
We whittled them down to five finalists, who came face-to-face with today’s sector leaders, to challenge them on homelessness, regeneration and diversity.
It was a tough-fought battle and there was much debate in the judging room. But in the end one stood out…
Emma Maier, editor, Inside Housing
The Rising Stars judges’ comments
Our 2018 Rising Stars winner showed impressive passion and commitment, as well as fresh perspectives and ideas.
Having started out as an apprentice, this star rose quickly, grasping opportunities to turn a job into a career.
One of our youngest finalists to date, our winner combines strong values, commitment to tenant focus and optimism for the future.
