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Women in Housing Awards winners revealed
Women representing 17 organisations across the housing sector were recognised for their contribution last night at this year’s Women in Housing Awards, which were hosted by comedian Jo Caulfield. Pictures by Guzelian.
“Women led the creation and progress of the housing sector, yet more than a century on they remain under-represented in key roles,” said Emma Maier, Inside Housing’s editor-in-chief.
“Recognising the achievements, ingenuity, creativity and passion of the outstanding women working in housing today is more important than ever.”
The women of the year awards went to Jo Boaden, chief executive of Northern Housing Consortium, and Emma Richman, director of assets at Great Places Housing Group, with Kerry Anthony from Depaul and Jennifer Travassos from Westminster City Council being highly commended.
Property maintenance firm Fortem was named employer of the year, for its commitment to encouraging and supporting women and promoting gender equality - while Ellie King, a gas engineer with Fortem, was recognised as one of this year’s young achievers, alongside Molly Downes, a quantity surveyor with Keepmoat homes. Another young achiever, Cyan Matthews of Homes in Sedgemoor, was highly commended.
The management team at Housing & Care 21’s Myles Court scheme won customer service team of the tear, with Homes in Sedgemoor’s customer service team highly commended. The development and maintenance team award was won by Thirteen, with Broadland Housing’s repairs team high commended.
YES Energy Solutions’ funding and compliance team took home the finance, governance or compliance team of the year award. Amy Nettleton of Aster Group won the marketing, communications and social media award, for which Hannah Thornton at South Yorkshire Housing Association and the communications team at Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust were highly commended.
The award for improving the lives of women or communities went to Tower Hamlets Homes, while Rooftop Housing Group’s chair Nicola Inchbald was named board or committee member of the year. L&Q’s Zafrin Khan-Wheatley won finance professional of the year, with Beverly Carr, all of South Yorkshire Housing Association, highly commended.
Consultant of the year went to Caroline O’Flaherty at Hugh James. Pamela Sinnott of Notting Hill Genesis won the inclusion champion award, for which Gentoo Group’s Lucy Malarkey was highly commended.
The professionals of the year awards went to Samantha Herelle of Mount Green Housing Association and Sarah Seeger of Curo; Louise Strongitharm of Wokingham Borough Council and Helen Judge of Housing & Care 21 were highly commended.
The Best Supporting Male award went to Optivo’s Paul Hackett, with John Anderson of Kier Living highly commended. This year’s best apprenticeship scheme award went to Yorkshire Housing.
We will be publishing more information about all the winners online and in a printed supplement, later this month.
WOMEN IN HOUSING AWARDS 2018: FULL LIST OF WINNERS
| Category | Winner | Organisation | Highly commended |
|---|---|---|---|
| Customer service or support team of the year | Myles Court management team | Housing & Care 21 | Customer service team, Homes in Sedgemoor |
| Development and maintenance team or initiative | Maintenance and repairs team | Thirteen | Maintenance team, Broadland Housing Association |
| Finance, governance or compliance team of the year | Funding and compliance team | YES Energy Solutions | |
| Marketing, communications and social media | Amy Nettleton | Aster Group | Hannah Thornton, South Yorkshire Housing Association and Communications and communities team, Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust |
| Improving the lives of women or communities award | Tower Hamlets Homes | ||
| Board or committee member of the year | Nicola Inchbald | Rooftop Housing Group | |
| Finance professional of the year | Zafrin Khan-Wheatley | L&Q | Beverly Carr, South Yorkshire Housing Association |
| Consultant of the year | Caroline O'Flaherty | Hugh James | |
| Inclusion champion | Pamela Sinnott | Notting Hill Genesis | Lucy Malarkey, Gentoo Group |
| Professional of the year (under 10,000 homes) | Samantha Herelle | Mount Green Housing Association | Louise Strongitharm, Wokingham Borough Council |
| Professional of the year (over 10,000 homes) | Sarah Seeger | Curo | Helen Judge, Housing & Care 21 |
| Best supporting male | Paul Hackett | Optivo | John Anderson, Kier Living |
| Employer of the year | Fortem | ||
| Best apprenticeship scheme | People and development | Yorkshire Housing | |
| Young achiever (under 10,000 homes) | Ellie King | Fortem | Cyan Matthews, Homes in Sedgemoor |
| Young achiever (over 10,000 homes) | Molly Downes | Keepmoat Homes | |
| Woman of the year (under 10,000 homes) | Jo Boaden | Northern Housing Consortium | Kerry Anthony, Depaul |
| Woman of the year (over 10,000 homes) | Emma Richman | Great Places Housing Group | Jennifer Travassos, Westminster City Council |
