The shortlisted entrants for awards that recognise the unsung ‘heroes’ of the housing sector have been announced.

The Housing Heroes awards, which are jointly run by Inside Housing and the Chartered Institute of Housing, were set up last year to acknowledge the work of front-line housing practitioners.

For the 2010 awards there are 14 trophies up for grabs, recognising everyone from the best HR, maintenance and finance/procurement team to the inspirational board member and tenant.

The full shortlist is below, and the winners will be announced at a ceremony at London’s Hilton Hotel on 14 May.

Financial or Procurement Team of the Year
Advantage SW – Procurement Consortium
Birmingham City Council – Rent Team
Generate Procurement Group
Nottingham City Homes – Procurement Service
The Guinness Partnership – Centre of Procurement Excellence (CoPE)
Wolverhampton Homes – Grounds Maintenance Service

Development Team of the Year
Birmingham City Council – Housing & Regeneration Service
Derbyshire Dales District Council
Erimus Housing
Gentoo Homes
Hastoe Housing Association
Plus Dane Group

Maintenance Team of the Year
Bromford Group – Repairs Team
Housing Plus: Property Care
Kingstown Works Limited
London & Quadrant Housing Trust – Stock Transfer Team
New Charter Housing Trust Group – Responsive Maintenance Team
The Wrekin Housing Trust – Managed Services Team

HR Team of the Year
First Choice Homes Oldham
L&Q
Monmouthshire Housing Association
Shepherds Bush Housing Group
South Tyneside Homes
Thames Valley Housing

IT Team of the Year
Accord Group
The Cadarn Housing Group
Fabrick Housing Group
First Wessex
Kingstown Works Limited
South Liverpool Housing

Frontline Housing Team of the Year
Brent Housing Partnership – Neighbourhood Warden Service
Gloucester City Homes – Customer Services Team
Liverpool Mutual Homes (LMH) – Intensive Community Payback Team
RCT Homes – Community Safety Team
Riverside – Kensington Community Wardens
West Lothian Council – The Repairs Improvement Team

Tenant Empowerment Team of the Year
Aldwyck Housing Group – Community Involvement Team
Hackney Homes – Resident Participation Team
High Peak Community Housing – The Xpress Yourself Tour ‘09
Newydd Housing Association – Tenant Powered Performance Team
Poplar HARCA – Resident Empowerment Support Team (REST)
Sentinel Housing Association – Hampshire & Districts Residents Forum

Ground Breaking Service Team of the Year
Derwent & Solway HA – DRAMA (Debt Recovery and Money Advice)
Family Housing Association (Birmingham) – Community Investment Team
Glasgow Housing Association – Common Systems-Common Sense
Moneyline Cymru Steering Group - Affordable Lending Initiative
Parkway Green Housing Trust – PG Turnaround
St Vincent’s Housing Association – Social Investment Team

Support/Care Team of the Year
The Cyrenians – Adults facing Chronic Exclusion (ACE) Project
Northern Ireland Housing Executive – Belfast Area Roma Response Team
Orbit Care & Repair (Coventry)
Riverside – Single Persons Accommodation Centre for the Ex-Services (SPACES)
Sandwell Homes - Tenancy Support Team
St Anne’s Community Services - Staff Team

Inspirational Leader of the Year
Stephen Bell – The Cyrenians
Neil Biddiscombe – Advantage SW
Carol Carter – Circle 33
Charlotte Graves – Hackney Homes
Garry King – Two Rivers Housing
Mac McKechnie – St Anne’s Community Services

Inspirational Mentor of the Year
Twilight Bey – Catalyst Housing Group
Robert Butler – Genesis Housing Group
Christine Flanagan – South Liverpool Housing
Craig Fletcher – Helena Partnership
Richard Husband – Worcester Community Housing
Helen Spencer – Great Places Housing

Inspirational Colleague of the Year
Gill Bettam – Wolverhampton Homes
Paul Dow – South Liverpool Housing
Julie Howard – Housing Solutions
Francis Kabia – Brent Housing Partnership
Stephen Pettit – Home Group
Henry Quinney – Bournemouth Churches Housing Association (BCHA)

Career Development Star of the Year
Irene Antwi-Buasiako – Southwark Council
Dawn Aston-Adams – Wolverhampton Homes
Kate Bradbrook – Monmouthshire Housing
Mark Nalewaj – Ealing Homes
Edson Rabole – Citywest Homes
Dave Yoxall – Weaver Vale Housing Trust

Inspirational Board or Cabinet Member of the Year
Alice Burke – Hackney Homes
Ernon Campbell – Family Housing Association (Birmingham)
Alf Chandler – Hounslow Homes
Pat Fordham – Phoenix Community Housing
Stella Wheeler – RCT Homes
Kate Willis – Glasgow Housing Association

Inspirational Tenant of the Year
Kaylee Austin - Stonham
Rui Jorge Octavio – Barnet Homes
Terry Mullen – One Vision Housing
May Richards – Homes for Haringey
Sid Stairs – Chevin Housing Group
Cherie Tinenti – Charnwood Neighbourhood Housing