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UK Housing Awards

2012 winners and finalists

The finalists for  the UK Housing Awards 2012 were announced  on 20 April 2012, and the winners were announced at a ceremony on 27 June at Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, London.
Winning entries are highlighted in bold below.


Arms Length Management Organisation of the Year

Organisation Project
Barnet Homes
 Barnet Homes
Berneslai Homes
 A fresh approach to people, homes and communities
CityWest Homes
 CityWest is best
Homes for Haringey
Arms Length Management Organisation of the Year
Stockport Homes
 Transforming lives
Your Homes Newcastle
 Your Homes Newcastle

Business Transformation of the Year

Organisation Project
Amicus Horizon
From zeroes to heroes!
Homes for Haringey
Feedback scheme - from "explaining what we can't do" to "lets fix it together"
Parkway Green Housing Trust
PG REACT - repairs excellence project
Richmond Housing Partnership Business Transformation of the Year
Shepherds Bush Housing Group Resident first
Yarlington Housing Group Top down - bottom up - and everything in the middle

Community Initiative of the Year

Organisation Project
Derwentside Homes The store
Irvine Housing Association
PRYDE
Isle of Wight Council
Downside community and learning centre
Luminus
Ferry project night shelter
Red Kite Community Housing
Tenant-led transfer to Red Kite Community Housing
Stockport Homes
 Lancashire hill family group

Development of the Year - Large Schemes

Organisation Project
BCHA George House
Devon and Cornwall Housing
Transforming Devonport
Keepmoat Homes
St Andrew's Square
Midland Heart
Crocodile Works
Southern Housing Group
Highbury Gardens
Sovereign Housing Association
Barton Hill

Development of the Year - Small Schemes

Organisation Project
Architects Knox and Markwell
Weir Brae, Hillside Park, Comber for Alpha Housing
First Wessex
Matinée House
Radian
Sunfield Close, Andover
Trinity Housing in partnership with the SEHSCT and McCartan Muldoon Architects
'Cedar Court' Supported Housing Scheme for people with Dementia
Wales and West Housing Association
Llys Binwyddyn
Your Homes Newcastle
Station Court

Innovation of the Year

Organisation Project
Arup and Salix Homes
Salix Homes low carbon retrofit, Salford
Chichester Foyer
Project A - a working assets project in partnership with the Foyer Federation
Four Housing Group
Tenant involvement initiative
London Borough of Haringey
'Appy' choice based lettings for Haringey Residents
Orchard and Shipman Group
Changing the face of private renting
Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust
Materials on the move with advances in IT

Large Housing Association of the Year

Organisation Project
Helena Partnerships
Mission Helena: A decade of empowering communities in St Helens
Liverpool Mutual Homes
Liverpool Mutual Homes
Midland Heart
 Housing care and more!
New Charter Housing Trust Group
New Charter Housing Trust Group
North Glasgow Housing Association
North Glasgow Housing Association
Parkway Green Housing Trust
Real dividends

Local Authority Landlord of the Year

Organisation Project
City of York Council
 Access matters
Croydon Council
"All Ages": working across generations to build safer and stronger communities
North Tyneside Homes, North Tyneside Council
A year of innovation

Most Efficient Landlord of the Year

Organisation Project
Blackpool Coastal Housing
Embedded VFM
Derwentside Homes
Derwentside Homes
Melin Homes
Excelling against the odds
One Vision Housing
One Vision Housing
Plus Dane Group
Financial fitness
Riverside
Riverside

Partnership of the Year

Organisation Project
Bolton Community Homes
 Bolton Community Homes
CITB Construction Skills, Lancashire Housing Partnership, Regenerate Pennine Lancashire
Constructing the future Lancashire
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Harmony House
Kent County Council
KCC no use empty
Link Group
Private sector leasing
Plus Dane Group
Castlefields regeneration partnership

Small Housing Association of the Year

Organisation Project
First Choice Housing Association
Small Business - big difference
Howard Cottage Housing Association
Celebrating 100 years of excellence
Rockingham Forest Housing Association
Countdown to change
South Devon Rural Housing Association
Punching above our weight
Westfield Housing Association
Westfield Housing Association
Wiltshire Rural Housing Association
 Weather the storm

Specialist Housing Provider of the Year

Organisation Project
Aspire
Housing for people with Spinal Cord injury
Clanmil Housing Association
Recall, record, relive
Kazuri
Small Specialist Provider
Kemble Housing
SHYPP - specialist services for young people in Herefordshire
Riverside ECHG
The Crossings Riverside ECHG, Hull HARP, and Hull City Council
Step by Step Partnership
Raising the roof for youth homelessness

Strategic Local Authority of the Year

Organisation Project
Bolton Council
Delivering strategy through partnerships
Bristol City Council
My home is my springboard for life
Elmbridge Borough Council
Housing services management team
The Kent Forum
Housing strategy
Oldham Council
Strategic housing team
South Gloucestershire Council Get South Glos building

Sustainable Landlord of the Year

Organisation Project
 Great Places Housing Group
Great Places' green goal
Monmouthshire Housing
Cheaper, warmer, greener programme
Salix Homes
Salix green
Stockport Homes
SHINE
St Vincent's Housing Association
Fit for the future
Worthing Homes
Sustainable Landlord of the Year


Landlord of the year - chosen from the winners of ALMO of the year, local authority landlord of the year, small housing association of the year, large housing association of the year, and specialist housing association of the year - Westfield Housing Association

Lifetime achievement award  chosen by the judges from nominations received - Roy Irwin

 

UK Housing Awards

We have now published details of the winners of the UK Housing Awards 2013. To find out more about the winning entries and how their approaches could be adapted or replicated in your organisation, visit the UK Housing Awards 2013 section of the site.

 

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