Welcome everyone to the 2026 Welsh Housing Award's Good Practice Compendium - recognising the great work that housing professionals are providing across Wales.
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Matt Dicks
National Director at CIH Cyrmu
Welsh language
At CIH Cymru we know that the Welsh language is of massive importance to you as housing professionals and the communities in which you work across Wales. As your membership body, we want to ensure that we also play a leading role in promoting the Welsh language whilst supporting you to develop your skills, knowledge, and expertise.
If you'd like to read this compendium in Welsh, we have a Welsh translation tool on our website. Navigate to the 'Language' link at the top of our website or contact us so we can arrange a PDF version.
The awards
We are pleased to share the winners of the Welsh Housing Awards 2026. Below is a list of the winners for each award category and a link through to read their entry and other shortlisted applications into the categories.
With hundreds of entries into this year's awards there is lots of fantastic good practice to be explored in this good practice compendium.
- Winning project name: How Llanw transformed repairs and maintenance
- Winning organisation: Llanw
- Partner organisation: Valleys to Coast
- Winning project name: Well at Work: Putting People at the Heart of Tai Tarian
- Winning organisation: Tai Tarian
Sponsored by Awen Homes
- Winning project name: Ford Road Supported Living
- Winning organisation: First Choice Housing Association
- Winning project name: Thrive Project
- Winning organisation: Ateb
- Winning project name: Long Meadow Development
- Winning organisation: Hedyn
- Partner organisations: Hale Group
- Winning project name: Sustainable Partnerships in Action: ClwydAlyn, Isle of Anglesey County Council and Williams Homes (Bala) Delivering Low-Carbon, High-Quality MMC Housing in North Wales
- Winning organisation: ClwydAlyn
- Partner organisations: Isle of Anglesey County Council and Williams Homes (Bala)
- Winning project name: Sustaining a Legacy - Children's Residential Care Home Community Regeneration
- Winning organisation: The Community Impact Initiative C.I.C.
- Partner organisations: Tai Heulwen
Sponsored by Hugh James
- Winning project name: Tŷ Darran
- Winning organisation: Caerphilly County Borough Council
- Partner organisations: Pentan, Willmott Dixon and Currie & Brown
- Winning project name: 144 ultra-low-carbon homes at Gwyfaen
- Winning organisation: JG Hale Group Ltd
- Partner organisations: Codi Group
Sponsored by Menzies
- Winning project name: Growing Our Own: Building a Culture of Leadership, Learning and Opportunity
- Winning organisation: Tai Tarian
- Winning project name: Support at Cardiff Young Persons' Schemes
- Winning organisation: Hafod
- Partner organisation: Llamau
- Winning project name: Valleys to Coast's Customer and Community Voice Commitment
- Winning organisation: Valleys to Coast
- Winning project name: Opening Door's Project
- Winning organisation: Bron Afon
- Winner: The Trivallis RAAC team
- Organisation: Trivallis
Sponsored by Blake Morgan
- Winning project name: 31 Days of Hope
- Winning organisation: Trivallis
