Winners of CIH Excellence Awards announced
The winners of Scotland’s annual awards for excellence in housing were announced on Friday night at an awards dinner sponsored by Utilita at Double Tree by Hilton in Glasgow.
The Team of the Year Award was awarded to North Lanarkshire Council for its Syrian resettlement project, while Campaign of the Year went to the Wheatley Group for its People make Glasgow fairer – lets tackle poverty together. Wheatley Group grabbed a hat-trick of awards including Regeneration and Developing Skills & Capacity.
Apprentice of the Year went to Jamie Edwards of West Lothian Council, while Emma McShane of Linstone Housing Association collected the Bob Allan Young Achiever Award.
The Leadership award was awarded to Morag MacDonald of Melville Housing Association.
Annie Mauger, executive director, devolved nations at CIH, said: “I was thrilled to see so many examples of excellent work from across the housing sector in Scotland making this year the biggest ever CIH Scotland Excellence awards. Congratulations to all of our winners and to those who were shortlisted for an award. The standard of entries we received this year presented a tough challenge for our judges! In recognition of the hard work and dedication of the housing sector, we would like to invite all of our CIH Excellence winners to join us in a celebration of housing and to mark 100 years of CIH at a special Parliamentary reception in December.”
Other winners included Loreburn Housing Association, Aberdeenshire Council, Cunninghame Housing Association, Glasgow Housing Association, Link Group, Prospect Community Housing, West Whitlawburn Housing Co-op and Stirling Council.
Entries were judged by a panel made up of 40 industry experts including Keith Anderson (Port of Leith Housing Association), John Forster (Forster Group) & Fanchea Kelly (Blackwood).
The evening was hosted by Radio Forth’s Arlene Stuart with entertainment from comedian Des Clarke.
The full list of winners of the CIH Excellence Awards are:
Bob Allan Young Achiever Award
Emma McShane, Linstone Housing Association
Skills and Capacity Award
John Wheatley Learning Network, Wheatley Group
Environmental Sustainability Award
West Whitlawburn Community Energy, West Whitlawburn Housing Co-op
Margaret Vass Award
Ann Moore, Prospect Community Housing
The Robina Goodlad Award
Allyson Allison, Stirling Council
Regeneration Award
North Toryglen, Wheatley Group
Apprentice of the Year
Jamie Edwards, West Lothian Council
Exceptional Contribution by a CIH Member
Frank Sweeney Cunninghame Housing Association
Excellence in Scrutiny Award
Link’s Tenant Scrutiny Panel, Link Housing Association
Innovation Award
Syrian new Scot’s Resettlement Project, Aberdeenshire Council
Health and Wellbeing Award
Housing options for older people, Glasgow Housing Association
Leadership Award
Morag MacDonald, Melville Housing Association
Development for Rented Properties
Hallam House, Henderson Close, Loreburn Housing Association
Campaign of the year award
People Make Glasgow Fairer – lets tackle poverty together, Wheatley Group
Team of the Year award
Syrian resettlement project, North Lanarkshire Council