Apprentice of the year award
Ashfield District Council - Caleb Hamilton-Parkin
East Ayrshire Council - William McNaughton
First Ark - Bethany Edge
Fortem - Laurence Lawson
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing - Peter Williams
Orbit - Apprentices – future talent team
Pendleton Together (part of Together Housing Group) - Aiden Peppard
Thirteen Group - Amy Trundley
Wheatley Group - Morgan Lennie
Central service team of the year
Housing Partners - Housing Jigsaw team
Magenta Living - HR and OD team
Manifest Software Solutions - Business solutions team, Greenfields Community Housing
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing - Data quality team
Midland Heart - Technology and transformation team
Newlon Housing Trust - Finance team
One Manchester - People services team
Staffordshire Housing Group - Team #thisisus
Wales & West Housing - Business improvement team
Wheatley Group - Group protection team
WM Housing - Health and safety team
Communications team of the year
Anchor Hanover - Communications team
ExtraCare Charitable Trust - Communications team
Hillcrest Housing Association - Comms and media team
One Manchester - Communications and marketing team
Poplar Harca - Communications team
Stonewater - Corporate communications team
Trent & Dove Housing - Communications team
Trivallis - Communications and media team
Customer experience award
Curo - Customer experience team
London Borough of Southwark - Homeowners advocacy service
Orbit - Responsive repairs team
Orbit - Group Help to Buy Midlands
Places for People - Customer engagement team, Derwent Living, part of Places for People
Places for People Financial Services - Places for People Financial Services
South Tyneside Homes - New build and major works team
Development or maintenance team of the year
Clarion Housing Group - Regeneration team
Dunedin Canmore - Property services
L&Q - Development team
Gravesham Borough Council - DSO Building Management
Homes in Sedgemoor - Same-day repairs service
Housing & Care 21 - HC21 Development
Magenta Living - Development team
North Kesteven - District Council Development team of the year
Thirteen - Investment and maintenance team
Three Sixty - Three Sixty
Equality, diversity and inclusion team of the year
ACH - Career advice and employment team
East Ayrshire Council - Resettlement team
L&Q - Independent lives team
Network Homes - Equality and diversity engagement group
Orbit - Orbit equality, diversity and inclusion
Places for People - Diversity and inclusion team
South Tyneside Homes - Involvement team
Tai Tarian - Strategic partnership and business development team
Together Housing Group, in partnership with Progress Housing Group - Achieving and harnessing board diversity
Exceptional contribution by a CIH member (CIH member)
Ashfords LLP - Barbara Shaw
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea - James Caspell
Merthyr Valleys Homes - Mike Owen
Monmouthshire Housing Association - Julie Nicholas
Notting Hill Genesis - Tara Devine
Radius Housing - Anita Conway
River Clyde Homes - Moira Nisbet
Women’s Pioneer Housing - Jess Page
Frontline team of the year (under 10,000 homes)
Fortem - Rotherham caretaker team
Hestia - Modern slavery response team
Mansfield District Council - Housing services team
Mount Green Housing Association - Independent living team
Mulberry Community Project - Mulberry Community Project
Poplar Harca - Community safeguarding team
Stevenage Borough Council - Housing and investment team
Test Valley Borough Council - Housing options team
Vale of Aylesbury Housing - ASB team
Frontline team of the year (over 10,000 homes)
A2Dominion - Income team
Aldwyck Housing Group - Supported houisng team
Gentoo - Money matters team
Stockport Homes Group - Carecall
The Guinness Partnership - North Central - North East customer liaison team
The Hyde Group - Successful tenancies team
Together Housing Group (including Pendleton Together) - Pendleton Together Estate Services Team
Tower Hamlets Homes - Tower Hamlets Homes caretakers
Wheatley 360, Wheatley Group, Glasgow - Home Comforts and Eat Well
WHG - VIEW money advice team
Inspirational colleague of the year
Choice Housing - Martin Watson
Derventio Housing Trust - Lynn Key
Futures Housing Group - Joanne Cooper
Link - Yaman Tawakalna
Northampton Partnership Homes - Cam Whyld
One Housing - Brid Burke
Rooftop Housing Group - Beverley Hiden
Salix Homes - Rob Widders, first response team
The Hyde Group - Debbie Whitten
The Wrekin Housing Trust - Ros Lanceley
Wolverhampton Homes - Shadrack Mbatha
Inspirational leader of the year
Anchor Hanover - Winston Williams
East Ayrshire Council - Blair Millar
Govan Housing Association - Fiona McTaggart
Home Connections - Ninesh Muthiah
Housing Plus Group - Amy Griffith
Johnnie Johnson Housing - Kate McArdell-Broome
Manchester City Council - Martin Oldfield
Poplar Harca - Nahim Ahmed
Women’s Pioneer - Denise Fowler
Worthing Homes - Jackie Bligh
Lifetime achievement in housing
Accord - Margaret Wilkinson
Anchor Hanover - Rona Nicholson
Arhag Housing Association - Qadeer Kiani
Hastoe Housing Association - John Lefever
Inquilab Housing Association - Gina Amoh
Octavia - Grahame Hindes
Places for People - Pat Egan
Rutherglen & Cambuslang Housing Association - Geraldine Baird
Swan Housing Association - John Synnuck
Women’s Pioneer Housing - Sue Hockett
Mentor of the year
Ashfield District Council - Michael Chaplin
Basildon Borough Council - Jennifer Gould
Great Places Housing Group - Emma Richman
Manningham Housing Association - Lee Bloomfield
Newark & Sherwood Homes - Jane Ward
Southway Housing Trust - Catherine Phillips
Tower Hamlets Homes - Ben Schofield
Support and care team of the year (under 7,000 homes)
Cadwyn Housing Association - Nightingale House
Grwp Cynefin - Gorwel
Hightown Housing Association - Open Door
Look Ahead - Tower Hamlets crisis house team
Look Ahead - Nimrod House team
Places for People - Bristol complex needs team, Living+, part of Places for People
Portsmouth City Council - Ian Gibson court care
Support and care team of the year (over 7,000 homes)
Accord - Housing First team
Aspire Housing - Housing support and well-being team
Longhurst Group - Longhurst Group mental health outreach service
Northampton Partnership Homes - Housing support team
One Housing - Care and support
Plus Dane Housing - Plus Dane/ SHAP refugee resettlement team
Stockport Homes Group - Temporary accommodation team
Thurrock Borough Council - Housing safeguarding team
Vivid Housing - Vivid tenancy support team
Tenant innovator of the year
CCHA - Jodie Barry
Clarion Housing Group - David McDonald
Dan’s Catering - Daniel Lewis
Eastend Homes - Tim Elliott/Eastend Homes
Soha - Courtney Hughes BCAv
Stockport Homes Group - Claire Osment (OWLS)
Taff Housing Association - James Rides
Your Homes Newcastle - Tony Moore
Tenant lifetime contribution
Eastend Homes - Tom Madden
Housing Plus Group - Michael Ratcliffe
Octavia - Jean Roch
Prospect Community Housing - Sheila Bunt
Rhondda Housing Association - Sue Evans
Soha - Courtney Hughes BCAv, Charity Secret Santa Oxfordshire
Taff Housing Association - Sue Carleton
Thirteen - Elsie Grint
Waltham Forest Council - William Wood
Warrington Housing Association - Bernard Whitley
WHG - Linda Cole
"Attending the Women in Housing Awards and Housing Heroes Awards was an honour and a privilege as a tenant and board member. It was important to recognise those who make a difference by going above and beyond to improve the lives of their residents."
Evelyne Kossere/Colley, board member, Phoenix Community Housing
"Great evening celebrating #womeninhousing and #housingheroes awards tonight. Always inspiring to hear briefly why the winners were chosen and the impact they have made."
Emma Hardman, partner, Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP
"Such a wonderful evening last night celebrating amazing people who do incredible work within the housing sector"
Maddie Griffith, branch support manager, Fortem Solutions
"It’s been a privilege to spend the evening recognising the inspiring and outstanding women within the housing sector in the UK."
Homes for Students
"What a fabulous evening we had celebrating #WomeninHousing and #HousingHeroes
It was an absolute pleasure to attend the awards ceremony and be surrounded by many inspirational, like-minded, passionate people, who give their all to provide safe homes for people up and down the country."
Daisy Beck, customer solutions leader, Bromford
"An incredible evening celebrating the leaders, innovators, and changemakers across the industry."
Ella James-Hart, head of corporate sales and alliance partnerships, AllBright
"Fantastic evening at the Women in Housing / Housing Heroes Awards in Manchester last night.
Well done to all of the winners and finalists - some remarkable performances and achievements which have been pivotal to moving the sector forward in the last 12 months."
Michael Lyons, operating director - housing, property and construction, Page Group
"Really great evening celebrating the greatness within the sector!"
Daniel Bebbington, debt and energy manager, Wrekin
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