Congratulations to our 2026 Housing Heroes Awards finalists!
Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony that takes place on Monday 22 June at Manchester Central.
Best company health and wellbeing initiative
Women in Mind - Habinteg Housing Association
Karbon Homes X The Bread and Butter Thing - Karbon Homes
Well House - Look Ahead
Better Housing Better Health - National Energy Foundation
Healthy homes and fair, friendly services - MSV Housing
Winter Ready campaign - Places for People
QVT counselling programme - Quo Vadis Trust
Ready Steady Grow - Sanctuary Supported Living
Thirteen Recycling Centre - Home starter pack scheme - Thirteen Housing Group
Health partnership - The Ferry Project
Health and well-being team - Vico Homes
Outstanding achievement by apprentices
Alfie Davies - Bromford Flagship LiveWest
Jordyn and Sam - Bridgewater Housing Association
Billy Adrian - Casey
Olivia Williams - Jigsaw Homes Group
Rachel Blair - Mears Group
Monty Dewhurst - Progress Housing Group
Rion Schofield - Salvation Army Homes
Georgia Austin - Southern Housing
Maisie Jones - Southern Housing
Millie Wilson - Stepping Stone Projects
Team of the year: Over 10,000 homes
Culture and people team - Accent Housing
Domestic abuse team - Bromford Flagship LiveWest
Investment workforce planning sprint team - Bromford Flagship LiveWest
Compliance - Dacorum Borough Council
Advice and well-being - Peabody
Financial inclusion team - Peabody
Private sector fire safety team - London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Resident engagement team - Sanctuary
Root cause analysis team - Sanctuary
Wheatley Developments Scotland - Wheatley Group
Repairs team - Vico Homes
Team of the year: Up to 10,000 homes
Sheffield Foundations - Adullam Homes
Property team - Caridon Property
Scrutiny panel - Habinteg Housing Association
Whole team - Lench’s Trust
Neighbourhoods team - Rykneld Homes
Customer voice and community well-being team - MSV Housing
Retrofit team - Nottingham Community Housing Association
Estate services - Poplar HARCA
Communications and marketing team - West Kent Housing Association
Tenant partnership team - Winchester City Council
Team of the year: Wider sector
Product and customer success teams - AltoVita
Access to Housing - HOP team - Bradford Council
Steve Reynolds, Gareth Gathern and Hayler Warner - Cyd Innovation
Essex housing team - Essex County Council
LizB & Che - LizB & Che Properties
Moda ESG team - Moda Group
Resonance Community Developers team - Resonance
Dolphin Square - Woodrow Communications
WISH South West board - Women In Social Housing
Inspirational colleague of the year: Large organisation
Gwen Jefferson - Accent Housing
Tanya Scott - Accent Housing
Amy Lawson - Clarion
Nicola Berry - Mears Group
Suzanne Douglas - Places for People
Michael Holder - Sanctuary
Brea Attrill - Southern Housing
Fiona Ventress - Thirteen
David Horner - Your Housing Group
Inspirational colleague of the year: Small to medium-sized organisation
Gareth Boaler - Castell Group
Dean McGlynn - CIH Futures
Paul Taylor - ClwydAlyn
Hannah Mernagh - Dacorum Borough Council
Rick Smith - Fairhive
Louise Henman - Hebron Housing
Susanne Shaw - Langley Trust
Liam Gaskell - Salvation Army Homes
Stacey Boys - The Housing Network
Housing provider inspirational leader of the year
Gwen Jefferson - Accent Housing
Fuad Mahamed - ACH
Fallon Warren - Amplius
Ricky Lang - Dacorum Borough Council
Felicity Maries - Lancaster West neighbourhood team, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Lisa Letch - Langley Trust
Neil Bergin-Faragher - Progress Housing Group
Lisa Lewis - Poplar HARCA
Charlotte Rooke - Southern Housing
Gemma Beadling-Strade - Sanctuary
Lynne Shea - Salvation Army Homes
Sukhvinder Rai - The Housing Network
Laura Heron - Wythenshawe Community Housing Group
Wider sector inspirational leader of the year
James Ferrar - Caridon Group
Jennifer Carrozzo - Caridon Group
Dorian Payne - Castell Group
Mo Watts - Ideal Rooms
Patience Mazava - LizB & Che Properties
Anna Bagshaw - Mears Group
Chris McCarthy - Stepping Stone Projects
Fiona Conor - Trust Electric Heating
Gifty Amponsah, REACH lead - The Magpie Project
Lifetime achievement in housing
Richard Wilkinson - Accent Housing
Nick Worboys - Amplius
Clare Budden - ClwydAlyn
Dorian Payne - Castell Group
John Fisher - CHIC
Susmita Sen - Croydon Council
Ulrike Maccariello - Hastoe Housing Association
Richard Petty - JLL
Paul Fiddaman - Karbon Homes
Mike Price - Nottingham Community Housing Association and Pelham Architects
Paul Andrew Ciniglio - National Energy Foundation
Keith Smith - The Ferry Project
Tina Barnard - Watford Community Housing
Mike Gaskell - Your Housing Group
Outstanding achievement in training and recruitment
Gwen Jefferson - Accent Housing
Make a Difference, Work for Your Local Council campaign - Local Government Association
Apprentice programme - L&Q
Women in Construction at Holloway Park - Peabody in partnership with London Square
Aspire, Engage, Evolve - Your Housing Group
Tenant of the year - Midlands and the South
Mark Collings - Clarion resident
Eileen Leventhal - Lench’s Trust
Joakim Silva - Look Ahead
Linda Fenelon - Lancaster West neighbourhood team
Lynda Parkin - Rykneld Homes
Lacey Leonard - Sanctuary
Sue Latimer - Southern Housing
Lin Mellish - Winchester City Council
Mike Sagar - Winchester City Council
Sandra Salter - Winchester City Council
Tenant of the year - Scotland and the North
Richard Wilkinson - Accent Housing
Jackie Best - Accent Housing
Michaela Potter - Habinteg Housing Association
Ursula Sutcliffe - Incommunities
Diane Shepley-Newton - MSV tenant
Julie Matthews - Progress Housing Group
David Hampton - Southway Housing Trust
Ged Mcloughlin - Stockport Homes
Colin Hardwicke - Vico Homes
Employer of the year: Housing provider, sponsored by Tile Hill.
Accent Housing
Bridgewater Housing Association
Fairhive
Lancaster West neighbourhood team, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Magenta Living
MSV Housing
Petrus Community
Places for People
Salvation Army Homes
Sanctuary Supported Living
Spring Housing Association
Sutton Housing Society
Employer of the year: Wider sector, sponsored by Tile Hill.
Calfordseaden
Caridon Group
Dolphin Square
Mears Group
Pulse Electrix
The Housing Bond Alliance
"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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