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Housing Heroes Awards 2026 shortlist

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 

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