Scotland Housing Awards 2024

Community Clear Ups

Prospect Community Housing

Award detail:

In a rapidly changing environment, the need to deliver excellent service is more important than ever. This award recognises housing teams who go above and beyond to deliver truly outstanding customer service. 

Bridgehousehill, Shortlees, Kilmarnock

Connect Modular in partnership with Cunninghame Housing Association

Award detail:

This award is aimed at programmes or projects that demonstrate an innovative approach which has made a real difference to the lives of tenants or customers. This could be any new product, service, or technology – being able to demonstrate innovation is the key.

Improving Outcomes for Homeless Households in Inverclyde

River Clyde Homes in partnership with Inverclyde Council Health and Social Care Partnership Homeless Team

Award detail:

This award will celebrate partnership and collaboration across the housing spectrum. If your organisation has developed, delivered or driven progress through working in partnership with organisations in or outside of housing, we want to hear from you.

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Bridgehousehill, Shortlees, Kilmarnock

Connect Modular in partnership with Cunninghame Housing Association

Award detail:

Despite the disruption caused by the pandemic, Scotland’s housing sector has continued working hard to deliver much-needed affordable housing. This award is aimed at developers who have built new residential developments in any recognised affordable tenure.

Estate Management Inquiry

Kingdom Group

Award detail:

This award is aimed at landlords and their tenants who can show excellence in working collaboratively to scrutinise work, or to embed scrutiny within the culture of the organisation. This work should have demonstrably improved service outcomes for tenants and/or enhanced the lives of tenants and communities in some way.

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Your Choice Lettings and Property Management

Housing Policy and Strategy, South Ayrshire Council

Award detail:

This award is open to all organisations operating in the private rented sector in Scotland. It is aimed at letting agents or landlords who strive to excel in the areas of customer service and innovation.

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Dundashill Glasgow

West of Scotland Housing Association

Award detail:

This award acknowledges the critical importance of a range of bodies, organisations and local groups in revitalising communities and neighbourhoods. It also recognises that physical improvements go hand-in-hand with social and economic developments to make a real difference in people’s lives.

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Eildon at 50, delivering for customers now and into the future

Eildon Housing Association

Award detail:

This award recognises the social landlord or letting agency that has made a delivered a truly excellent for their tenants over the past year.

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Link’s Leadership Development Program

Link Group in partnership with Link Housing

Award detail:

This award will recognise organisations that are leading the way in driving professionalism, learning and development while delivering a great service for tenants. We want to hear from organisations who are fantastic to work for and drive good outcomes for their staff as part of the day job.

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Tenants Wellbeing Services

Link Housing Association Ltd in partnership with LinkLiving

Award detail:

The right to an adequate standard of housing is inextricably linked to the right to the highest attainable standard of health. The right to health is a shared and inclusive right and good quality, sustainable housing is key to fulfilling this for individuals, families and communities.

Innovative Homelessness Prevention Services

City of Edinburgh Council

Award detail:

This award celebrates projects, initiatives and organisations working to prevent or relieve homelessness in their communities. Judges will be looking for collaboration and evidence of positive change.

Fife Council Short-term Let Licensing - A Partnership Approach

Fife Council

Award detail:

This award recognises outstanding communication with their tenants and residents and where communication has played a core part of the service received and has demonstrably improved housing outcomes. Nominations for this award could be for a single project or refer to your general organisational approach to communication. 

The Prospecthill Court Retrofit Project

River Clyde Homes

Award detail:

The housing sector, like many others, is faced with the challenge of cutting carbon emissions to achieve the Scottish Governments’ net zero targets.

This award celebrates organisations that can demonstrate they have overcome some of the significant challenges in cutting carbon emissions. Applicants may consider new developments, retrofit projects or any other initiatives that have helped reduce carbon emissions.

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Bield Equality Network

Bield Housing & Care

Award detail:

For over 30 years Marion Gibbs was at the very centre of Scotland’s housing sector, focusing on those in the most housing need, affected by homelessness, and those in overcrowded, unsuitable, unsafe or temporary accommodation. This award commemorates Marion’s sense of equality and fairness and an outstanding life’s work advocating for progress.

This award celebrates projects, initiatives and organisations working to promote equality, diversity and inclusion and address housing disadvantages, including those supporting people with specific protected characteristics or redressing specific inequality. This initiative can be focused on changes within an organisation or on the services received by tenants.

Conall Smith, North Lanarkshire Council

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Lara Turner, C~urb (subsidiary of Link Group) 

Award detail:

This award recognises the contribution of apprentices across the length and breadth of the housing sector in different areas and specialisms. The winner of this award will have demonstrated their commitment to personal development with achievement and attainment in learning.

Through their contributions in the workplace, applicants should demonstrate that they have exceeded expectations and made a difference to the organisation they work in. They will also be able to provide evidence of approaching day to day work with a positive outlook and demonstrating a willingness to be creative and innovation.

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Lorna Dunsmore

C~urb (subsidiary of Link Group)

Award detail:

This award is for an individual and recognises excellent leadership in the sector. It aims to demonstrate the quality of leaders in housing and highlight how brilliant housing people are. We’re looking for leaders who can demonstrate the characteristics below:

• Achievement in driving positive outcomes
• Innovation
• Vision
• Self-awareness
• Collaboration
• Ownership for actions and mistakes.

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Ukraine Resettlement Team

North Lanarkshire Council

Award detail:

The title of housing team of the year will be awarded to a team who have delivered an outstanding contribution to their organisation and for the housing sector. The award is designed to recognise achievement of something special, as part of developing new services, dealing with difficult situations or delivering the best services. 

Natalie Riding

Homes for Good

Award detail:

The award celebrates individuals who can demonstrate that they have shown passion, commitment, and flair in delivering services for tenants and residents.

Jim Fraser

Elderpark Housing

Award detail:

This award is for an individual who has consistently gone the extra mile during their career in housing and made a lasting impact on the sector.

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