Thank you to this year's sponsors; find out more about our sponsors below. All our sponsors will have guests attending the Welsh Housing Awards 2024.
Headline sponsor
Aico, an Ei Company, are the European market leader in home life safety, pioneering new technologies and offering high quality alarms, developed and manufactured in Ireland. All Aico alarms meet UK standards and offer a variety of sensor types to guarantee protection for every home, the cornerstone of which is delivering education, quality, service and innovation. In 2020, Aico expanded their Connected Home offering with the acquisition of leading Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider, HomeLINK. HomeLINK are a multi-award-winning high-tech software team within Aico that leverage cutting edge home integration and analytic technologies to address the needs of social landlords and their residents.
Young Achiever in Housing
Tai Tarian is committed to making a difference to the lives of our tenants and the wider community.
Set up in 2011, we have over 9000 homes across Neath Port Talbot, delivering sustainable homes, in sustainable communities for a sustainable planet.
Our work and our inclusive culture is driven by our values – Be Kind, Be Bold and Be Fair – and our colleagues’ desire to go above and beyond for tenants is one of our greatest assets.
We are delighted to sponsor the Young Achiever Award.
Excellence in championing equality and diversity
Wales & West Housing are pleased to support the Excellence in Championing Equality and Diversity award.
We manage more than 12,400 high quality, affordable homes across Wales. These include more than 3,000 dedicated properties for older people as well as innovative supported housing solutions for people with a range of particular needs.
We do things the Wales & West Housing Way, empowering our people to do the right thing for our residents, and tailor and shape our services based on what they tell us.
Our vision is to achieve strong, sustainable growth to make a difference to people’s lives, homes and communities.
We are a Best Companies 3-Star organisation to work for and were the first organisation in Wales to achieve the Investors in People Platinum Standard.
Supporting Communities
Newport City Homes is the largest housing association in Newport, We provide homes and services to more than 20,000 residents, leaseholders, and shared owners across the city.
Our 2025 Strategy sets out our priorities for the next three years.
In 2015, we were awarded the Welsh Housing Quality Standard, allowing us to build new homes to address the need for more social housing in southeast Wales. We’re currently carrying out a large regeneration and development programme across Newport; including a multi-million-pound regeneration scheme in Ringland.
Last November, we announced plans to merge with our friends at Melin Homes and we’re excited for the future. We’re sharing this journey as we go. This includes how we’re engaging with our customers throughout the process to ensure our residents are at the heart of this change. Check out the latest progress on our website.
Sustainability in housing
Blake Morgan LLP is a UK law firm providing highly tailored legal solutions to individuals, businesses, not-for-profit and government clients. Many of our lawyers and practice groups are leaders in their field and highly ranked by the legal directories. These lawyers will work closely with you, combining their technical expertise, experience and commercialism to help you manage your risk and achieve your goals.
It is this tailored and personalised approach, coupled with our real-world and varied experience that really set us apart. Our clients tells us we quickly become fully immersed in their business and act as an extension to their team. Our straight-talking and pragmatic approach to their legal matters are highly valued.
Blake Morgan has five offices in London, Cardiff, Reading, Oxford and Southampton, yet we act as one firm collaboratively with our clients’ best interests at heart.
Whether you are a corporate client or looking for advice on your personal affairs, as your trusted advisor we’ll focus on your objectives and work with you through the good times and the bad to make sure that you have the right legal support when you need it most.
Relationships mean everything to us and, like you, we’re in it for the long-haul.
Working in partnership
At Lovell, we work with our partners to build homes and regenerate communities across the UK. Whatever we are doing, we settle for nothing less than excellence in the service we offer. But it is our people that really make the difference. We are committed to leaving a positive legacy wherever we work, and each and every one of us wants to play our part in changing people’s lives for the better.
Excellence in preventing homelessness
As the largest provider of support services in Wales for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness, Pobl supports multi agency working with a preventative trauma informed focus ensuring intervention is received at the earliest opportunity. Pobl believes in people, and we help them get to where they want to be in life. Every year we support over 15,000 people working across 16 local authorities providing support to some of the most vulnerable in society.
Excellence in customer service
Llanw is a company owned by Valleys to Coast Housing Ltd, providing excellent property repairs and maintenance services. Our name means "tidal" in Welsh, reflecting our commitment to adapting to our customers' changing needs, just as nature and people adapt to the ebb and flow of the tides.
We aim to not just meet but exceed customer expectations with outstanding service. We pride ourselves on being reliable, dependable, refreshing, consistent and unwavering ensuring every home we service is maintained to the highest standards.
Great customer service at Llanw means understanding our customers' needs and being proactive in meeting them. Our sponsorship goals reflect this commitment.
Housing Team of the Year
Monmouthshire Housing Association (MHA) own more than 3,745 homes, across rural Monmouthshire and have ambitious plans to expand its geographical reach and build more homes across South Wales.
Our customers and our family of over 250 staff are at the heart of everything we do, and we consistently achieve one of the highest customer satisfaction ratings in this sector in Wales.
We were delighted to be the recipient of the 2023 Welsh Housing Award for Customer Excellence and to be sponsoring this year’s ‘ Housing Team of the Year’.