Wrekin Housing Trust honoured in the 2013 UK Housing Awards
The Wrekin Housing Trust has been awarded the Innovation of the Year title for its ‘Rapid Response’ same-day repairs service.
The Trust won the award at the UK Housing Awards, which highlights the outstanding contributions made by the UK’s housing organisations, to help improve the lives of people in their communities. The awards, which receive hundreds of entries each year, are organised by the Chartered Institute of Housing and Inside Housing magazine.
The Trust beat off stiff competition from around the country to win the award for its repairs service which has also been shortlisted for the 2013 Housing Heroes Awards, the winners of which will be announced in June.
David Wells, General Manager for the Wrekin Housing Trust, said: “The team are thrilled to have won this award. We’ve made some really significant and innovative changes to our repairs service lately, making it even better for our tenants, and it’s great to be recognised for this.”
CIH chief executive Grainia Long said: “Congratulations to all the winners of this year’s UK Housing Awards. Housing is facing an increasingly challenging environment as the government’s welfare reforms get underway, and their passion, dedication and innovation is nothing less than inspiring for all of us working in the industry.”
“Maintaining, improving and promoting standards are a hugely important part of CIH’s role, and we hope housing providers will take this opportunity to learn from the excellent work of all the award winners and shortlisted finalists.”
The Chartered Institute of Housing and Inside Housing organised the event, and it was sponsored by Campbell Tickell, H+H, Higgins, Insight, Kier, Pinnacle, Spirotech, United House and Homes and Ocean Media Group.
