Following the success of the What We Are Proud Of Awards 2010, the National Housing Federation has announced the launch of the 2011 awards.
The Awards, which are sponsored by Morrison, are open to all Federation members to nominate an outstanding project and share their achievements with the rest of your region.
They celebrate the excellent work of housing association across the country and this year there are exciting changes to the awards with more opportunities for your scheme to be recognised.
There are nine regional What We Are Proud Of Awards. This year, there will also be four category awards in each region.
Federation members are able to enter one outstanding project they are most proud of per region. Their project will be entered into the competition to be the overall regional winner plus the opportunity to be shortlisted for the four new category awards in each region.
The National Winner and Highly Commended Finalist will be announced at the Federation's Annual Conference in Birmingham on 12-14 September 2011.
Morrison has provided £1,000 for the National Winner and £500 for the Highly Commended Finalist - to reinvest directly into their winning project.
Entries are now open and full information on how to enter, along with competition entry forms, rules and guidance to entry and other useful information can all be found via this link.
The closing date for all entries is Monday 21 March 2011.
The Care Commission released its report following last November's annual inspection of Cloch Housing Association's Sheltered Housing Complex - Elliott Court.
This was the first inspection under the new grading scheme to be undertaken at the warden-supported service.
Prior to the inspection, a number of service user questionnaires were returned to the Care Commission, which invited comments under the headings of Privacy, Dignity, Choice, Safety, Realising Potential and Equality and Diversity.
The responses were very favourable towards the service and the comments made have been included within the body of the full report.
At the inspection, the service was examined in three areas and received the highest grade of 6 (excellent) in two and a grade 5 The report commended the high level of involvement tenants have determining the type of support they receive.
The Care Commission said: "People who use this service commented positively about the support they get from the wardens, office staff and management.
"The service continues to actively promote consultation and participation with people who use the service. People commented that they felt fully involved in their support." The report is available to download on the Care Commission website at www.carecommission.com. Inspection Reports in Brief
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