THE AWARDS Newcastle Civic Centre 1 April Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us

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1 THE AWARDS 2014 Newcastle Civic Centre 1 April 2014 Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us

2 THE AWARDS

3 As new Chair of the Board, I am delighted to introduce our first ever Chartered Institute of Housing North East awards event Celebrating the Region, which will celebrate excellence and achievement within the North East housing sector. The 2014 Celebrating the Region awards ceremony will be held in the Banqueting Suite at Newcastle Civic Centre on Tuesday 1 April The event replaces the CIH Spring Ball but still aims to be a prestigious and glitzy occasion, where CIH members and their colleagues can dress up and come together for a memorable evening. The event will acknowledge and reward the great achievements of housing professionals, students, tenants, teams and organisations working in our region and I m sure that we will have much to celebrate. Chartered Institute of Housing North East is pleased to announce our headline sponsor for the event will be Keepmoat, demonstrating their own commitment to the region, to high quality housing, housing services and to customers. The event will be attended by some 500 housing professionals and will be an excellent opportunity to profile your organisation s achievements, network and celebrate what s best within the sector. So with that in mind, please make sure that you make a nomination and more importantly, that you join us for this very special occasion. Jill Haley BA FCIH Chair CIH NE Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us

4 Chartered Institute of Housing North East are holding the first annual regional awards at the Celebrating the Region event on 1 April 2014 at Newcastle Civic Centre. There are 10 awards: n Rising Star* n Lifetime Achievement* n Leader of the Year* n Housing Professional of the Year* n Contribution to the Community n Coach/Mentor of the Year n Student of the Year* n Best Back Office / Housing Support Team n Best Front Office / Service Delivery Team n Exceptional Contribution by a Tenant Board or Scrutiny Panel Member Rising Star Award Sponsored by Gentoo This award recognises the potential for greatness. An individual who shows such promise and talent that they will become the next inspirational leader in the region. This award is open to individuals. To be nominated you must be a current member of CIH. n Why is this person viewed as a rising star? Lifetime Achievement Award Sponsored by Chartered Institute of Housing North East Having a glittering career in the sector, this person has given their all in the communities that they serve. This person is recognisable as the housing person in the region and has constantly shown that the sector is their lifeblood. n What has this person done in their career to merit the award? n How have they constantly put their customers at the heart of everything they do? n What makes them the look up to person in the region? Housing Professional of the Year Award Sponsored by Keepmoat This person goes about their day job with the greatest professionalism possible. They are the person that their colleagues go to for advice and help, and they do not mind being the person that people aspire to be. n How has this person demonstrated their professionalism? n How have they assisted their colleagues to develop? n How have they upheld the vision and values of CIH? n What promise and talent have they shown so far in their career? n What makes them stand out from the crowd? 4

5 Leader of the Year Award Sponsored by Places for People This award is for an inspirational leader who drives their team on to great results. Showing all the characteristics of a great leader, they will be respected and held in high esteem by their team members. n How have they demonstrated great leadership? n How do they inspire and drive their teams? n What results have been achieved? Coach/Mentor of the Year Award Sponsored by ISOS Housing This award is for the individual who has gone beyond expectations in coaching/mentoring new recruits and ensuring that they develop their potential. n How was the mentoring done? n What results have been achieved? n How developed are the colleagues who have been mentored? Contribution to the Community Award Sponsored by Cestria This award is for a person or organisation who has truly made a difference in the communities where they operate. n What was done that was so good? n How did this contribute to the community? n How has the community reacted to this work? Student of the Year Award Sponsored by Bond Dickinson This award is for the student showing most promise at one of the regional learning centres. Results may not be the driver for this person, but they have shown by their studies that they give it their all and achieve great things. n How have they applied themselves to their study? n What results have they achieved? n How do they engage with their fellow students? Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us

6 Best Back Office / Housing Support Team Award Sponsored by Fabrick & Vela This award is for a team who are not in the front line and deliver important services that impact our customers lives. They are the hidden heroes and deliver exception performance in their field. n What services have been delivered? n How have they innovated to achieve best practice? n How do their results impact on customers? Best Front Office / Service Delivery Team Award Sponsored by Gateshead Housing Company This award recognises the front line teams who deliver week in, week out for their customers. They apply themselves exceptionally in order to deliver great services with maximum benefit. n What services have been delivered? n How have they innovated to achieve best practice? n How do their results impact on customers? Exceptional Contribution by a Tenant Board or Scrutiny Panel Member Award Sponsored by Byker Community Trust This award recognises the tireless work done by our customers to ensure that organisations continue to deliver. Helping organisations to make the best decisions and review services to improve constantly are at the heart of this person. n What contribution have they made? n How did this affect the organisation and customers? n What do they do that makes them so exceptional? Entry Guidelines Awards entries must be nominated by a current CIH member unless indicated by * where the award will be awarded to a current CIH Member only. Please note that the deadline for submitting entries is Friday 21 February All entries must be ed as PDF documents to gavin@getkonect.com by 12 Noon on the closing date. Late entries will not be accepted. Images may be submitted as part of your entry. All completed and received entries will be acknowledged by within 48 hours. If you don t receive an acknowledgement then contact our Event Lead, Gavin Brown at gavin@getkonect.com or

7 The awards ceremony will be held at the Celebrating the Region event from 7pm onward on 1 April 2014 at Newcastle Civic Centre. Judging will take place by Chartered Institute of Housing North East Regional Board Members, supported by a member of CIH Governing Board and invited Housing Professionals during week of 10 March Shortlisted candidates will be notified during the week of 17 March If you are shortlisted for an award you will be required to purchase a minimum of 2 tickets for the awards dinner at 45 plus VAT each. A table of 10 will cost 450 plus VAT. Once tickets are purchased, refunds cannot be given. Chartered Institute of Housing North East reserve the right to extend the closing deadline, amend categories or not award categories should the standard of entries not reach the required standard. Winning case studies may be used in post event materials to promote future events or best practice. Entrants have the right to mark any information or sensitive parts of the entry as not for publication or distribution. When submitting entries please try to give as much relevant and concise information as possible. If you wish to support this with photographs then this is acceptable. Please register your interest by ing Gavin Brown at gavin@getkonect.com. The evening is a black tie event. Eligibility for entering is that the eventual winner is a person, team or project based within the North East of England. Awards indicated * will only be awarded to current CIH members. All awards must be nominated by a current CIH member. You can enter as many categories as you wish. Please do not exceed the word limit of 1500 words per entry. If entering the student of the year category you must be studying or have studied a CIH qualification in the last 12 months. The judging panel s decision is final and no correspondence will entered into or feedback given regarding the selection of shortlisted nominations or winners. Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us

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