Awards

Our Customer Taskforce, which contacted more than 58,000 customers across our six affordable housing businesses during the first national lockdown was awarded Silver in the Best Customer Contact Strategy in a Crisis category at the 2020 Engage Awards.  

Our joint-venture with Urban Splash, Smith's Dock, was named winner of the Best Regeneration Initiative and highly commended in the Best Design Four Storeys or More categories at the 2020 Housebuilder Awards.

Our Marketing and PR team was awarded Gold and our Internal Communication Team Silver at the 2020 BOC Brilliance Awards. 

We've been recognised at the 2020 WhatHouse? Awards.

We were awarded Silver in the Best Large Housebuilder category and our Brooklands development also picked up Bronze in the Best Public Realm category.

Port Loop, our joint-venture with Urban Splash, picked up Silver for Best Regeneration Scheme.

Our Tornagrain development in Scotland won Silver in the Best Exterior and Bronze in the Best House categories. 

The Waterfront Townhouse at 55 Degrees North in Edinburgh was also awarded Bronze in the Best House category.

We've been named joint winner of the Social Impact Award at the Property Awards 2020 for our work making a significant difference in our communities.

Places for People has been shortlisted for the Proud to Help Award at the Building Awards 2020 for our work in providing vital support for communities, customers and businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Group Company, Millwood Designer Homes, picked up two awards at the Evening Standard News Homes Awards – Best Small Development for the Cherry Tree Lane in Ewhurst and Best out of London Home for Pond House at Cherry Tree.

Brooklands Square in Milton Keynes has been nominated for the The Pineapple Place in Progress at the 2020 Pineapple Awards.

Brooklands is a complete living experience, offering contemporary apartments and executive family homes.

Group company Derwent Living was named winner of the Community Focused Service / Product of the Year Award category at the 2020 TPAS Awards.

Derwent Living was praised for its Virtual Places project, which provided a virtual reality experience for older customers to support good mental health and reduce social isolation.

Our People First Strategy has been shortlisted at the UK Customer Experience Awards for Best Use of Insight and Feedback and Customers at the Heart of Everything - Utilities and Housing Provider.

Our People First Strategy puts customers, colleagues and clients at the heart of everything we do.

Smith's Dock, our joint-venture development with Urban Splash has been shortlisted for Apartment Development of the Year at the British Homes Awards.

Smith's Dock, North Shields is an innovative coastal community close to Newcastle City Centre.

The Brick House at Port Loop in Birmingham, our joint venture with Urban Splash was named winner at the Housing Design Awards 2020.