Celebrating excellence in involvement at the TPAS 2011 awards
Wednesday October 6th, 2010
Tenants and providers are being invited to celebrate everything that is good about resident involvement and empowerment as the 2011 TPAS Awards are launched.
The 2011 awards will be TPAS's biggest celebration of outstanding achievements to date, and following extensive consultation and feedback , three new titles will be handed out to reflect the work taking place across England.
This year for the first time TPAS will recognise the best Young Tenant of the Year, the Tenant / Resident Involvement Team of the Year, and the best initiative in Equality and Diversity.
The new categories are in addition to the following established six awards that are also up for grabs:
Best Practice in the Community
Best Practice in Supporting People
Best Practice in Youth Involvement
Tenant liaison officer of the year (landlord)
Tenant liaison officer of the year (contractor)
Tenant of the Year
Each award will be initially contested in three regions; north, central and south, with award ceremonies at the Palace Hotel, Manchester on 11 February, St John's Hotel, Birmingham on 1 April, and the Grand Connaught Rooms, London on 6 May respectively.
Winners from each region will then go into the national final that will be held during TPAS's annual national conference.
The judging panel will be led by one of the leading figures in the UK housing industry, the Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing, Sarah Webb.
Tenants who go the extra mile, innovative pioneering schemes and team efforts that make communities safer and more desirable places to live is the type of work that TPAS's Connecting People Awards recognises and celebrates.
TPAS Chief Executive, Michelle Reid, said: "We know there are great people across England who continue to carry out fantastic work. We're really keen to hear about them so we can share this knowledge and inspiration, and of course, recognise it with our awards.
"The 2011 awards are going to be bigger and better than ever with three new categories added to better reflect the diversity of our membership and I'm really looking forward to working with the judges to review the entries when the start coming in."
Pop star and former X-Factor finalist, Laura White will be performing live at the national final which will be compèred by BBC Manchester radio personality Michael Shaft.
The deadlines to enter are:
Northern section: 1 December 2010; shortlisting announced w/c 13 December
Central section: 28 January 2011; shortlisting announced w/c 14 February
Southern section: 4 March 2011; shortlisting announced w/c 14 March
Visit http://www.thetpasawards.org.uk/nominate to enter the awards.
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