Gold Award 2006

Yvette Cooper with Gold Award winnersFive housing associations were named as the very first winners of the Housing Corporation’s Gold Award for Excellence 2006. 

The winners collected their awards from Yvette Cooper MP, Minister for Housing and Planning, at a ceremony held in London's South Bank

The five winners were chosen from 12 finalists.  Each winner received £50,000 to fund a nine month knowledge sharing programme.

The two themes for 2006 were:

Further information on the winners'projects, along with a link to their own webpage, can be found on the following pages:

For Tackling Homelessness: For Innovation in Procurement:
  • Fusion21 (Riverside Group Limited, Maritime Housing association, Knowsley Housing Trust, Helena Housing Association, Plus Housing Group, Arena Housing Group) 
  • Advantage South West (Ocean Housing Group, South Somerset Homes, Devon and Cornwall Housing, North Devon Homes)

The 2006 CD toolkit contains all information the winners shared with the social housing sector.  Should you have any questions or would like a copy of the CD toolkit please contact the Gold team directly.