Kingdom Housing Association celebrates double win at CIH Scotland Housing Awards
Kingdom Housing Association pick up awards for Excellence in Leadership and Excellence in Professionalism
Kingdom Housing Association is celebrating after a double win at the recent CIH Scotland Awards, the country’s annual awards for excellence in housing, lifting the awards for Excellence in Professionalism and Excellence in Leadership.
At a ceremony, held virtually, the CIH Scotland Awards recognised and celebrated the creativity, passion, and innovation of housing organisations and individuals across Scotland’s sector.
Kingdom’s culture change programme won the award for Excellence in Professionalism. Bill Banks, the Kingdom Group Chief Executive, won the award for Excellence in Leadership.
Kingdom Group Chief Executive Bill Banks said: “All housing providers are having to deal with unprecedented challenges due to Covid-19. However, the CIH awards recognition has demonstrated how agile and resilient we are as a sector.
“I’m really pleased that Kingdom had nine shortlisted entries across six CIH Awards categories. This is testament to the great work all our teams across the organisation are doing to deliver on our objectives and services to our tenants and communities. I was particularly pleased that we picked up the Excellence in Professionalism Award. It recognised the work we have been implementing as part of our culture change programme over the last few years.
On a personal level, I was surprised and delighted to be awarded the Excellence in Leadership Award and would like to thank CIH Scotland for the award and recognise the support from the Kingdom Board and Management Team and our enthusiastic staff teams who make my job so much easier.”
Matthew Busher, Kingdom’s Interim Director of Housing, said: “Supporting the development of professionalism within the sector is a key aim of the CIH, so, at Kingdom, we’re delighted to have our efforts recognised through this award.
“Over the past three years, we have put in place a number of key measures that have contributed to developing a positive working culture, enhancing employee engagement, providing increased learning and development opportunities for employees and, ultimately, resulting in improved outcomes for our customers. There is, of course, always more to do, and we are looking forward to the next steps in our ongoing development, thanks to the full commitment of our staff team, management and board.”
With nine shortlisted entries across six different categories, Kingdom Housing Association was well represented throughout the awards ceremony, gaining recognition in the Excellence in Development of Affordable Housing category for Bertha Park in Perth, South Avenue in Blairhall and phase one of Fraser Avenue in Inverkeithing.
Kingdom’s Housing Team and Capital Investment Team were shortlisted in the Housing Team of the Year category, graduate trainee Eilidh MacDonald was shortlisted in the Inspirational Young Housing Professional category, and Kingdom’s Graduate Trainee Programme, in partnership with the University of Stirling, rounded off the shortlisted entries in the Working in Partnership category.