We're very pleased to announce that there will now be four separate awards to be presented at the Empty Homes Conference 2014 (sponsored again this year by property guardian experts Ad Hoc Ltd.)
We'll give you further details about each of the awards over the next week or so, to give you plenty of time to work up your submissions. In the meantime, here are some details to whet appetites and get the wheels of creativity turning.
Firstly, we are very grateful that the Awards Ceremony is again sponsored by Grafton UK Ltd. Grafton have become well-known in the empty homes practitioner world for their services around tracing hard-to-find owners; this is now complemented by a more comprehensive service to assist in complex projects.
Grafron are also, for a third year year, sponsoring the Empty Homes Network Practitioner of the Year Award 2014 - awarded to an individual full member of the Empty Homes Network who has demonstrated outstanding qualities.
Carson Millican, Director of Empty Property Solutions Ltd., is again sponsoring the Most Innovative Intervention of the Year award for 2013-14, inviting case studies that highlight creativity and innovation in applied to individual cases.
There are two new awards this year.
Firstly, Habitat for Humanity and self-help-housing.org are jointly sponsoring the Best LA/Community Group Partnership Award to help highlight excellence in joint working between local authorities and community groups, self-help-housing organisations etc.
Finally, we are pleased to welcome the brand new LA/Housing Association Partnership of the Year Award, a new award sponsored by London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
Thanks to Ad Hoc Property Management Ltd. for supporting the empty homes practitioner community through sole sponsorship of the Empty Homes Conference 2014.
Grafron are also, for a third year year, sponsoring the Empty Homes Network Practitioner of the Year Award 2014 - awarded to an individual full member of the Empty Homes Network who has demonstrated outstanding qualities.
Carson Millican, Director of Empty Property Solutions Ltd., is again sponsoring the Most Innovative Intervention of the Year award for 2013-14, inviting case studies that highlight creativity and innovation in applied to individual cases.
There are two new awards this year.
Firstly, Habitat for Humanity and self-help-housing.org are jointly sponsoring the Best LA/Community Group Partnership Award to help highlight excellence in joint working between local authorities and community groups, self-help-housing organisations etc.
Finally, we are pleased to welcome the brand new LA/Housing Association Partnership of the Year Award, a new award sponsored by London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
Thanks to Ad Hoc Property Management Ltd. for supporting the empty homes practitioner community through sole sponsorship of the Empty Homes Conference 2014.