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We are delighted by the quality of the entries for our annual Innovation & Good Practice Awards. A big thank you to all of you who took the time to enter and for all your amazing work with older people across the UK. It is inspiring!
We feel the following organisations and projects have demonstrated some of the best ways to work creatively to provide quality housing and support to meet the needs of our ageing population.
Entries are judged by a panel of experts and the winners will be presented with their awards by our patron Esther Rantzen CBE on April 29th at the Museum of London Docklands.
We hope they provide lots of ideas and inspiration for you
Just click the links for the project details and reasons why they have made the final.
Introducing the finalists!
The Abbeyfield Society – Coping at Christmas Campaign
A campaign which aims to raise awareness of older lonely people in communities who may spend Christmas alone. Opening the doors of 130 homes across the UK for 12 days over Christmas and offering free meals, companionship and, in some homes, an overnight stay for those who wanted to spend the time amongst friends. Find out more..
Innisfree HA – Allotment (a-lot-meant) for Health & Growth
A disused allotment site from Brent Council that has been cultivated and divided into 12 raised bed plots. Older Irish tenants of Innisfree spend their spare time working with others growing things. Innisfree has been offered a second plot to cultivate and develop into a themed fruit garden. Find out more..
RCT Homes – Valleys, Views and Voices
Working in partnership with RNIB Cymru/Action on Hearing Loss to develop services for tenants with sensory loss including a Sensory Support Officer to ensure outcomes based housing related support is offered to help tenants sustain and fulfil their tenancies. Find out more..
RCT Homes – Summerdale Scrum
A sporting reminiscence project aimed at expanding the social lives of older people and to break down barriers between old and young. Pupils from Llanilltyd Fardre Primary School produced a film about the history of Pontypridd Rugby Club and interviewed tenants from Summerdale Close to record their memories of the club. Find out more..
Riverside ECHG – Tenant Safeguarding Awareness Training
A ‘Tenant Safeguarding Awareness Programme’ project group involving tenants and staff was set up as a result of an investigation in 2011/12 into safeguarding cases in the sheltered service to raise tenants’ awareness and to reduce incidences of abuse,. The resulting Tenants Safeguarding Training Programme was delivered throughout the Manchester Region and is now being delivered in Derby and Nottingham and across Liverpool and Merseyside later this year. Find out more..
Riverside Housing ECHG – Pembroke House
Two units of temporary accommodation for vulnerable older people for up to 16 weeks while urgent repairs/adaptations are carried out in their homes, and for those older people who would otherwise have to stay in hospital because their homes are unfit to return to after an operation. There have been cost savings for the NHS and the Local Authority, older people have been supported to maintain independence, and the housing organisation has benefitted from more sustainable tenancies. Find out more..
Waterloo Housing Group/Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust (BSMHFT) – Steps Project
Starting with a facilities day (STEPS), this partnership has enabled BSMHFT to establish support and therapy groups for older people with mental health distress and to enable them to receive on-going support in the community. Find out more..
A2Dominion Housing Group Ltd – “Activities R Us”
Project work carried out by the A2Dominion Activities team in an extra-care setting to promote and enhance social interaction and inclusion of older people. Activities and opportunities are shaped with the help of clients, are person centred and sit outside the stereotypical norm for older people. Find out more..
Waltham Forest HA Ltd -The Sunshine Club
A monthly group for sheltered residents with the primary aim of enhancing the lives of people with dementia. Providing friendship, specifically designed activities, reminiscence events, and specific dementia equipment including toolkits and books. It also enables tenants without dementia to better understand the illness their neighbours have and how they can support them and help to improve their lives. Find out more..
Waltham Forest HA Ltd - Health Professionals Training
A project developed in response to increasing numbers of complaints from residents about their discharge from a local hospital which left them feeling vulnerable and sometimes having to be re-admitted. Originally designed for nursing staff who specifically work on older people’s wards, training sessions are now also being delivered for social care staff. Find out more..
Clanmil HA - Treasure House Project
A Big Lottery funded project delivered in partnership with National Museums Northern Ireland (NMNI), providing opportunities for older people to increase their cognitive skills, gain confidence and motivation and to meet new people. Activities include monthly visits to museums. Find out more..
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