Sandwell Homes scoops national award

Sandwell Homes has won a national award in recognition of its Tenancy Support Service.

The organisation won against strong competition from seven other service providers in the ‘Best Social Care Team’ category at the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) awards ceremony in Cardiff.

The service is now five years old and since 2004 has supported nearly 1000 people to achieve independence.

Sandwell Homes was also represented by the Sandwell Decent Homes Partnership - a finalist in the best Public/Private partnership working category.

Chief executive, Brian Oakley, said of the success: “Once again Sandwell Homes has been successful at a national awards ceremony. This latest achievement is testament to the hard work of Tenancy Support who provide short term support to vulnerable people in their own homes in each of the six towns of Sandwell.”

Between them, Sandwell Homes and Sandwell Council projects notched up five finalist places and two overall wins with the council also being a finalist in the overall ‘Council of the Year in Service Delivery’ category.

The other three council finalists were Tibbington Estate, Sandwell's Safer Stronger Communities Fund - Best Housing and Regeneration Initiative; Let's Make Sandwell Sparkle - Best Environmental Initiative; and Find it in Sandwell, which won the Best Information and Communication Technology Initiative.