What we're proud of
We're proud to be a business for social purpose and have
won or been shorlisted for a wide range of awards across all
areas of our business.
Our flagship development Graylingwell Park, in
Chichester, set to be the largest carbon neutral development
in the UK, is a finalist in the 2010 Sustainable Housing
Awards in the Sustainable Large Social Housing Project of the Year
category.
Congratulations to Affinity Sutton resident Melv Chislett
who has been shortlisted in the Homes & Communities Awards 2010
Outstanding Commitment category. The winner will
be announced at the awards ceremony, held at the
Roundhouse, North London on 23 September 2010.
Last year we were once again shortlisted in the Sustainable
Housing Awards in the Energy Saving Initiative Category after 17
householders in Yates Close, Camber Sands, East Sussex signed up to
have their roofs fitted with two solar thermal panels to heat their
hot water – with the aim of supplying it for free during the summer
and reduce costs in the winter.
Our Canning Town development, designed by Maccreanor Lavington
and part of the £3.7 billion Canning Town and Custom House
Regeneration programme, won the National Housing Design Award for
excellence in public housing design and layout - scooped the
‘Project with Great Potential’ award.
We also scooped three Royal Society for the Prevention of
Accidents Gold Award in 2009 and out of 800 Gold
Awards issued nationally only nine went to housing assocations.
The Bromley Active Living Centre, our free community
gym on the Queen Adelaide Estate, Penge was
also voted as a finalist in the ‘Social Regeneration Project
of the Year' category at last year's Regeneration and Renewal
Awards.
In
2008 Affinity Sutton and acclaimed architects Conran &
Partners were awarded the Building for Life Silver Standard for
their eco-friendly Atalanta Apartments, in Bevendean, near
Brighton.
The award is the second time the development partnership of
Affinity Sutton and Conran & Partners has been recognised for
its excellence in design after fellow Brighton scheme St James’s
Street Mews was shortlisted for a Brick Award.
The boutique development which mixes style and sustainability
provides six new one bedroom mews houses for key workers and was a
finalist in the Brick Award’s Best Public Housing Development
category.