Awards and Accolades
Part of our vision is 'to become an excellent organisation that delivers quality homes and services'. We hope that in becoming an excellent organisation this is recognised by both our customers, colleagues, partners and peers.
Since launching in July 2007, here are a few of ways this has been recognised:
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Investors In People (IIP) Silver Award This fantastic success builds on our initial IIP accreditation back in 2007 when we first set up as an organisation. The assessor was complementary about many areas of our business including having clear organisational goals, excellent communication between staff members and strong leadership at different levels of the organisation. |
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UK Housing Award 2011 Winner Salix Homes won the Valuing Equality and Diversity category for its groundbreaking ‘making differences count' project at the UK Housing Awards. Salix Homes were given the award at the prestigeous UK Housing Awards organised by the Chartered Institute of Housing and Inside Housing. You can read more about the awards in our news section. |
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National Apprenticeship Service
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BSI OHSAS 18001 standard (Awarded June 2011) |
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UK Housing Award 2010 Winner
In November 2010, Salix Homes were awarded a trio of awards at the prestigeous UK Housing Awards organised by the Chartered Institute of Housing and Inside Housing. The award was in recognition of our Customer Senate: our ground breaking approach to involving our customers in shaping and improving services. You can read more about the awards in our news section. |
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TPAS Quality Mark Accreditation Salix Homes are the first organisation in the North West to achieve this award which secures our reputation of putting customers at the heart of everything we do. You can read more about the quality mark by visiting the TPAS website.
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Housemark ASB Accreditation The assessors were particularly impressed with our 1st Response service which allows customers to report anti-social 24 hours a day. They also commended the partnership working of our Ordsall and Langworthy Clean, Green Safe Co-located team. You can read more about the accrediation by visiting the Housemark ASB accreditation webpage.
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Keep Britain Tidy: Cleaner Safer Greener Neighbourhood Quality Mark We were awarded the Quality Mark Accreditation in January for our Ordsall and Langworthy Neighbourhoods at the ‘performer' level. The assessors were particularly impressed with the level of partnership working and the Co-location Team that is clearly achieving results and improving our neighbourhoods. They were also very impressed by the commitment and dedication of our staff working in the neighbourhood teams. For information about the quality mark, visit the Keep Britain Tidy website.
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Equality Framework for Local Government We are one of the first Housing ALMO's to be assessed against this new criteria and our assessors were very impressed, particularly with our approach to transforming neighbourhoods, leadership, partnership and our organisational commitment. For more information on IDeA click here to visit their website. |
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Customer Service Excellence Accreditation |
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Young Learner and Employer of the Year 2008 |
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Promoting Equality of Opportunity Employer of the Year 2008 |
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Board Member of the Year 2008- 'Highly Commended'Deputy Chair of Salix Homes, John Cox was 'highly commended' at the National Federation of ALMOs' (NFA) Annual Awards ceremony in the Board Member of the Year category. The commendation recognises John's role in helping to establish a customer focussed culture in Salix Homes, known as the Salix Way. |
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Investor In People (IIP) (Awarded 2009) |
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Training Journal Conference & Awards (2009) |
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