Parkway Green Win National Awards

Published by Toby Belshaw for Parkway Green Housing Trust in Housing

Parkway Green was delighted to win at the 2012 National Housing Maintenance Forum Awards (NMHF).

The Trust won the ‘Best In House Repairs Team’ category at the awards in Stratford which take place every year to recognise best practice in maintenance within social housing.

One aspect of the winning entry focused on Parkway Green’s ‘PG Gateway’ project which it is currently completing in partnership with regeneration consortium, Procure Plus. The programme sees students from local schools spend three days per week during term time in school, and the remaining two days working with Parkway Green’s fencing team learning transferable skills such as time management, communication and reliability, which will ultimately help prepare them for the world of work.

They also won the Gold Award for ‘Best Gas Service Provider’ and the top five places for their Gas Servicing Technicians who were singled out for their meticulous and diligent work. This was in competition with over 200 gas contractors nationally with over 1,000 engineers competing.

Operational Manager at Parkway Green Mike Richmond said, “We’re over the moon to win this award, as it’s national recognition that we are doing the very best we can for our customers. I have to thank the team for all their hard work as the benchmark has been raised, we will continue to strive for excellence and see if we can win Best Repairs and Gas Organisation two years in a row.”

Chief Executive of Parkway Green Nigel Wilson said, “This is a fantastic achievement and I’m delighted that the hard work of our Repairs team has been recognised nationally. Congratulations to the team for all their hard work.”

For more information on the awards please visit http://www.nhmf.co.uk/awards/index.html