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SARAH BEENY TO HOST 2009 AWARDS We are pleased to announce that the celebrity host for the 2009 Awards is Channel 4’s presenter of ‘Property Ladder'. Enjoying the opportunity to bring property to the nation, Sarah has fronted many other shows such as ‘Pay Off Your Mortgage', ‘Streets Ahead' and ‘Britain's Best Home', as well as being a regular contributor to magazines such as Homebuyer, New Woman and At Home. Sarah is now a regular writer for The Sunday Times and has written several bestselling books. Sarah has hosted Grand Designs Live and the Ideal Home Show. Following the immensely successful 2007 and record breaking 2008 Affordable Home Ownership Housing Awards, we are pleased to announce the 2009 Awards Ceremony on Thursday 3rd September. For 2009, we are delighted to have as our host, Channel 4's Presenter of 'Property Ladder', Sarah Beeny. Sarah takes up the baton from George Clarke, who hosted and judged the awards in 2007 & 2008. 2007 saw 300 housing professionals attend the event and for 2008, numbers were over 350 plus a waiting list for tickets. There are a number of opportunities for sponsorship and exhibition that include the following: Opportunities to demonstrate your support for RSLs operating within the low cost intermediate housing sector Opportunities to access high profile decision makers within the sector Raise your profile within affordable housing Unrivalled networking with a wide range of RSLs WHY NOT BE PART OF THIS FANTASTIC EVENT AND SPONSOR YOUR OWN AWARD? Sarah Beeny enjoys judging Affordable Home Ownership Awards, makes housing confession Some people ignore her advice on TV but Channel 4 property presenter Sarah Beeny is determined to speak her mind about the Affordable Home Ownership Awards 2009. “There’s something fantastic about encouraging people to do something that’s a good thing - and affordable housing is a good thing,” Beeny said during a break from judging the awards, which are supported by the National Housing Federation, the Homes and Communities Agency, Communities and Local Government (CLG) and the Royal Society of Architects in Wales (RSAW). “When we have the awards ceremony (3 September), that’s celebrating good practice,” Beeny said. “I’m not saying the stick should not exist but the carrot is a better way to encourage people to be excellent and what these awards are doing is encouraging people to be outstandingly good.” Beeny is in no doubt as to why housing associations should enter the awards, sponsored by Savills. “If you win an award, you’re recognised by your industry and recognised by the press, then it was probably worth making a bit more extra effort,” she said. “It encourages other people to think, ‘Maybe I’ll make a bit more effort and hopefully I might win an award next year.’” Beeny could talk about housing forever. “I’ve always liked housing. If you’re fortunate enough to do something for a living that you happen to find interesting, then you kind of like talking about it,” Beeny said. “I like talking about other things as well! I have a dating website.” Beeny is expecting her fourth child in October but her oldest – a five-year-old son - has yet to pick up the housing bug. “No, he isn’t in his own house yet,” she jokes. “I’m thinking about him moving out.” She might be fearless on the telly but had Beeny enjoyed her first time as a judge? “It’s been really interesting, very exciting. I have looked at them (the awards) before and it’s one of those things where you think, ‘I must get more involved in that.’” Looking relaxed during the interview, Beeny dispenses blunt one-line prescriptions: “Buildings need people to live in them, to look after them.” “Housing is in pretty good shape compared to the rest of the economy (where) we are in serious pooh” “I don’t think there will be a generation of people who never own their own homes - some people won’t, some people will.” Beeny welcomed more realistic house prices while recognising the human toll of the past year. And there was a last-minute confession from the housing superstar. “I can’t really incentivise myself to finish our house rather than have a glass of wine and sit in the garden,” Beeny admitted. “I hate moving home.” Low Cost Home Ownership Awards 2009 Shortlist Awards Sponsored by Savills Congratulations to the following short-listed organizations: Most innovating marketing approach – Sponsored by Smart New Homes London and Quadrant Sentinel Inplace Best regeneration project – Sponsored by Site-Sales Metropolitan Catalyst Knightstone Creating and sustaining diversity – Sponsored by G3 Sovereign Metropolitan Best large development – Sponsored by GTA Southern Metropolitan Swaythling Neighbourhoods and communities Drum Spectrum Inplace Best design Buschow Henley Circle Anglia Octavia Development partnership Southern Metropolitan Catalyst Customer care Southern Swaythling Moat Best small development Paper project Octavia Burrell Foley Fischer LLP Environmentally friendly scheme London and Quadrant Inplace Paradigm

SARAH BEENY TO HOST 2009 AWARDS

We are pleased to announce that the celebrity host for the 2009 Awards is Channel 4’s presenter of ‘Property Ladder'.

Enjoying the opportunity to bring property to the nation, Sarah has fronted many other shows such as ‘Pay Off Your Mortgage', ‘Streets Ahead' and ‘Britain's Best Home', as well as being a regular contributor to magazines such as Homebuyer, New Woman and At Home. Sarah is now a regular writer for The Sunday Times and has written several bestselling books. Sarah has hosted Grand Designs Live and the Ideal Home Show.

Following the immensely successful 2007 and record breaking 2008 Affordable Home Ownership Housing Awards, we are pleased to announce the 2009 Awards Ceremony on Thursday 3rd September. For 2009, we are delighted to have as our host, Channel 4's Presenter of 'Property Ladder', Sarah Beeny. Sarah takes up the baton from George Clarke, who hosted and judged the awards in 2007 & 2008.

2007 saw 300 housing professionals attend the event and for 2008, numbers were over 350 plus a waiting list for tickets.

There are a number of opportunities for sponsorship and exhibition that include the following:

Opportunities to demonstrate your support for RSLs operating within the low cost intermediate housing sector
Opportunities to access high profile decision makers within the sector
Raise your profile within affordable housing
Unrivalled networking with a wide range of RSLs

WHY NOT BE PART OF THIS FANTASTIC EVENT AND SPONSOR YOUR OWN AWARD?

Sarah Beeny enjoys judging Affordable Home Ownership Awards, makes housing confession

Some people ignore her advice on TV but Channel 4 property presenter Sarah Beeny is determined to speak her mind about the Affordable Home Ownership Awards 2009.

“There’s something fantastic about encouraging people to do something that’s a good thing - and affordable housing is a good thing,” Beeny said during a break from judging the awards, which are supported by the National Housing Federation, the Homes and Communities Agency, Communities and Local Government (CLG) and the Royal Society of Architects in Wales (RSAW).

“When we have the awards ceremony (3 September), that’s celebrating good practice,” Beeny said. “I’m not saying the stick should not exist but the carrot is a better way to encourage people to be excellent and what these awards are doing is encouraging people to be outstandingly good.”

Beeny is in no doubt as to why housing associations should enter the awards, sponsored by Savills.

“If you win an award, you’re recognised by your industry and recognised by the press, then it was probably worth making a bit more extra effort,” she said. “It encourages other people to think, ‘Maybe I’ll make a bit more effort and hopefully I might win an award next year.’”

Beeny could talk about housing forever. “I’ve always liked housing. If you’re fortunate enough to do something for a living that you happen to find interesting, then you kind of like talking about it,” Beeny said. “I like talking about other things as well! I have a dating website.”

Beeny is expecting her fourth child in October but her oldest – a five-year-old son - has yet to pick up the housing bug. “No, he isn’t in his own house yet,” she jokes. “I’m thinking about him moving out.”

She might be fearless on the telly but had Beeny enjoyed her first time as a judge? “It’s been really interesting, very exciting. I have looked at them (the awards) before and it’s one of those things where you think, ‘I must get more involved in that.’”

Looking relaxed during the interview, Beeny dispenses blunt one-line prescriptions:

“Buildings need people to live in them, to look after them.”

“Housing is in pretty good shape compared to the rest of the economy (where) we are in serious pooh”

“I don’t think there will be a generation of people who never own their own homes - some people won’t, some people will.”

Beeny welcomed more realistic house prices while recognising the human toll of the past year. And there was a last-minute confession from the housing superstar.

“I can’t really incentivise myself to finish our house rather than have a glass of wine and sit in the garden,” Beeny admitted. “I hate moving home.”

Low Cost Home Ownership Awards 2009

Shortlist

Awards Sponsored by Savills

Congratulations to the following short-listed organizations:

Most innovating marketing approach – Sponsored by Smart New Homes