Following the highly successful past three Awards Ceremonies, we are pleased to announce the celebrity host for the 2010 Awards is the popular comedian, Jason Manford. Jason follows on from TV Property Presenters George Clarke (2007&2008) and Sarah Beeny(2009).

Comedian; Writer and TV Presenter Jason began his career in 1999 while working at the Buzz Comedy Club in Manchester. At 17 he was collecting glasses when one of the performers did not turn up so he stepped in to fill the gap. Six gigs later he was crowned The City Life North west Comedian of the Year.

His first major TV appearance was when he was a guest on the Channel 4 show '8 out of 10 cats' presented by Jimmy Carr. Later he replaced David Spikey as Captain and since June 2007 has recorded 28 shows.

He has appeared in and hosted numerous TV and Radio shows including 'Live at the Apollo' and 'Comedy Shuffle' and is currently on tour having sold over 42,000 tickets. Jason was recently interviewed by Jonathon Ross, appeared on 'Saturday Kitchen' and joined Paddy McGuinness and Kimberley Walsh as a judge on 'Let's Dance for Sport Relief' 

Jason also enjoys raising money for charity and has supported Amnesty International, Manchester Hospital, Comic Relief, Children in Need, Victim Support, Prince's Trust and Migraine Action. He is at present focussing all his efforts on 'Save Babies UK'

Since 2007 over 1,000 housing professionals and partners have attended the awards to celebrate the achievements in the affordability sector. The event is now well established in the housing calendar as the only awards event organised by the sector, for the sector and is endorsed and supported by CLG, HCA, NHF, CABE and RSAW. If you would like to be involved in this high profile event, 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 RSL's   

 

 ***NEW FOR 2010***

REGIONAL AWARDS - Please visit the Award Category Page for details

2009 Overall winner - Catalyst Housing Group

Winner in both the ‘Best Regeneration’ and the overall ‘Best Affordable Housing Provider’ categories of the 2009 National Affordable Home Ownership Awards, Catalyst Housing Group was honoured to be recognised for the outstanding contribution made to affordable housing and specifically for the regeneration of the Page Road Estate, Bedfont, London.

The awards have been a huge boost in what has been a difficult year across the housing industry. They served as an important reminder that celebrating achievements across the affordable housing industry is just as important in the challenging times as it has been in previous years.

Rod Cahill, Chief Executive of Catalyst said: ‘I am really proud of what Catalyst has achieved. Catalyst is a big organisation, but for too long we have been shy about our achievements. It was wonderful to be recognised by the industry for all we had done in the past year and winning the awards was the start of a new outward looking year for us.’

Catalyst would urge RSLs to enter this year’s Affordable Home Ownership Awards, the opening date for entries is Friday 16th April and the closing date is 5pm on Monday 14th June for further details and entry forms please visit http://www.housingawards.co.uk/ or call Event-X on 0208 668 6969/3311