The 2001 National
Awards presentation dinner was held in Brisbane on
the 23rd October - the evening of the Community
Housing Federation of Australia’s community housing
day, and the night before the National Housing Conference,
Our Homes Our Communities Our Future.
Over 160 people from
across the country, as well as international guests, all
came together to celebrate the presentation of
the national awards and the achievements of the sector.
This year over 40 entries from organisations across 5
states and 1 territory were received. The entries reflected
the
broad ranging work of the sector with applications from
housing associations, co-operatives, local government,
church groups,
regional bodies and national non-government organisations
and Indigenous organisations. The entries illustrated
the range of exciting and innovative work being undertaken
in the sector.
This past year saw the formalisation of
the Awards with the establishment of a National Awards
Council. The Council
aims
to plant the Awards firmly in the culture of the community
housing sector and to celebrate and bring into the
public arena the excellent work that is being undertaken
to
house people across the nation.
The members of the
Council were:
Denise Dwyer - NSW Standards and Accreditation Unit
Carolyn Gale - Office of Housing, Victoria
Alan Fairley - City of Adelaide, SA
Maria Demasi - Community Housing Council of SA
Chris Gould - Bayside Housing (tenant representative)
Mathew Woodward, MACH, SA
The 2001 awards were
presented by Karen Barnett, Executive Officer of St Kilda
Housing Association, VIC -
2000 winner of the Award for Overall Excellence in
Community Housing; The Hon. Robert Schwarten, Qld Minister
for Public
Works and Housing; Richard Kitson, President of the
UK Chartered Institute of Housing; and Gordon Tonkin,
Manager Heath Lambert
Group - Official sponsor of the 2001 Award for excellence
in organisational management. |
