Award success for Sadeh Lok

Sadeh Lok has beaten tough competition to win a prestigious Northern Silver Screen Award, which is an initiative run by the Northern Housing Consortium. Sadeh Lok won for their innovative employment programme UP & Working, which helps residents overcome barriers, develop new skills and get back in to employment.     

The Northern Silver Screen awards were designed to demonstrate current examples of excellent housing and community initiatives within the Social Housing Sector. The UP & Working project won the Big Society category, competing against a variety of Housing Associations including East North East Homes Leeds, Stockport Homes and Guinness Northern Counties.

The award ceremony was held at York Races on Tuesday 23^rdNovember as part of the Northern Housing Consortium Annual Conference, where a five minute video about the UP & Working project was showcased to all delegates. A judging panel, made up of industry professionals and housing experts selected the UP & Working project from a category that included projects surrounding key Big Society issues such as Anti-Social Behaviour and youth offending.

Sadeh Lok Acting Chief Executive Paul Dolan commented “we are pleased to receive such a prestigious award and appreciate that our hard work has been recognised by our peers. We offer our residents a holistic approach to employment providing them with support packages tailored to their individual needs, with the ultimate goal of getting them back into work. With new housing benefit legislation coming into effect in 2012 it is now more important than ever that Housing Associations provide their residents with the necessary support, advice and guidance to ensure they are fully prepared for the changes ahead”. 

For more information about UP & Working and the services they offer contact Zara Brook on 0800 051 0299 or email zarab@upandworking.com.