Sheffield extra care scheme scoops silver at national housing awards

Roman Ridge extra care scheme in Sheffield received a silver award from the Elderly Accommodation Council at an awards ceremony in London this week.

The Sanctuary team who work at the extra care scheme in Lavender Way, had been nominated by their own residents for the award in the ‘Housing with Care 60-99 Units’ category at the EAC’s third annual National Housing for Older People Awards.

The awards ceremony took place on Monday 21 May and was attended by over 100 professionals, including housing providers, managers, commissioners and developers.

Roman Ridge’s manager Alan Taylor, who attended the event, said: “We were absolutely thrilled to receive this award. I would like to pay tribute to my team at Roman Ridge whose hard work and dedication to our residents made all of this possible.

“This award is particularly special because it was our residents who nominated us, and it is for them that we do what we do.”

By May 2012, over 10,000 older people will have participated in the resident’s consultation initiative.

This is the third year for the EAC Awards which is the largest consumer exercise of its type. The awards report on housing choice, lifestyle, management, services, and wellbeing and this year 2799 residents took part, nominating 298 schemes across the country.

Photo: The Sanctuary team from Roman Ridge, Sheffield receive their award