Housing tenants honoured for achievements

A prestigious awards ceremony to celebrate the achievement and participation of tenants for the great work they do within their communities and projects has taken place in Denbighshire.

The Denbighshire Housing Awards, held at the 1891 Restaurant in Rhyl on Thursday (29 September) was a celebration of all that tenants and communities achieve as well as showcasing projects they are involved in across the county.

This year’s award sponsors were Brenig Construction who are the lead contractor on the Llwyn Eirin project in Denbigh which contains the first new council homes to be designed and built for the Denbighshire area in 30 years.

The winners announced at the event were:

• Tenant of the Year- Gwenda Williams

• Young Tenant of the Year (under 25)  - Makayla Flynn

• Good Neighbour of the Year -   Gwyndaf ‘Jock’ Davies

• Housing Resident / Community Group of the Year – Trem y Foel Community Centre, Ruthin

• Customer Services Award for Denbighshire Housing – Owen Evans

• Community Project of the Year- Community Hwb Cymunedol Pengwern, Llangollen

• Community Hero – Jonathan Lawton

• Garden of the Year – Community area – Gellifor and Llangynhafal

• Garden of the Year – Tenant/individual- Carolyn Philips and Alun Scourfield

• Garden of the Year – Communal area – Llys Offa

• Lockdown Hero – Debbie Holmes

• Denbighshire Housing Award – Adam Garvey and Richard Jones from GCS Heating Services

Councillor Rhys Thomas, Cabinet Lead Member for Housing and Communities, said: “The Denbighshire Housing Awards continue to go from strength to strength. It’s great to bring communities and individuals together to celebrate what they have all achieved through hard work, determination and simply being great tenants.

“Day in day out we see a huge amount of positive work going on throughout our communities led by our tenants to help support and improve the quality of life for all.

“Being shortlisted for an award is an honour for those groups and individuals and our thanks go to them for their efforts in their local communities”.