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May 2017

Unity recognised in AHI Professional Excellence Award

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On the evening of Tuesday, May 23, the Australasian Housing Institute (AHI) held its bi-annual South Australian Awards for Excellence in Social Housing at The Tivoli Hotel in Adelaide’s CBD.

Unity Housing were recognised for leadership and excellence in the sector by winning three of the eight award categories. Unity, our staff and tenants were awarded as winners in the following categories:

Category: Tenant Led Initiative
Winner: UnityTenant Art Exhibition
For the art exhibition that was planned and conducted as part of the SA Living Artists Festival by a group of Unity boarding house and community housing tenants, led by Sheree Lockwood (tenant) and auspiced by Mel Allsop (Community Development Worker).

Category: Excellence in Social Housing
Winner: Unity and Bedford Alliance
For the complex and collegiate planning and implementation process and the tenant outcomes achieved by the partnership Alliance between Unity and Bedford, the largest housing transfer of its type in South Australia.

Category: Outstanding Achievement
Winner: Matthew Woodward
Recognition of Matthew’s leadership of Unity to become the premier community housing provider in South Australia, and for his contribution to the broader social housing sector over 25 years.

This prestigious event was attended by the Minister for Social Housing, Zoe Bettison, and senior executives from across the Government and Community Housing sectors.

All Unity Staff are proud of these awards which recognise the collective efforts of Unity’s tenants, staff and leadership. Each of these award winners will be entered into the AHI’s Australasian Awards for Excellence in Social Housing that will take place in November in Sydney.

Vote for Unity’s community woodworking enterprise

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More than 80 South Australian community groups, including Unity, are seeking funding and it’s now up to YOU to decide which of these projects receive the funds.

More than 80 South Australian community groups, including Unity Housing, are seeking funding and it’s now up to YOU to decide which of these projects receives the funds.

Unity’s Community Connect Program at the Boarding Houses has applied for State Government funding through Fund My Community to expand its woodworking program into a social enterprise. The Project, ‘Cut It Out’ Social Enterprise, will provide woodwork classes and a secure platform for selling woodwork items as well as support and mentoring for those seeking employment.

Applications for funding through Fund My Community are successful if they receive enough votes from individuals who are registered. This is where your help is needed. Anyone living in South Australia can take part in deciding which projects get funded during the process called the ‘community assessment’. This involves South Australians creating and submitting a plan that outlines which projects they would support with the $1 million available. The community assessment for the 2017 round is now open.

To create a plan just log in to your YourSAy account (or create one if you don’t already have one), review the projects and select the ones you want to support while making sure that you meet the following guidelines:

  • select at least one project of each size (small, medium and large)
  • select projects from at least four categories
  • allocate between $700,000 and $1 million
  • submit your plan before 5pm Monday, May 29 2017.

The ‘Cut It Out’ Social Enterprise is a medium sized project (seeking $45,000 over 12 months).

Please register on the YourSAy website and submit a plan that includes the Unity Housing submission.