Introducing this year's celebrity host
Lorraine Kelly
Lorraine Kelly is best known for her own show LK Today on GMTV, which goes out live four days a week. The programme is fast moving packed with glitz, glamour and gossip, attracting huge audiences.
On top of the GMTV slot Lorraine has also been seen presenting various shows across other channels and is also no stranger to radio either.
We welcome her as host for the Neighbourhood Awards 2008.
New-look categories for 2008
We aim to make each years awards bigger and bigger and for 2008 we have changed some of thecategories
Key dates in 2008
Award entries open: 7 April
Awards entries close: 23 May(extended)
Tenant judging open: 6 June
Tenant judging close: 6 July
Shortlisted announced: 18 July
Overall winner announced: 18 September
Please note the only date that refers to the What We Are Proud Of category is the overall winner announcement.
What We Are Proud Of event calendar
All events have now taken place and we have all our regional finalists who go through with a chance to win the Overall National Housing Federation Neighbourhood Award.
About the awards
History of the awards
The awards grew out of iN business for neighbourhoods - new way of thinking about housing which is transforming the way people see housing associations, and began life as the iNbiz Awards in 2004.
In 2006, the iNbiz Awards became the Neighbourhood Awards to focus on housing associations' vital neighbourhood role. Since then, awards' reputation has gone from strength to strength.
The Neighbourhood Awards are held every September at the Federation's annual conference at Birmingham's ICC. Glitzy and fun, they allow housing associations and other invited guests to celebrate the sector at its best.
The awards are highly respected in the housing sector and unique because they are judged by tenants.
How the awards work
The entry process is all online via this website. The entries are also judged online by tenants, who are nominated by housing associations from across the country.
The overall winner is selected from among the category winners by a panel of expert judges. Winners are announced at a gala dinner and awards ceremony by a celebrity host. Hosts so far have been Rhona Cameron, Ruby Wax, Eamonn Holmes and Trisha Goddard.
The awards are free to enter for all full members of the National Housing Federation.
Entering the awards will give you the opportunity to celebrate success with your staff and tenants. Winning gives you the opportunity to share it with everyone else. So make entering the Neighbourhood Awards a priority.
