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Radian resident shortlisted for ‘Tenant of the Year’ award

Radian resident, Carol McCall has been shortlisted for a prestigious ‘Tenant of the Year’ award. Carol, who lives in Sawyers Close, Windsor was nominated for the TPAS (Tenant Participation Advisory Service) Awards, southern region.

Carol has been involved with Radian and before it, Windsor Housing for the last 15 years. She is now the vice chair of the Thames Area panel, sits on the Radian Residents Council, is a founding member of and now Chairs Sawyers Close Residents association and sits on numerous boards within Radian. Carol is equally involved in her local community undertaking numerous voluntary roles.

Rachel Salter, Community Involvement Team Leader at Radian said, ’We are thrilled that Carol has been shortlisted for this award. We are very proud of Carol and grateful to her for the time, commitments and passion that she gives to her roles at Radian, she is a real inspiration to us, so this recognition of her achievement is brilliant’.

Carol’s commitment to her local community through her involvement with Radian, as a member of other local groups and her local volunteering has made a real and positive impact. Through the projects and groups with which Carol has been involved, anti-social behaviour (ASB) has been reduced, young and older residents have been provided with new opportunities and activities, rubble strewn ground has been replaced with new gardens and, as a result, the community is closer and stronger.

As well as committing significant time to helping Radian improve its services to its residents, Carol is a community crime fighter, the vice chair of the local youth club management committee and a volunteer for St. John’s Ambulance. Since Carol helped to start Sawyers Close Residents Association the ASB on the estate has reduced by 70%.

Award winning carer

Andrzej Wojcik, a support worker at Radian's Turnstone Support, has won Reed's Carer of the Year Regional Award and was a finalist at the National Carer of the Year Awards held at the Waldorf Hilton Hotel in London this week.

Originally from Poland, Andrzej has been working in social care for 11 years and began working for Turnstone in 2005 as a shift worker. Having previously cared for a blind person in America, Andrzej was keen to work in a one-on-one situation again and two years ago he saw a position available for a live-in support worker.

Affordable Home Ownership Awards

Radian has won an award at the Affordable Home Ownership Awards for the third year running. Representatives from Radian were presented with the 'Outstanding Achievement in the South' award at a ceremony yesterday at the Millennium Hotel London Mayfair, hosted by comedian Jason Manford.

Radian Rewarded For Retrofit Success By Sustain Magazine

3rd March 2010

Radian, a leading provider of housing and care in the South East of England, extended its award winning pedigree at the Sustain Magazine Awards held at Chelsea Football Club on Tuesday 2nd March. The national awards which celebrate the UK's leading organisations in Sustainability, Business and the Built Environment, recognised Radian as being the best for its contribution to saving energy.

The Award for Energy was handed to Radian for its pioneering project in Highfield Road, in Petersfield. This exemplar project has seen the retrofit of a group of 20 homes constructed from reinforced pre-cast concrete, and classified as 'hard to treat' in terms of energy efficiency improvements as they are of non-traditional construction and do not have cavity walls. The finished homes have been refurbished to reduce CO2 emissions by up to 85%, improving the Energy Performance Certificate band from E to B, and from a standard Assessment Process rating of 43 to 85.

Radian wins Inside Housing Sustainable Housing award

26th October 2009

Radian, a housing and care provider based in the south, has won yet more national recognition for its focus on sustainability at Inside Housing’s Sustainable Housing Awards last week. Radian won the prestigious “Social Housing Provider of the Year - Innovative Approach to Green Homes Award” at the ceremony hosted by channel 4’s news anchorman Jon Snow.

Lindsay Todd, Radian’s Chief Executive, said: “It is tremendous to have Radian's commitment to sustainable homes recognised by this award. It reflects the contribution of colleagues, customers, and boards throughout Radian, and would not have been possible without the support of local authority partners, contractors and professional advisors to support us in delivering our vision. I am especially pleased that it is our "innovative approach to green homes" that is recognised, since innovation will be essential if we are to meet the challenge of climate change.

Already acknowledged as a pioneer within the sector, many of Radian’s numerous sustainable projects have been adopted as best practice case studies, nationally and regionally. Radian’s experience in sustainable