Scottish Empty Homes Awards 2022

Scottish Empty Homes Partnership Conference - 22 March 2022

Nominations are now closed for the Auction House Scotland 11th Scottish Empty Homes Awards and finalists will be announced soon.

The awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding work and achievements of individuals and organisations in the revitalisation of empty homes across Scotland.

Now in its eleventh year, the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership and its network of Empty Homes Officers and partners across Scotland have helped to bring more than 6,600 empty homes back into use.

The Auction House Scotland 11th Scottish Empty Homes Awards are a great opportunity to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of the people behind this progress, as our network continues with its mission to transform empty spaces into thriving places.

Finalists are as follows:

Best Before and After – This award recognises the best transformation of an empty home. Each nominee submitted before and after photos that tell the story of how the empty space has become a thriving place.
Finalists:
• Ardbeg Road, Argyll & Bute Council
• Cullipool, Argyll & Bute Council
• Tonge, Western Isles Council

Outstanding Individual – This award is to recognise a practitioner who has come up with a particularly innovative solution for empty homes work, or shown tenacity, dedication, and hard work to develop an empty homes service.
Finalists:
• Anu Kasim, Aberdeen Council
• Dawn Cadwell, East Ayrshire Council
• Elaine Hall, Falkirk Council

Outstanding Team – This award is for an exceptional team of people working together to tackle empty homes and bringing homes back into use.
Finalists:
• Argyll & Bute Council
• Falkirk Council
• South Ayrshire Council

Best Old Wreck – This award is for the best restoration of a long-term empty home. We know that the longer a home is empty, the harder it becomes to bring it back into use. We think overcoming these additional challenges deserve recognition.
Finalists:
• Cullipool, Argyll & Bute Council
• Langholm Police Station, SOSCH (South of Scotland Community Housing)
• The Sheiling, Argyll & Bute Council