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Recognising an




                                                                                                                              award-winning customer






                                                               Claire Darby, Senior Engagement Officer, receives              As well as celebrating those customers who go the extra mile in their communities
                                                               the Silver Tenant Participation Award from Sheenagh            with the 2025 Good Neighbour Awards and Customer Engagement Champions,
                                                               McNally, Supporting Communities, alongside Clanmil
                                                               customers Jack Close and Margaret Preshur at the               we also joined in the celebrations when Clanmil customer Elishia Mullan won the
                                                               Customer Engagement Conference in Belfast.                     Housing Hero (Tenant) category at the Chartered Institute of Housing Awards.


       Clanmil Awarded Silver for                                                                                             We nominated Elishia for her tireless work at          others to start their own community initiatives.
                                                                                                                              Caffrey, Belfast where she has been a voice
                                                                                                                                                                                     Her advice to fellow Clanmil customers is:
                                                                                                                              for customers, a volunteer in a range of
       Putting Customers First                                                                                                community projects and a representative                “Get involved in something that interests
                                                                                                                                                                                     you and find out what’s happening in your
                                                                                                                              for all social housing customers on the
                                                                                                                              Northern Ireland Housing Policy Panel.                 community, join some of Clanmil’s customer
                                                                                                                                                                                     engagement groups and support the initiatives
       We were delighted to have           What Supporting                      Involving customers at all                    Elishia dedicates her time to Clanmil by               that mean something to you.”
       been awarded a Silver               Communities Said:                    levels of decision making is                  participating in recruitment panels, judging
       Tenant Participation                Sheenagh McNally from                one of our priorities and we                  awards, and providing feedback through                 Wise words Elishia, and congratulations
       Accreditation earlier this          Supporting Communities               value the contribution that                   mystery shopping. Her work has inspired                again on your award!
       year, in recognition of our         praised the effort that went         people living in Clanmil homes
       ongoing work to involve and         into the award:                      make to the work we do.
       engage with our customers.          “Congratulations to Clanmil          Whether it’s joining a Local
                                                                                Engagement Forum, inputting
       The award, presented by             Housing for achieving the Silver     to a Service Improvement
       Supporting Communities,             rating in Tenant Participation.      Panel or being part of the                     Elishia Mullan
       an independent charity              This is a great achievement.         Customer Council, customer                     at the CIH All
       that champions tenant and           The process of accreditation         participation is so important                  Ireland Awards
       community involvement,              takes many months and huge           for shaping our services. We                   with Clanmil
       celebrates the progress             effort from the applying             will continue to do all we can                 Housing Officer
                                                                                                                               Christopher
       we’ve made in customer              organisation. Thanks to              to ensure customers feel                       Donnelly
       engagement since 2021.              everyone who contributed in          involved and will examine the
                                           any way to the submission and        recommendations made by
       This is the first time Clanmil has   who took part in interviews and
       applied for the accreditation,      focus groups. We wish everyone       Supporting Communities so
       and the process was no small        at Clanmil all the best as you       that we can work towards the
       task. It involved submitting        continue on your customer            next level of recognition, a
       nearly 400 pieces of evidence,      engagement journey.”                 Gold rating.”
       showing how we involve                                                   The award was presented at
       customers in shaping our            Listening and Learning               our Customer Engagement
       services — everything from the                                           Conference in Belfast which
       information we provide, to the      Eliza Martin, Community              took place in March this year.
       way we listen to feedback and       Investment and Fundraising           A big thank you to everyone
       work in partnership with our        Manager at Clanmil said:             who contributed – we couldn’t
       customers. The evidence was         “We welcome this recognition         have done it without you!
       carefully reviewed and,             of our work in customer
       followed by focus groups and        engagement and thank all
       interviews with both customers      those customers and
       and Clanmil colleagues.             colleagues who participated.


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