30
November 2007
Tenants
First Chairperson Scoops national Housing Award
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Lesley
Riddoch,
award winning journalist and broadcaster who
presents a weekly BBC Radio Scotland current affairs programme,
delighted a 350 people strong national housing audience when she
announced Tenants First Housing Co-operative’s Chair, Martin Van Der
Lee, as the winner of the national and prestigious, “The Scottish
Housing Committee Member Award 2007,” sponsored by Dumfries &
Galloway Housing Partnership.
The
audience was gathered at the opening ceremony of Employers in Voluntary
Housing’s annual conference in Fairmont Hotel,
St Andrews
and Martin’s win represents another triumph for Tenants First Housing
Co-operative.
Martin
Van Der Lee, as this year’s winner was completely overwhelmed when he
accepted a cheque for £250, a commemorative world globe clock and an 18
year old bottle of Glenfiddoch whiskey from Lesley Riddoch.
