The Government Property Awards take place at One George Street, London, on 17 September.
This event is the 6th year of the flagship awards programme in government property, comprising developments and programmes from across the public sector. Categories cover collaboration, capability, sustainability and the coveted ‘Project of the Year’ award, among others. Applications for these prestigious awards come from every area of Government, and cover almost every area of the property profession and public service.
CHP are delighted to announce that this year, we have been shortlisted in four categories as follows.
CHP Business Intelligence Team – Impact and Innovation Award
Community Health Partnerships Business Intelligence (BI) team have had an outstanding year and have used imaginative, innovative solutions to solve complex problems.
They have utilised technology to bring solutions to both CHP and tenants, delivering consistently high-quality work under intense time pressure across different business areas.
Their innovative apps for requests such as occupancy change, tenant variations, recruitment, credit notes and contract variations, has had a huge impact on how the business operates and has enhanced customer service, allowing teams to focus on what really matters to our tenants, streamlining and simplifying the process.
We are delighted to have been shortlisted for the Government Property Impact and Innovation award, recognising the Digital Transformation programme. The team have upskilled and utilised new technologies to bring solutions to both CHP and our tenants, delivering consistently high-quality work under intense time pressure across different business areas. Their work has been exemplary, and has had an unanimously positive impact on CHP, from time and cost savings to process clarity and consistency, and enhanced data security and accessibility.
Andrea Whittingham – Keystone Award
Andrea is Senior Portfolio Manager in the North West region of CHP’s Property and Operations (P&O) team and took up this role as an internal career progression in January 2025 having worked within the organisation since 2017. Andrea leads a team of 22 people across the NW region, working with nine Local Improvement Finance Trusts (LIFTco) across 75 buildings and 3 Integrated Care Boards, 2 of which are the largest in the country in Greater Manchester and Cheshire and Merseyside.
Andrea’s long service with CHP stood her in good stead for this next step and she is more than worthy of special recognition following her success in her new role and support for CHP throughout her time at the organisation.
I was really surprised and excited to receive the nomination for the keystone award at this year’s Government Property Awards. I am proud to work at CHP and whilst my new role has been a learning curve, I would like to thank the North West team for their support during my transition and feel we have made fantastic progress. I am still as passionate as I have always been about CHP and my role, supporting tenants and colleagues.
Sherrie Taylor – Capability Champion Award
Sherrie Taylor has been the driving force behind a cultural shift in capability development at CHP, operating nationally with a workforce of 250 employees. Her design and leadership of the Thrive Programme have empowered CHP colleagues to take ownership of their professional growth through targeted learning, leadership development, and inclusive access. Sherrie has created an environment where skills are grown purposefully, and with impact.
Through her work, colleagues are not only more skilled but more confident, engaged, and connected to their purpose within CHP. Her approach demonstrates what can be achieved when capability building is recognised as a core organisational strength.
I'm deeply grateful for this nomination for the Capability Champion Award. It's fantastic to see CHP's efforts in implementing an L&D framework recognised, and I'm proud to play a part in strengthening the capabilities across our business.
CHP Health and Safety Team – Health and Safety Award
CHP’s Health and Safety Team have introduced a new safety management system, Assure, alongside delivering Fire Risk Assessments, new safety documents and day-to-day business support.
The team have streamlined and digitised safety management enabling staff to undertake reporting offline and create real time data for instantaneous reports.
They also deliver Fire Risk Assessments (FRA) for the CHP LIFT estate of 308 properties through Regional Health & Fire Safety Advisors (H&FSA). Within the estate, there are multiple Responsible Persons (RP’s) under the Regulatory (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and have developed 32 safety guidance documents whilst ensuring 99% compliance for FRAs.
Their dedication to developing and updating CHP’s suite of safety guidance documents has allowed property teams to complete health and safety work in a more efficient way. They have been tailored to specific requirements from electrical safety, bomb and suspect package threats to, more recently, the implications for the application of Martyn’s Law across the primary healthcare estate.
The team are proud of the service we have continued to deliver through the last year. We have helped both internal and external stakeholders provide safer buildings for those who use them. I am incredibly proud that the team has been nominated and I look forward to representing CHP once again.
CHP are immensely proud of all those shortlisted and will look forward to the awards in September.
Transforming Neighbourhood Health - July 2025 (PDF)
Download 'Transforming Neighbourhood' Health to read more. To find out more about opportunities across the LIFT estate to support the delivery of neighbourhood health services and to access CHP capital, get in touch with your regional team.
