The Housing Executive Awards 2026 takes place on 6th October at Bolton Wanderers’ Toughsheet Community Stadium, and we are pleased to welcome Kingdom Academy as sponsor of the Rising Star / Best Trainee Award.
Nominations for the Housing Executive Awards 2026 are open now, with submissions closing on 30th June. Find out more and nominate at our website.
The Rising Star category exists to recognise individuals who have taken on a new role and made it their own — those who arrive with little experience and leave a mark that goes well beyond what anyone expected of them. It is fitting, then, that the category is sponsored by an organisation whose entire purpose is developing exactly those kinds of people.
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Founded in 2009, Kingdom Academy is a training and apprenticeship provider working across the housing, construction and leadership sectors. Over the past 15 years the Academy has grown into a recognised name in workforce development, earning accreditation from the Chartered Institute of Housing, ILM and CMI, and a Good Ofsted rating. In 2023 it became part of the Kingdom Group, expanding its reach further still.
For social housing providers, the value Kingdom Academy offers is practical. Their fully funded training programmes are embedded with qualifications and designed to help employers make the most of levy and gift funds, with delivery options ranging from in-person and virtual learning to co-designed programmes built around the specific needs of an organisation. The Guinness Partnership, one of the sector’s largest housing associations, described their relationship with Kingdom as a close and collaborative one: “We enrol new learners continuously. We work very closely to ensure that the learner journey is a great one, and we know that any concerns we have will be taken seriously and acted on in a timely manner.”
As sponsor of the Rising Star / Best Trainee Award, Kingdom Academy brings a perspective rooted in the belief that investment in people at the earliest stages of their careers pays dividends for individuals and organisations alike.
