Postponed: Housing LIN Pre-Conference Reception 2020

Event date

Draft Agenda

  • 18.30  Food & drinks on arrival
  • 18.55  Welcome & Introductions – Jeremy Porteus, CEO, Housing LIN
  • 19.00  Keynote: A new order of ageing – Paul McGarry, Head of Greater Manchester Ageing Hub,  Age friendly Manchester 
  • 19.10  What’s the RightPlace for me? – Dr Mark Hammond + Students from Manchester Architecture School
  • 19.25  What Limelight means to me - residents’ experiences – Larry Gold CEO of Trafford Housing Trust + residents from Limelight 
  • 19.40 Designing more than a home: building a community – Graham Locke, Director, Architecture PRP and Steve Corbett, Principal New Business Manager, Willmott Dixon 
  • 20.00  Tour of Limelight
  • 20.30  Close

Transport and Parking

By bus: The 250 and 263 leave Manchester Piccadilly Bus Station approximately every
ten minutes. They also stop on Oxford Road close to Oxford Road Train Station.
The alighting bus stop (Stretford Road / Henrietta Street) is a short walk to Limelight.
By tram: Limelight is located a fifteen minutes’ walk from Trafford Bar Metrolink stop,
which is on the Altrincham line.
By train: Limelight is located 1.7 miles from Manchester Oxford Road Station and 2
miles from Manchester Piccadilly. Taxis are located outside of the stations and bus stops
are nearby.
By car: Limelight is located off Stretford Road (A5067) or off Chorlton Road (B5218),
which are both conveniently situated close to Mancunian Way junctions.
Limelight has plenty of free parking. There are parking bays at Limelight’s Events Entrance
(Clifton Street) and in Limelight’s Car Park (St Brides Way), which has disabled bays.
There is a one-way system in operation around the building.
On arrival please use the Event’s Entrance, which is located on Clifton Street.

Sessions

Book to confirm an expression of interest in taking a tour of Limelight. This will help us with coodination on the day. 

Tour of Limelight

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