Midlands Region Housing LIN Meeting - Birmingham
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Presentation notes and slides
Agenda
- 13.30 Registration and refreshments
- 14.00 Housing LIN Update – Kurshida Mirza, Chair - West Midlands, Housing LIN and Joanna Grainger, Chair - East Midlands, Housing LIN
- 14.30 BAME Elders & Co-Housing – Teresa McKenna, Head of Operations Support, Housing 21
- 15.00 Tea and Coffee Break
- 15.15 Almshouse flats for homeless people: Worcester Municipal Charities’ partnership with Worcester CAB SmartLets social lettings agency – Jenny Pannell, Housing LIN Associate, Martyn Saunders, CEO, Worcester Citizens Advice Bureau and David George, Manager, SmartLets Service
- 15.45 Innovative Work in the Provision of Housing for a Diverse Range of People with Needs in the West Midlands – Supporting Diversity; Including BME Older People – Nicole Beeching, Assistant Director of Business Development, Accord
- 16.15 Worcestershire Dementia Dwelling Grants: A needs-based scheme for providing aids and adaptations – Jennifer Bray, Research Assistant, Association for Dementia Studies, University of Worcester
- 16.45 Close – Opportunity for further networking until 5pm
- 13.30 Registration and refreshments
- 14.00 Housing LIN Update – Kurshida Mirza, Chair - West Midlands, Housing LIN and Joanna Grainger, Chair - East Midlands, Housing LIN
- 14.30 BAME Elders & Co-Housing – Teresa McKenna, Head of Operations Support, Housing 21
- 15.00 Tea and Coffee Break
- 15.15 Almshouse flats for homeless people: Worcester Municipal Charities’ partnership with Worcester CAB SmartLets social lettings agency – Jenny Pannell, Housing LIN Associate, Martyn Saunders, CEO, Worcester Citizens Advice Bureau and David George, Manager, SmartLets Service
- 15.45 Innovative Work in the Provision of Housing for a Diverse Range of People with Needs in the West Midlands – Supporting Diversity; Including BME Older People – Nicole Beeching, Assistant Director of Business Development, Accord
- 16.15 Worcestershire Dementia Dwelling Grants: A needs-based scheme for providing aids and adaptations – Jennifer Bray, Research Assistant, Association for Dementia Studies, University of Worcester
- 16.45 Close – Opportunity for further networking until 5pm
Speakers
Di Stirling-Chow, Accord, on their innovative work in the provision of housing for a diverse range of people with needs in the West Midlands, supporting diversity, including with BME older people.
Jenny Pannell, Housing LIN Associate, Martyn Saunders, CEO, Worcester Citizen Advice Bureau and David George, Manager, SmartLets Service on Worcester Municipal Charities delivering affordable Almshouse Housing for the Homeless (opens new window).
Teresa McKenna, Housing 21, on their engagement with BME communities in Birmingham with the aim to develop a scheme that specifically meets their needs.
Jennifer Bray, Association for Dementia Studies, University of Worcester on the research they are doing on the impact of the Worcestershire Dementia Dwelling Grants.
Di Stirling-Chow, Accord, on their innovative work in the provision of housing for a diverse range of people with needs in the West Midlands, supporting diversity, including with BME older people.
Jenny Pannell, Housing LIN Associate, Martyn Saunders, CEO, Worcester Citizen Advice Bureau and David George, Manager, SmartLets Service on Worcester Municipal Charities delivering affordable Almshouse Housing for the Homeless (opens new window).
Teresa McKenna, Housing 21, on their engagement with BME communities in Birmingham with the aim to develop a scheme that specifically meets their needs.
Jennifer Bray, Association for Dementia Studies, University of Worcester on the research they are doing on the impact of the Worcestershire Dementia Dwelling Grants.
Audience
Priority will be given to West and East Midlands members of the Housing LIN.
Priority will be given to West and East Midlands members of the Housing LIN.
Terms and Conditions
Important notice: this event provided free of charge to those registered in advance to attend and who subsequently attend. However, we reserve the right to charge those who register and subsequently fail to attend without advising us. This is due to the Housing LIN's incurring irrecoverable costs based on numbers of those registered in advance to attend. Non-attenders will be invoiced and pursued for payment. By registering you unreservedly accept these terms and conditions. The cost of this event is £150 plus VAT per head.
Important notice: this event provided free of charge to those registered in advance to attend and who subsequently attend. However, we reserve the right to charge those who register and subsequently fail to attend without advising us. This is due to the Housing LIN's incurring irrecoverable costs based on numbers of those registered in advance to attend. Non-attenders will be invoiced and pursued for payment. By registering you unreservedly accept these terms and conditions. The cost of this event is £150 plus VAT per head.