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Following an enforced break as a result of the pandemic, the Housing LIN’s Leadership Set in South West England met yesterday for its first meeting since February 2019. With thanks to St Monica Trust’s sponsorship, we have brought together a selection of industry leaders across housing, health and social care to reestablish the group and champion sector-led improvement for an ageing population in the region. 

Welcome to TAPPI Cast, our weekly update on the 'Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation' (TAPPI) project which aims to improve the way technology is used in housing and care for older people.

Written by Joan Rutherford, Chair of the National Network of Older People’s Housing Champions, this Housing LIN guest blog is based on a talk to at Housing 2023 in Manchester and reflects on wheelchair accessibility.

Welcome to this week's edition of HLINks, your go-to e-bulletin for all things related to housing with care. This week's edition shares two new Housing LIN guest blogs, HAPPI Hour recording, TAPPI project update, and more!

We were delighted to welcome the 3rd cohort of inspiring participants on this year's Future Leaders Programme, during yesterday's first get-together. We were joined by guest speakers Lawrence Cramer, People & Culture Director at IVG, Jack Baldan, a participant on the 2nd cohort, and Jamie Bunce, the CEO at IVG.

Welcome to TAPPI Cast, our weekly update on the 'Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation' (TAPPI) project which aims to improve the way technology is used in housing and care for older people.

The APPG Inquiry into Regeneration of Outdated Sheltered Housing has made a call for evidence about sheltered/retirement housing in the social and private sector including from a range of tenures, social rent, affordable rent, leasehold, sale and shared ownership.

This new Housing LIN guest blog, by Gavin Bashar, UK Managing Director at Tunstall Healthcare, shares insight into Software as a Service (SaaS) and a real world example of how service providers are already preparing for the transition.

We're delighted to support this survey commissioned by The Older People's Commissioner for Wales seeking your experiences of digital exclusion. Please submit your response by Friday, 1st September 2023.

The Government has this week opened its consultation to the 2023-2024 Disability Action Plan. There are several important actions relating to housing, technology and care on the plan and you can have your say by 6 October.