COVID-19: Stay Networked with the Housing LIN – Our Business Continuity
A message from the Housing LIN’s Jeremy Porteus
In view of the current COVID-19 pandemic, we want to send you all our best wishes. We also want to reassure you that the Housing LIN is closely monitoring the developing situation. We are making sure we follow the recommended guidelines in order to be responsible to ourselves, our family, friends, clients and the public at large. All staff are advised to self-isolate consistent with government advice should they meet the guidance for doing so.
In terms of our services, we have systems in place to ensure we can continue to offer the best service possible with minimum disruption. We are in discussion about moving our high-profile annual conference to later this year. We also cancelled our popular regional network meetings and training courses. We aim to put in place a virtual alternative for these in the coming weeks. Check out our Forthcoming Events pages for any announcements about our rearranged annual conference and/or details on how we plan to run our regional events and training programmes.
Following the latest advice from the government, we are fully set up for remote working and telephone meetings to ensure we can continue to operate through this time with minimum project delivery disruption. We recommend that you continue to use email to communicate with us via our general email address: info@housinglin.org.uk
As well as communicating via email and mobile telephone we will also participate in meetings via telephone/video conferencing as all non-essential face-to-face meetings have been halted.
We already have an extensive online platform that can benefit you.
Our digital presence has always been fundamental to the way we network and communicate generally with everyone and any new business activities for specific clients. They include:
- Social media: follow us on Twitter at @HousingLIN and @HousingLINews for latest commentaries, thought leadership and alerts and @HLINConsult about how we are supporting our members
- E-bulletin: be at the forefront of what’s happening in our sector by signing up to get HLINks, our weekly news round-up of housing and care matters
- Email posts: login in to receive email posts on relevant policy developments, innovative new projects, research and practice developments relevant to your business needs
- Website: browse our highly regarded webpages to freely access a comprehensive set of resources to accelerate your learning and improvement
- Email inquiries and discussion forum: send general inquiries to our email box: info@housinglin.org.uk or post sector specific questions for peer-to-peer replies on our discussion forum
- Support and engagement: draw on our consultancy services to aid your strategic and operational business requirements at this current time. Contact us via consultancy@housinglin.org.uk
We will also keep you updated on any changes we make to these working methods.
In the meantime, ensure that you stay connected with the Housing LIN for the latest sector views and news, and our essential resources, courses and services on housing with care.matters. Above all, stay safe.
From all of us at the Housing LIN, we wish you, your colleagues, family and friends all the best.