HLINks archive

We hope you had a wonderful bank holiday weekend!

Last week, Housing LIN's CEO, Jeremy Porteus, had the pleasure of attending the formal opening of United St Saviour's Appleby Blue Almshouse, setting a new benchmark for the quality of social housing and services for older adults.

Designed by Stirling Prize-winning architects Witherford, Watson, and Mann, Appleby Blue is a new almshouse run by United St Saviour’s Charity. It offers beautiful, spacious homes in a vibrant community setting for people over 65.

Discover more about this remarkable project, with insights from Martyn Craddock, CEO of United St Saviour’s Charity, and Alison Benzimra, Head of Research and Influence, in our feature on the Inspirational Achievement: Appleby Blue, Southwark.

Thank you for being a part of our community. We hope you find this week's HLINks newsletter both informative and engaging. Stay tuned for more exciting updates in the weeks to come!

Given the recent Digital Switchover deadline extension (now 31 January 2027) and following the launch of the new Technology for an Ageing Population: Panel of Innovation (TAPPI) research at this year's ITEC Conference, we are pleased to invite you to tomorrow's HAPPI Hour webinar which focuses on technology and independent living. 

🌐 Online - Zoom
📅 Tuesday 21st May 2024
🕓 3pm - 5pm

In a rare opportunity to hear from all the TAPPI project partners, co-production champions, testbed sites, and funder, this complimentary webinar will share the key findings and tools to help you adopt the TAPPI Principles and learn from those who have already implemented them.

Click here to find out more and secure your place.

Thank you for being a part of our community. We hope you find this week's HLINks newsletter both informative and engaging. Stay tuned for more exciting updates in the weeks to come!

Are you interested in the design of homes for people with a learning disability and autistic people? Join us on Tuesday 14th May 2024 from 4pm - 5pm for a HAPPI Hour webinar in collaboration with Arcadis.

We'll explore efforts to design a distinctive landscape-led development comprising 16 houses and a clubhouse tailored for individuals living independently but requiring care and support due to learning disabilities and autism.

Chaired by Jeremy Porteus, CEO at Housing LIN, our esteemed panel includes:

• Clare Skidmore, National Housing Lead, Strategic Commissioning Team, Learning Disability and Autism Programme, NHS England and NHS Improvement
• Sarah Houghton-Grimshaw, Housing Lead Cheshire and Merseyside ICB
• Raymond Parr, Associate, Architecture and Urbanism, Arcadis

Find out more and secure your FREE place here!

Thank you for being a part of our community. We hope you find this week's HLINks newsletter both informative and engaging. Stay tuned for more exciting updates in the weeks to come!

We hope you had a lovely Bank Holiday Weekend!

Before delving into this week's newsletter, we'd like to highlight this afternoon's HAPPI Hour webinar on Last Time Movers: Creating More Diverse Tenure Options for the Housing for Older People Market, in collaboration with Winckworth Sherwood.

Join us online at 4pm today as we explore the question: Can a broader array of tenure options help boost consumer interest in housing for older people and stimulate new housing solutions for last time buyers?

Chaired by Charlotte Cook, Partner at Winckworth Sherwood, our esteemed panel includes:

• Ben Denton, Executive Director of Property and Development, and Ben Rosewell, Head of Investment - Later Living, L&G Capital
• Ruth Barnes, Partner, Residential Development Sales Teams, Winckworth Sherwood
• Miranda Foster, Head of Affordable Housing Grants, Homes England

Find out more and secure your FREE place here!

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At Housing LIN, we believe that intergenerational housing can offer opportunities for social connection, a support system, cost-effective living, community building and so much more. 

That's why we are proud to support this year's Global Intergenerational Week from 24th to 30th April! This annual worldwide campaign, hosted by Generations Working Together, encourages everyone to embrace intergenerational practice and relationships.

Join us this afternoon at 4pm for a HAPPI Hour webinar on Why Intergenerational Connection Matters, exploring how InCommon's Empower Programme has helped housing associations across the UK to deliver impactful intergenerational activities. 

You'll also gain insights into the effectiveness of the online platform as a tool to enable intergenerational activity, as well as the social impact of InCommon’s intergenerational activity.

Thank you for being a part of our community. We hope you find this week's HLINks newsletter both informative and engaging. Stay tuned for more exciting updates in the weeks to come!

Last week we had the pleasure of attending The Dunhill Medical Trust’s Annual Symposium! It was a fantastic opportunity to hear from some of the exciting initiatives they have been supporting over the last 12 months.

It was great to hear from Debra Edwards, TAPPI Co-production champion at Haringey Council, who gave an enlightening presentation on the recent TAPPI findings and tools.

We also heard updates on the Amar Bari Amar Jibon research project with Manik Gopinath at The Open University and Bashir Uddin at Bangla Housing Association. 

Their insights shed light on the importance of reflecting community voices in both research and practice, making their contributions truly valuable.

Kudos also to our CEO, Jeremy Porteus, for steering a dynamic panel discussion on planning for age-friendly communities using the 'Serious Game' methodology.

Engaging conversations with industry leaders like Vikki McCall at the University of Stirling, Rebekah Luff at Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) and Alison Benzimra at United St Saviour's Charity.

Thank you for being a part of our community. We hope you find this week's HLINks newsletter both informative and engaging. Stay tuned for more exciting updates in the weeks to come!

 

We're excited to unveil the 2024 Spring/Summer series of our HAPPI Hour webinars!

Commencing on Monday 29th April 2024, this series of webinars delves into topics including:

• Intergenerational connections
• Tenture options for the housing for older people market
• Housing for people with learning disabilities and autism
• Technology enabled care and housing
• Health and housing partnerships
• Improving the quality of homes and communities
• Rising to the dementia challenge 
• Creating healthier homes and sustainable communities 

And thanks to the generous support of our corporate sponsors, we are delighted to offer these webinars FREE of charge.

Find out more and secure your place(s) here.

Thank you for being a part of our community. We hope you find this week's HLINks newsletter both informative and engaging. Stay tuned for more exciting updates in the weeks to come!

We hope you had a wonderful Easter break!

Before we dive into this week's HLINks, we wanted to tell you about an upcoming Housing LIN webinar with InCommon, a charity bringing generations together.

To coincide with this year's Global Intergenerational Week (24th to 30th April, 2024), this webinar will explore how housing associations across the UK can deliver impactful intergenerational activities, with the help of a simple online platform.

You'll gain insights into the effectiveness of the online platform as a tool to enable intergenerational activity, as well as the social impact of InCommon’s activities.

Join us on Monday 29 April 2024 from 4pm - 5pm. 

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Last week at the ITEC Conference 2024 we were pleased to launch the findings from Phase 2 of the TAPPI (Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation) project in collaboration with the TEC Services Association (TSA) and kindly sponsored by The Dunhill Medical Trust. 

These findings encompass the new TAPPI Principles - co-produced with residents, customers and partners - and the tools to aid and inform others seeking to improve the way technology is used to support people living independently.

Explore these findings and find out how you can achieve better technology-enabled outcomes here.

For all further updates from the TAPPI project, follow our weekly TAPPI Cast here! 

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After a successful Housing LIN Summit 2024 - A Festival of Idea, we were pleased to extend a very warm welcome to the event's sponsors and guests at our reception hosted by Lord Best at the House of Lords on Wednesday 13 March 2024.

The reception provided an opportunity to also:

• Extend appreciation to several organisations that have commissioned our small consultancy team.
   
• Congratulate the 2023/24 cohort of participants in the Future Leaders Programme.
   
• Celebrate the broader work of the Housing LIN, engaging in discussions on various learning and improvement activities aimed at championing better housing, health, and social care, as well as supporting choices and technological solutions for an ageing population.

Find out more and what we're up to next here!

Thank you for being a part of our community. We hope you find this week's HLINks newsletter both informative and engaging. Stay tuned for more exciting updates in the weeks to come!