This week's HLINKs: 13 - 17 September 2021

Welcome to #Jeremytalks (opens new window) and our must-read weekly bulletin, HLINks (opens new window), week-ending Friday, 17 September 2021.

This is where you can take a tour of relevant resources and events on later life housing and independent living with regard to homes and communities, health and social care, design and technology, dementia, planning matters and more.

For example, this week, we published a #HLINBlog by Lorna Cameron, CEO of Horizon Housing, who reflects on collaboration with CaCHE, HACT and Stirring University on housing adaptations study. We’re also delighted to announce that ClwydAlyn Housing Association (opens new window) are the new sponsors of Housing LIN Cymru. They are very well known to Housing LIN members and we are thrilled that they have joined the small family of Housing LIN sponsors in Wales.

We also highlight a range of items that we think will be of interest to you, including:

Habinteg’s annual #ForAccessibleHomes week – YouGov survey
Age Friendly GM’s Framework for Creating Age-Friendly Homes in Great Manchester
Housing 21 Conference – Is housing responding to the diverse needs of older people? – 06/10/2021 10:00am – 4:00pm
The Centre for Ageing Better have launched the findings of their Good Home Inquiry

In other news, we would welcome Michael Gove's appointment as the new Housing Secretary and look forward to him reaffirming his department's commitment to establish a Housing with Care Task Force.

Join us at next week’s #HAPPIHour with Winckworth Sherwood on investing in places and communities to make an idea home.

Keep up-to-date with the latest on housing and care matters and register here (opens new window)to receive other notifications of your choice, sent direct to your inbox. And remember you can also follow us via our Twitter feeds: @HousingLIN (opens new window), @HLINComms (opens new window)and @HLINConsult (opens new window).

Lastly, if you would like to talk to us about any matters highlighted in this week’s issue, share learning about your work and/or discuss how you can engage our highly regarded consultancy services (opens new window) to support you, email ‘Jeremy talks’ at: info@housinglin.org.uk (opens new window)

Stay connected and, above all, with further lockdown arrangements delayed for the time being, remain safe.

Jeremy

The Housing LIN would like to thank Willmott Dixon for their support in producing this newsletter.