This week's HLINKs: 29 - 03 December 2021
Welcome to #Jeremytalks (opens new window) and our must-read weekly bulletin, HLINks (opens new window), week-ending Friday, 3 December 2021
This week saw the publication of the government's Adult Social Care Reform White Paper, People at the Heart of Care. It includes a specific section on housing, technology and new models of care, backed by capital investment to support innovative new models of housing, adapt and improve existing homes and transform services, including the greater adoption of technology. We look forward to working with the Department of Health and Care Services in the coming months to support sector transformation.
More immediately, many of the housing, care and technology themes set out in the White Paper will be discussed at next week's Housing LIN virtual Summit. We also have a speaker from the DHSC who will share further insight and reflect on yesterday's announcement.
In other news, we were pleased to publish our latest #InspirationalAchievement (opens new window) on the award-winning Food Angels programme organised by Harrogate Neighbours Housing Association. And, find out more from their CEO, Saw Cawthray, when she addresses the Summit in the opening session on Monday, 6 December.
And for more news, views and resources that caught my interest this week include:
- George Clarke’s Old House, New Home Channel 4 programme (opens new window) which featured homeowner Maria Clarke (who will be speaking on Day 4 of the Housing LIN Summit).
- New Community-led Housing and loneliness report
- A new blog from the Housing & Ageing Alliance by Anchor Trust’s Mario Ambrosi
- A Centre for Ageing Better report: Flexible Working for Older Workers: Evaluation of pilot projects (opens new window), and
- The UKRI Healthy Ageing Catalyst Awards are now open
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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
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