This week's HLINks: 19 - 23 June 2023

Welcome to #JeremyTalks (opens new window),

This week, as part of Mencap's Learning Disability Awareness Week, we featured a range of Learning Disability and housing resources. Notably, we partnered with West Waddy Archadia (WWA) for a HAPPI Hour webinar on Trauma Informed Design within Learning Disabilities Environments.

We also published a new Housing LIN Case Study by Zoe Robertson, Assistant Director at Manchester City Council, examining the transformative potential of Neighbourhood Apartments for hospital discharge. Delighted that Zoe will also join us for an invite-only Housing LIN roundtable next week, in collaboration with Legrand, focused on the link between housing, health and social care, and assistive technology. 

This week also marked the inaugural session of Lord Best's new APPG Inquiry, into how best to regenerate our existing supply of outdated sheltered housing for our 21st century expectations. Housing LIN is proud to serve as the secretariat for this Inquiry.

What else caught my interest:

• TLAP: Clenton Farquharson awarded a CBE in King's Birthday List (opens new window)
• Octavia: Octavia’s care team wins a Workplace Development Award for end of life care (opens new window)
• Longitude Prize on Dementia: Alzheimer's Society/Innovate UK announce semi-finalists (opens new window)
• Research into Practice: a suite of resources on effectively supporting families with social care and housing needs
• Office of National Statistics tracker: How health has changed in your area: 2015 to 2021 (opens new window)
• Department of Health and social care: Visiting in care homes, hospitals and hospices consultation (opens new window)
• Amar Bari, Amar Jibon: Latest newsletter with project update
• TAPPI Cast - 23 June

Join us at Housing 2023 (opens new window) and meet the Housing LIN team! Over the course of three days, in collaboration with TSA, we'll be hosting engaging discussions on TAPPI to HAPPI. Don't miss out on our selection of intriguing free sessions at the TEC theatre. 

Finally, we're always eager to hear your stories and receive your case studies and thought leadership on good practices. If you would like to contribute, email us at: comms@housinglin.org.uk.

Stay connected, stay curious

Jeremy Porteus