This week’s HLINks: 23 – 27 January 2023

Welcome to #JeremyTalks, my overview of what caught my interest this week.

This week saw the publication of the Archbishops' Commission on Reimagining Care (opens new window) report calling for a National Care Covenant. I was pleased to attend the launch in London and to hear the theological, moral, personal and social values for compassionate care as well as the lived experiences of people receiving formal and informal care and support.

Debbie Ounsted CBE, a Commissioner on the Archbishops’ Commission report, joins us at Housing LIN Summit 2023 - A Festival of Ideas for a session on New models of care and support – reimagining our housing offer.

We also released a new guest blog by Mark Slater, Design Director at West Waddy Archadia architects on the NPPF Consultation. This consultation closes on Thursday, 2 March. Have your say!

And, just in case you missed it, last Friday saw the launch of the Housing and Care: good practice guide (opens new window) at Taunton Racecourse by Housing LIN Consultancy for SW Councils and SW ADASS. The publication supports councils in the region, with their local partners, to plan for and deliver the range of housing and care options needed by older people and working age adults with care/support needs.

A couple of other things that caught my interest included:

• BBC Scotland (opens new window): Paramedics say people are getting ill because their homes are so cold
• DHSC (opens new window): DHSC's areas of research interest

This week was also busy with attendance at a range of events and meetings, including:

• An in-person TAPPI event (opens new window) with Bield Housing Association in Scotland
• The 2nd virtual meeting of the TAPPI Phase Two Steering Board
• The Housing LIN Cymru Steering Group hybrid meeting at Melin Homes
• A virtual meeting of the Intergenerational Housing Network
• The online DHSC's Digital Social Care Advisory Board, and
• The CHIC Advisory Board (opens new window) meeting.

Next week, I look forward to attending the new Health and Housing Impact Network Steering Group meeting, hosted by The Future of London.

Stay connected, stay curious!

Jeremy Porteus