This week's HLINks: 29 - 2 June 2023

Welcome to #JeremyTalks (opens new window),

This week, we released two new Housing LIN Viewpoints. The first, with the Older People’s Housing Task Force in mind, is written by Tony Watts OBE, writer and co-founder of the Age Action Alliance, on the consumer's perspective on housing an ageing population. 

And, to coincide with Dementia Awareness Week in Scotland, our next Viewpoint by Cardiff University's Rebecca Oatley and the University of Worcester’s Teresa Atkinson presents valuable insights from The DemECH project.

On Tuesday, we held a captivating HAPPI Hour session with Brunelcare on Supporting People in Social Housing and the Cost of Living Crisis. If you missed it, the recording is now available here. 

And on Thursday, we held our Housing LIN Cymru Steering Board meeting in Pontypool, Wales. We were joined by guest speakers Mary Morgan and Neil Penny from NHS Gloucestershire/Gloucestershire County Council and Gareth Morgan from Hywel Dda Health Board.

Other items that caught my interest:

• Scottish Government Dementia Strategy launched: Everyone’s Story
• Age Scotland report: Making Adaptations Work for Older People in Scotland
• Inside Housing: Lord Best on the Older People’s Housing Task Force (opens new window)
• Cambridge Centre for Housing & Planning Research: Digital Exclusion and the Cost of Living Crisis (opens new window)
• NHS Confederation: Integrated care strategy, health and wellbeing board and joint forward plan guidance: what you need to know (opens new window)
• University of Birmingham: Citizen Leadership: Co-creating integrated care (opens new window)
• TAPPI cast: this week's project update

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