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This week's HLINks: 9 – 13 May 2022

Jeremy Porteus

Welcome to #Jeremytalks (opens new window) and our must-read weekly bulletin HLINks.

In this week’s HLINks edition, I would like to draw attention to two new Housing LIN reports. The first, a collaborative effort with Action of Smoking and Health to outline the case for reducing rates of smoking in the social housing sector as part of social landlords’ health and wellbeing activity and the action needed to achieve this. The second, in partnership with Kirklees Council we reveal how preferences in ageing ethnic minority population affects housing (and housing related support) needs across the district.

We also celebrated Mental Health Awareness Week by drawing attention to a selection of mental health and loneliness and later life resources, including the recently launched Diversity in Care Environment Learning Resource Tool. We also hosted a HAPPI Hour on how community-led housing and how it can contribute to tackling loneliness.

On the TAPPI front, applications to become a ‘Co-Production and Engagement’ and ‘Evaluation and Shared Learning’ partners have now closed and we look forward to revealing the successful applicants soon. Remember there’s still time to apply to become one of the four TAPPI2 locality “testbeds”. Closing date is Monday, 16 May 2022, 5pm.

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Stay connected and, above all, remain safe.

Jeremy Porteus

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