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Friday, 15 July 2022
Welcome to #Jeremytalks and this week’s sector news from the Housing LIN
On Thursday, we were delighted to publish our newest Inspirational Achievement feature in partnership with Places for People Living Plus, Jubilee Place, an innovative modular living project. It includes a case study from the perspective of Richard Lynch, Wellbeing Coordinator on wellbeing and social prescribing. Get inspired here!
And following the recent roundtable discussion hosted by Lovell Later Living and Motionspot, supported by the Housing LIN, to coincide with the CIH annual conference and exhibition in Manchester last month, we are pleased to publish a guest blog by one of the attendees, Norfolk County Council's Jessamy Hayes, in which she reflects on the findings from a series of focus groups held with Norfolk residents in early 2020 that revealed the complexity associated with promoting a new housing scheme.
We also held a successful HAPPI Hour on downsizing and rightplacing, showcasing two influential research projects. Sticking with Manchester, the first is the work of the School of Architecture on their research into understanding the meaning of place and how this affects their housing choices.The second, the research undertaken by the Universities of Cambridge and Sheffield on older social housing residents' aspirations in LB Hackney following the regeneration of their estate. The feedback were great and you can now (re)watch the session, download the slides and view the chat on this event’s webpage.
What else caught my interest?
- Kellogg University, Oxford, Commission report: What creates healthy cities?
- UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge report: Our Story So Far - Helping people to remain active, productive, independent and socially connected for longer
- NHS England guidance: Guidance on working in partnership with people and communities
- New Local report: A Community-Powered NHS
- Digital Social Care news: Digitising social care fund
- Appello guide: Guide: How to Plan and Procure the Right Digital Solution
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New Housing LIN guest blog on communicating housing choices to people in later life
Jessamy Hayes, Programme Manager, Independent Living and Supported Living at Norfolk County Council, reflects on the findings from a series of focus groups held with Norfolk residents in early 2020 that revealed the complexity associated with promoting a new housing scheme.
Inspirational Achievement: Jubilee Place, an Innovative modular living project
Living Plus are Places for People’s specialist supported living providers and they offer homeless people, including refugees, families and people with complex needs, a safe place to live.
We are delighted to share this new Inspirational Achievement showcasing their innovative modular living project, Jubilee Place.
Housing, Community, Disability, and Ageing
What creates healthy cities?
The Commission on Creating Healthy Cities, chaired by Lord Best and Kellogg College’s Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation, Oxford, investigated the links between urban matters and health and wellbeing. Their resultant report brings together a set of recommendations, which follow under four headings, including the built environment. The report focusses on a number of important elements that make the case between health and housing and associated interventions. Find out more below:
What else caught our interest?
- UKRI report: Our story so far: Healthy Ageing Challenge report 2022
- Look Ahead blog: Supported housing – a moment for change?
- ExtraCare Charitable Trust feature: Meet ExtraCare’s Occupational Therapist Sherisse!
Design, Construction, Planning and Technology
TAPPI2: From Principles to Implementation - Weekly update
Following last week's annoucement of the successful ‘Co-Production and Engagement’ and ‘Evaluation and Shared Learning’ partners for ‘TAPPI2: from Principles to Implementation’, we now look forward to announcing the successful locality 'testbeds' (or demonstrator sites) in the coming weeks.
Find more on this exciting programme that aims ensure that the evidence gathered by the Inquiry in TAPPI1 is built upon and used to create a widely accepted Framework which embeds the recommended TAPPI Principles within a transformational change programme, visit the TAPPI2 microsite, hosted by the Housing LIN.
Would you like to receive regular TAPPI2 updates direct to your inbox? If you haven’t already, please remember to update your Housing LIN profile and tick the ‘Telecare and Digital Technology’ topic.
What else caught our interest?
- Digital Social Care news: Digitising social care fund
- Appello guide: Guide: How to Plan and Procure the Right Digital Solution
- Good Things Foundation mini-blog: Growing the evidence base for digital inclusion
- Central & Cecil YouTube: Digital Diaries with C&C
- Plos Digital Health article: Self-assessment of the home environment to plan for successful ageing: Report from a digital health co-design workshop
Health and social care, mental health and learning disability
Research: Accommodation and supported housing for people with learning disabilities and autistic people
The Learning Disability and Autism Housing Network (LDAHN) and the Housing LIN are working together to undertake research about supported housing for people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people in England. As part of this research we will be inviting housing providers to complete a survey about their provision of supported housing for people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people in England.
If your organisation provides supported housing for people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people (and you are not a Registered Provider of social housing) please get in touch with us to let us know:
- Your organisation’s name
- A contact person and their email address
Please contact us at research@housinglin.org.uk
What else caught our interest?
- NHS England guidance: Guidance on working in partnership with people and communities
- New Local report: A Community-Powered NHS
Dementia
What else caught our interest?
- THIIS magazine article: How technology and innovation can support people living with Alzheimer’s at home
Wales
Rebirth of Housing LIN Cymru
The Housing LIN Cymru Steering Group met in person this week for the first time in over 2 years. Hosted by the group’s Chair, Joanne Kirrane from Melin Homes, it was great to agree and set an agenda for action, included a renewed commitment to sharing good practice and holding expert roundtable events.
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What caught our interest?
- BBC programme: New Voices from Wales - Series 5: 2. More Than a Home
- RCT development news: Contractor site preparations to deliver Porth Extra Care Housing Scheme
Scotland
What caught our interest?
- DesHCA call for participants
- Scottish Government design news: Proposed Domestic Building Environmental Standards Scotland Bill
- Scottish Housing News: Age Scotland calls for more action to prepare for ageing population
Events
Watch, Listen & Learn
In recognition of the success of our HAPPI Hour sessions, we are delighted that the UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge, delivered by Innovate UK, have come on board as a sponsor of our online events.
Book yourself on to our final HAPPI Hour webinar of this season. Taking place on the afternoon of Tuesday, 26 July, and in partnership with Park Grove interior design and Motionspot, we look forward to launching the Housing LIN's refreshed factsheet on interior design and how it impacts quality of life in later life housing.
- HAPPI Hour – Designing inclusively: why inclusive and accessible design should be the first fix Tuesday, 26 July 2022 4:00pm – 5:15pm
Please note that we are also currently working on an exciting autumn/winter programme of HAPPI Hour sessions, commencing on Tuesday, 20 September. Watch out for details in the coming weeks.
Events supported by the Housing LIN
- National Housing Summit 2022 Monday, 12th – Tuesday, 13th September
- SALUS Healthy City Design conference Monday, 10 October – Tuesday, 11 October - Call for papers now open
Next week’s HLINks
Next week, we’re excited to share with you a blog by Jolie Goodman at Co-Production Works – the successful new TAPPI2 ‘Co-production and Engagement’ partner – which was originally published by Inside Housing to coincide with this year’s co-production week and entitled ‘Landlords must make decisions with tenants, not just involve them’
We also look forward to announcing a new sponsor of our network!
The Housing LIN would like to thank Willmott Dixon for their support in producing this newsletter.