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Six housing providers appointed to co-produce tech services with their older residents

Following this week's TAPPI announcement, Jeremy Porteus, CEO at Housing LIN, Alyson Scurfield, Chief Executive at TSA and Jerome Billeter, Corporate Business Manager at Housing LIN comment on how the 6 successful testbeds with help identify the best ways we can support people to remain in their own homes and communities for longer and achieve their ambitions:

• Read post by Jeremy Porteus, CEO at Housing LIN
• Read post by Alyson Scurfield, Chief Executive at TSA
• Read post by Jerome Billeter, Corporate business Manager at Housing LIN

Sector Publications & News

Simon Clarke appointed Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Simon Clarke, Middlesbrough South and east Cleveland MP, was appointed Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 6 September 2022. He was appointed previously appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 15 September 2021 to 6 September 2022.

In a recent tweet, Simon said: 

“Delivering on Levelling Up for communities in all parts of our country, unlocking the homes we need and supporting the economic growth that is so central to @trussliz’s Government is our mission – will give it my all."

Six housing providers awarded £440k to co-produce tech services with older residents

This week we were delighted to announce that Bield Housing & Care, Haringey Council, Platform Housing Group, Pobl Group, Southend Care and Wiltshire Council will each receive between £65k - £75k in funding so they can involve their older residents in shaping new digital services.

The funding is part of the TAPPI project (Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation), which aims to improve the way technology is used in housing and care for older people through ten practical principles.

TAPPI Phase 2 is funded by The Dunhill Medical Trust (DMT) and supported by the Housing LIN and the TSA.

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Consultancy

Older People from Ethnic Minorities in Kirklees: Housing Needs and Preferences Study

Commissioned by Kirklees Council, research conducted by the Housing LIN reveals the housing (and housing related support) needs and preferences of older people from ethnic minorities living in Kirklees.

Findings from study, published in May 2022, will help inform decision making and the delivery of mainstream and specialist housing and support services suited to older people from ethnic minorities now and over the next 5 to 15 years.

Find out how the Housing LIN can support your operational and/or strategic plans by contacting us at consultancy@housinglin.org.uk or visit our consultancy pages.

Housing LIN Team Member segment

Sally Taylor-Ridgway, Digital Comms, Marketing & Events Officer, shares...

Accessibility Awareness reminds us that "you don't necessarily need to say "image of" in your alt text* for users to know it's an image. Screen readers will announce that it's an image. However, it can help readers to specify if it's a hand-drawn image, Polaroid, infographic, screenshot, chart, map, diagram, or so on." The key takeaway is keeping your alt text concise without leaving out any key details that could help the reader understand the image's purpose." 

*Alt text is copy written that appears in place of an image on a webpage if the image fails to load of a user's screen. This text also helps screen-reading tools describe images to visually impaired readers.

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.

Join us on Wednesday, 21 September as we return for the Autumn/Winter series of HAPPI Hour webinars!

• HAPPI Hour - Digital Telecare: How ready are we for the digital switch? on 21/09/2022 4:00pm - 5:15pm
   
• HAPPI Hour - Reimagining Care: the Church of England Commission’s Vision on 28/09/2022 4:00pm - 5:15pm
   
• HAPPI Hour - Ageing well with Assistive Technology on 04/10/2022 4:00pm - 5:15pm
   
• HAPPI Hour - Putting People at the Heart of New Housing Development: Co-producing the Place We Call Home on 01/11/2022 4:00pm - 5:15pm
   
• HAPPI Hour - What Creates Healthy Cities? on 11/10/2022 4:00pm - 5:15pm
   
• HAPPI Hour - Older People’s Care in Social Housing: A Manifesto for Change on 16/11/2022 4:00pm - 5:15pm
   
• HAPPI Hour - Pioneering Urban Design for Later Living on 20/12/2022 4:00pm - 5:15pm

Events supported by the Housing LIN

We are pleased to draw attention to a selection of other events that we think Housing LIN members may find of interest. They are:

• My home, my care, my way with West Midlands ADASS on 28/09/22 at 9:15 - 15:45 
   
• Putting People at the Heart of New Housing Development with East of England LG/ADASS on 7/10/22 at 9:30 - 16:00
   
• Housing 21's Annual conference on 12/10/22 at 10am - 4pm 
   
• LaingBuisson Retirement Housing conference on 22/09/22 at 9:00 - 17:00
   
• SALUS's Healthy City Design on 10/10/22 - 11/10/22
   
• and the UKRI Healthy Ageing conference

Next week...

Next week, we're really excited to announce the winners of this year's Housing Design Award!

If you would like to talk to us about any matters highlighted in this week’s issue, share learning about your work and/or discuss how you can engage our highly regarded consultancy services to support you, please get in contact.

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