HLINks - Catch up with the Housing LIN
Let's catch up!
Friday, 28 October 2022
Welcome to #JeremyTalks and this week's HLINks.
First, wishing all those celebrating a very Happy Diwali, which also coincided with a new Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak MP.
This week our HAPPI Hour threw the light on the proposed redevelopment of Newcastle General Hospital and plans by the University of Newcastle to create a Campus for Ageing and Vitality (CAV).
On the publication front, we published a new blog by Nick Henley in which he sets out the need to accelerate cohousing developments. We also feature a new University of Stirling INVITE project report with Stonewater Housing Association on how technology could best support retired residents, and a second report by ILC-UK on making the high street dementia-friendly.
Care & Repair Cymru’s report on their home from hospital scheme also caught my interest. And Stop Press: with supported housing in the spotlight, the Government have also published their Exempt Accommodation Inquiry report!
In other news, I attended the King's College London DELONELINESS Advisory Group on loneliness in ageing population tackled through smart clothing and furniture. Interested? Get involved! And our Communications Officer, Sally and I caught up with Golden Lane Housing to discuss better housing choices for people with a learning disability or autism.
Stay connected, stay curious!
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Housing LIN Products / Announcements
The need to accelerate co-housing development in the UK – a cost worth co-living?
In this new Housing LIN guest blog, Nick Henley, co-founder of Cohabitas, specialising in co-housing and house sharing in later life, shares his thoughts on the UK's answer to Seattedamen - Denmark's first cohousing neighbourhood - which not only has communal living space, but also offers affordable and sustainable eco-homes.
Housing LIN Future Leaders Update
Hosted by Housing 21 in their Birmingham mead office, we were delighted to hold the first in person meeting with our 2nd cohort of Housing LIN Future Leaders. We were joined by Sarah Mitton, Clarion's Age-friendly programme manager and Greensquare Accord's Executive Director of Care and Support, Maxine Esply MBE.
Retail therapy – Dementia and spending
This International Longevity Centre (ILC-UK) report, supported by abrdn Financial Fairness Trust, finds that the UK economy could see a boost of around £948 million if we simply made our spending environments more inclusive to those living with dementia and other cognitive impairments.
Consultancy
Housing our Ageing Population
This report commissioned by the LGA from the Housing LIN makes recommendations to government on how we can best meet the housing needs of people in later life, with relevant case studies demonstrating good practice by councils in addressing the challenge of an ageing population.
Next week, we look forward to hosting a HAPPI Hour webinar that will discuss the findings and share some of the benefits of achieving the right mix of housing for older people and the barriers currently facing delivery.
Sector Publications & News
The Vincent in Bristol wins Later Living/Supported Living Design of the Year
The Vincent in Bristol, comprising of 65 stylish apartments, has won the British Home Award for the 2022 Later Living/Supported Living Design of the Year.
Low-tech gadgets have biggest impact for older people, research finds
Led by Dr Vikki McCall at the University of Stirling in partnership with Stonewater Housing Association, the study, funded by the Longleigh Foundation, sought to find out how technology could best support retired living residents and found that introducing low tech gadgets to retirement living schemes has a major impact on health and well-being.
The system of exempt accommodation is "a complete mess", says new House of Commons Committee report
The current system of exempt accommodation, a type of supported housing that is used to house a range of people with support needs, is a ‘complete mess’ that is failing too many residents and local communities at the expense of the taxpayer, says the cross-party Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Committee in the 'Exempt Accommodation Third Report of Session 2022–23' report.
Housing LIN team member segment
Sally Taylor-Ridgway, Communications & Event's Officer, shares...
"The winners of the Chartered Institute of Housing’s (CIH) Scotland Housing Awards have been announced at a special ceremony at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow last night! Congratulations to Peoplehood – Blackwood Group in partnership with Innovate UK and a consortium of nine industry partners for winning the 'Working in partnership' award!
I was pleased to work with Heather Duncan, Programme Lead (Peoplehood) at Blackwood Housing Association earlier this month to deliver our HAPPI Hour on 'What Creates Healthy Cities?"
Full story here.
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.
- 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 - Housing our Ageing Population on 03/11/2022 4:00pm - 5:15pm
- HAPPI Hour - Neurodiversity, Design and Silver Surfers on 08/11/2022 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 - Better integrated mental health, housing cares on 06/12/2022 4:00pm - 5:15pm
- HAPPI Hour - Pioneering Urban Design for Later Living on 20/12/2022 4:00pm - 5:15pm
- HAPPI Hour - Reimagining Care: the Church of England Commission’s Vision - day and time TBC
Events supported by the Housing LIN
- UKRI Healthy Ageing conference on 15/11/22
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Next week
Next week we are looking forward to seeing two new reports out, one by The Campaign to End Loneliness on the built environment and another from ARCO on transforming older people's housing.
Lastly, we look forward to hosting not one, but two HAPPI Hour webinars! On Tuesday we are joined by ADASS East of England to discuss their recent regional guide and another on Thursday with the Local Government Association, featuring the Housing our Ageing Population report written by the Housing LIN with examples from Gloucestershire and Bristol.
The Housing LIN would like to thank Willmott Dixon for their support in producing this newsletter.