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United St Saviour’s Appleby Blue Triumphs at National Housing Design Awards 2024

We're pleased to report that at the 2024 National Housing Design Awards, Appleby Blue, a project by United St Saviour's, claimed both the HAPPI Award and the Blue Riband Winner Award!

Hailed for its innovative design and contribution to later-life housing, Appleby Blue was celebrated by Housing Design Awards Chair Gareth Capner, who praised its roots in the influential HAPPI report. Jeremy Porteus, CEO of Housing LIN, also expressed pride in the project's success, calling it a benchmark for future housing developments.

Discover Sanctuary Supported Living's St John’s House for Accessible Homes Week!

As part of Accessible Homes Week, we were thrilled to highlight our newest Inspirational Achievement: Sanctuary Supported Living's St John’s House, a project showcasing the future of inclusive housing.

This extraordinary development demonstrates how modern design can truly accommodate the needs of all individuals, regardless of age or ability.

Lois Beech highlights key recommendations for regenerating sheltered housing

While attending the Housing Community Summit in Liverpool, Lois Beech, Consultancy and Partnership Manager at Housing LIN had the pleasure of participating in an event hosted by the National Housing Federation's (NHF) Older Persons Housing Group.

Lois Beech shared insights from a new report on regenerating sheltered housing. Curious to learn more about the proposed solutions & next steps? Read on!

Resource Roundup

HAPPI Hour Recording - Embedding accessibility in all our housing

We're pleased to share the webinar recording and presentation slides from last week's opening HAPPI Hour webinar, in celebration of Accessible Homes Week.

With the government set to publish the long-awaited technical consultation on Part M and committed to building 1.5 million new homes over the next five years, this session delves into the work of the HoME Coalition and the significant shortfall of accessible housing in the UK, as well as the ongoing campaign to enhance accessibility standards in Building Regulations.

TACT offers new programmes to help improve your skills in assessing home adaptations

TACT (Trusted Assessing and Care Training) is offering a range of new programmes designed to improve skills in assessing for equipment and adaptations.

These new courses aim to improve Occupational Therapists' abilities to evaluate and implement effective changes for accessible living environments.

Empowering Healthy Places

Empowering Healthy Places is a new guide from the Local Government Association (LGA) that presents an overview of local government powers in relation to planning and public health, offering a holistic approach for thinking about how to create healthy neighbourhoods and a summary of the relevant powers and practices available to councils.

Independent Investigation of the National Health Service in England

Commissioned by the incoming Labour Government when it came into office in July, this is the publication of the results of Lord Darzi’s rapid review on the state of the NHS in England. It draws attention to a number of significant challenges that have left the NHS in a critical condition.

Dates for your diary

Welcome to our autumn/winter HAPPI Hour webinar series! Each session will feature a variety of guest speakers from across housing, health, and social care sectors, offering valuable perspectives and expertise.

This season promises to be a remarkable one as we celebrate a major milestone—our 100th HAPPI Hour webinar!

All forthcoming HAPPI Hour webinars:

• Thinking beyond supported housing: supportive communities for inclusion
  17/09/2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm
   
• Diversity - Still Rising to the Dementia Challenge
  24/09/2024 3:30pm - 5:15pm
   
• Housing LIN Scotland presents... Showcasing innovation and good practice
  01/10/2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm
   
• Regenerating outdated sheltered housing: Lessons from the APPG Inquiry
  15/10/2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm
   
• Housing LIN presents… Putting the spotlight on our latest tools and resources
  22/10/2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm
   
• Assessing for the Home Setting: Trusted approaches to assessing for accessible and adaptable homes
  29/10/2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm
   
• Housing LIN Cymru Annual Symposium
  12/11/2024 3:00pm - 5:00pm
   
• Health and Housing: getting the integration message across
  19/11/2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm
   
• Living Intergenerationally: finding the common ground
  26/11/2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm
   
• Delivering specialist housing in a climate of growth: Planning policy and practice developments
  03/12/2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm
   
• The Dementia and Housing Working Group presents…
  10/12/2024 3:00pm - 5:00pm
   
• Is the future DIY cohousing? Can we do it for ourselves?
  19/12/2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Other events supported by Housing LIN:

• Cold Weather Preparedness Programme WEBINAR for winter 2024/25 with UK Health Security Agency on 26/09/2024 at 10:00
   
• Event: Building effective local home improvement services: Good Home Hubs with Centre for Ageing Better on 02/10/2024 10:00 - 11:00

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Let's Work Together! To find out how we can support your operational and/or strategic plans, contact us at consultancy@housinglin.org.uk or visit our consultancy pages.