HLINks Weekly: Housing, Health, and Social Care Latest News
HLINks Weekly: Housing, Health, and Social Care Latest News
25 November 2024
With just ONE DAY TO GO, excitement is building for our HAPPI Hour webinar on Living Intergenerationally: Finding Common Ground on Tuesday, 26th November 2024, from 4pm - 5pm.
As part of our commitment as members of Intergenerational England, the session will explore the profound social impact of intergenerational approaches. We'll discover how housing providers and architects create stronger communities through innovative designs, in-reach programmes, and intergenerational services.
The session, chaired by Lois Beech (Housing LIN), will feature an expert panel: Charlotte Miller and Emily Abbott (Intergenerational England); Mel Leung (InCommon) and Sarah Mitton (Sovereign Network Group, previously Clarion Futures); and Amelia Swaby (P+HS Architects).
This will be an opportunity to discover inspiring examples of intergenerational collaboration shaping future practices.
Thank you for being a part of our community. We hope you find this week's HLINks newsletter both informative and engaging. Stay tuned for more updates in the weeks to come!
Best wishes,
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The Housing LIN Team |
Top News Highlights
Government publishes consultation on Right to Buy
Last week, the UK Government published its consultation on the Right to Buy in England, setting out its intention to reform the regime to stem the decline of social housing stock and how councils can reinvest capital receipts to build new social housing.
The deadline for submitting a response is 15 January 2025.
Survey exploring dementia-related stigma in Extra Care Housing
The Association for Dementia Studies at the University of Worcester invites you to take part in a study that involves completing an anonymous survey to explore stigma, prejudice and discrimination towards people with dementia living in Extra Care Housing settings.
The survey now closes on 29th November 2024.
Resource Roundup
Research Findings: Supporting People with Learning Disabilities in Housing
We are pleased to consolidate the findings from the Housing for People with Learning Disabilities: Renting Your Own Place research project highlighting how people with little or no statutory support can be better supported in social housing and the private rented sector.
This research led by the University of York and the University of Bristol in collaboration with Learning Disability England and others outlines practical solutions to improve access and support, empowering individuals to live independently in their communities.
HAPPI Hour Recording - Health and Housing: Getting the Integration Message Across
With a renewed focus on prevention and early intervention and delivering care closer to home, as outlined in the Labour government’s Darzi Review on the state of the NHS, this HAPPI Hour webinar explored the different approaches to integrating health and housing to shift from acute health to community and at home care and support.
Healthy homes: NHS initiatives to improve health by improving homes
This report by Centre for Ageing Better aims to raise awareness of the links between health and homes and provide examples of local systems that have developed cross-sector initiatives to improve residents’ health by tackling problems in the home.
New Public Health Wales research on the links between cold homes and health
Older people and those with health conditions or disabilities are particularly at risk of negative impacts on health and wellbeing linked to living in a colder home, and additional population groups can also be vulnerable, according to new research from Public Health Wales and Bangor University.
Community Engagement code of practice
The Quality of Life Foundation have produced a code of practice, based on eight principles, aimed to enable effective community consultation and engagement in development, planning and design.
Expert Insights
A Village Apart: Rethinking Age-Segregated Retirement Housing for a More Intergenerational Future
In this Housing LIN guest blog, Amelia Swaby, Part II Architectural Assistant at P+HS Architects, explores the effects of age-exclusive housing and examines how intergenerational approaches could create more inclusive and sustainable living environments.
Join Amelia and others in tomorrow's (26/11/2024, 4pm - 5pm) HAPPI Hour webinar on Living Intergenerationally: Finding Common Ground.
Other items that caught our interest...
- How not-for-profit providers can help shape the future plan for housing (National Housing Federation)
- Outsourcing adult social care has contributed to England’s care crisis, argue researchers (University of Oxford)
- Roundtable: How to find more homes without building anew (The RIBA Journal)
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.
All forthcoming HAPPI Hour webinars:
- 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
- Dementia Friendly Technology - Still Rising to the Dementia Challenge
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
Housing LIN Research and Advisory Services
Building on our highly-prized learning and improvement ethos, the Housing LIN can help you and your organisation underpin your progress in a changing and challenging work environment.
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 Research and Advisory Services.