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Housing LIN Case Study

Designing inclusive Later Living communities for HAPPI residents

Housing LIN Case Study 152 features three award winning developments for retirement living operator PegasusLife, designed by Proctor and Matthews Architects.

It explores how the HAPPI design principles have come to life in each to promote social inclusion where older people are empowered to live an independent and socially active life at the heart of their wider community.

• Designing inclusive Later Living communities for HAPPI residents

Housing LIN Blog

Fancy a Cuppa?

In the fifth part of her series looking at making her home age-friendly, Margaret Edwards looks at how to make serving food and drink easier and safer.

• Fancy a Cuppa?

New Resources

Active Ageing

Physical inactivity remains high among the UK's older population. This report from Anchor Hanover and Demos examines the benefits of activity, the costs of inactivity, and what can be done to encourage active ageing.

• Active Ageing

Housing, Health and Social Care

• Housing supports health and care – so let’s have more joined-up thinking
• Will social care ever be addressed?

Design

• Designing a better future using modular techniques

Accessibility

• ‘People aren’t disabled, their city is’: inside Europe’s most accessible city

Regional News

• Hampshire CC starts work on 5 new extra care schemes
• 'Ageing time bomb' needs new funding model Somerset council says

Events

Housing LIN Events

• Eastern Region Housing LIN Meeting - Walton-on-the-Naze 11th June
• North East/ Yorks & Humber Regional Housing LIN Meeting - Newcastle 19th June
• South East Housing LIN Regional Meeting - Southampton 27th June
• Midlands Region Housing LIN Meeting - Birmingham 2nd July
• North West Housing LIN Regional Meeting - Manchester 10th July
• South West Housing LIN Regional Meeting - Bristol 18th July

Promoted by Housing LIN

Tunstall Digital Journey Roadshow

• 4 June - London

• Tunstall Digital Journey Roadshow

Next Week

Next week sees the launch of the new Housing LIN Yearbook. The yearbook will feature our successes over the last year, and our vision for the coming year. Look out for the e-alert next week.