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New #InspirationalAchievement feature!

A Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art and Guinness Partnership project exploring how people, place & technology can support connection in later life.

Find out more at #HLINconf26 on 12/03 or read more at: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/Inspi...

Our CEO, @jeremyhlin.bsky.social, joined Angela Currie (Hanover Scotland's CEO) at yesterday's Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland. Chaired by ITV's Vanessa Taaffe, it was the first time housing for older people had taken centre stage at the event.

Read on: www.housinglin.org.uk/News/Housing...

💼As #NationalCareersWeek celebrates diverse paths into meaningful work, we’re proud to share Sam Gilly’s #FutureLeaders blog, “Breaking the Mold: Learning That My Path Still Counts,” from the Housing LIN programme sponsored by Sovereign Network Group.

Read on: www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/Breaki...

🚀Last week at #HLINconf26 in Newcastle, we launched the new SHAPE Exchange website!

SHAPE Exchange is a 5-year programme improving age-friendly homes across the UK, with tools, leadership support & real-world labs.

Explore & get involved🔗
www.housinglin.org.uk/News/Discove... @vivensa.bsky.social

Today's #HLINks shares:

💠 #HLINconf overview
💠 #HousingDesignAwards deadline
💠 Bidding opens for Social & Affordable Homes Programme 2026-36
💠Welsh Government's draft dementia strategy for Wales 2026-36
💠 #HLINblog by AtkinsRéalis on resident engagement

And more: www.housinglin.org.uk/nl/?nid=3207

👏That’s a wrap! Our CEO Jeremy Porteus closes #HLINconf26 in Newcastle, celebrating insights & innovation across ageing, housing, community & health. A big thank you to all our sponsors for making today possible. Next up... Bristol (12 March)!

Book here: www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/Housi...

➡️Closing keynote #HLINconf26 – William Roberts (RSPH UK) explores and perfectly concludes how housing can create a healthier, happier nation. A fantastic overview of housing’s role in wellbeing & positive impact on health.

✨Read Jon's recent #HLINblog titled 'Working together to deliver extra care schemes', at: www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/Workin...

🔑 #HLINconf26 – Jon McDonald (Karbon Homes) highlights their accessible housing & specialist offer supporting health & wellbeing in later life, delivered with the #HAPPI design principles and partnerships at the heart of delivery: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/brows...

💡Thomas Dodd (Tunstall Healthcare) & Carla Dix (Delta Wellbeing) share how partnerships & connected models can predict, prevent & support care needs as people age, while Natalie James & Lynn Williams (Stockport Homes) showcase Independent Living & Carecall boosting resident wellbeing #HLINconf26

🤝 #HLINconf26 – Nick Sinclair (Community Catalysts) on relationship-based, community-centred support for those facing housing instability. Read his recent #HLINblog with 4 stories of local area coordination here: www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/Alongs...

🌳 #HLINconf26 – Carly Dickson (ARUP) presents the Age-friendly Town & Parish Guide: co-creating strategies with locals for better community outcomes produced in partnership with Housing LIN for the Centre for Ageing Better. Read the full guide at www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/...

🏘️ #HLINconf26 – Barbara Clarenz (AtkinsRéalis) shares how they create the framework in order for community to develop naturally, referencing Surrey’s Horley Independent Living #HLINCaseStudy on supported independent living: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/... #HeadlineSponsor

Our CEO Katy opened the @housinglin.bsky.social conference in Newcastle today, talking about our SHAPE Exchange partnership. Our Trustee and Chair for the SHAPE Advisory Group @profroseg.bsky.social spoke about the provision of housing for older people in the NE.
#HLINconf2026

#HLINconf26 – Kris Peach (Housing 21) explores building local communities via pet-friendly policies, engagement strategies and coproduction. Housing that connects! #Housing #HeadlineSponsor

🏙️ #HLINconf26 – Katie Shepherd & Clare Lane (P+HS Architects) discuss research & policy opportunities to create healthy cities & homes, referencing the Older People’s Housing Taskforce, on which our CEO @jeremyhlin.bsky.social served: www.housinglin.org.uk/News/Governm... #AffiliateSponsor

🏠 #HLINconf26 – Laura Wood (ProCare) showcases inclusively-designed products fit for the future, highlighting where housing adaptations are currently going wrong and what we can do to fix the problem... it's not funding, it's delivery! #Housing #HeadlineSponsor

🏘️Prof Rose Gilroy (@newcastleuni.bsky.social) on older adults & housing landscape in the NE: frontline healthcare infrastructure insights shaping our ageing future, followed by Barbara Douglas (Elders Council NE) on listening to older people’s voices to guide housing & community policy #HLINconf26

🎓 Keynote at #HLINconf26: Prof Vikki McCall (University of Stirling) explores the #ISPA project & Socialudo’s games for inclusive social care. Transforming policy into practice: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/brows...

🌟 Setting the scene at #HLINconf26! Katy Saunders (@vivensa.bsky.social) highlights the SHAPE Exchange programme – shaping housing, communities & inclusive design. Learn more: www.housinglin.org.uk/SHAPE

🚀 Kicking off #HLINconf26 in Newcastle! @jeremyhlin.bsky.social opens the day, setting the stage shaping homes for health, independence and connection. Let’s explore the future of inclusive, connected communities! www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/Housi...

🎉Excited to welcome all our delegates to #HLINconf26 tomorrow in Newcastle! Get ready for a day full of insights and conversations across ageing, housing, community & health.

See you there!🏘️

✨New #HLINblog!

Ujwala Fernandes, Regional Director at AtkinsReális ( #HLINconf26 sponsor), explores how well-designed landscapes in sheltered housing boost wellbeing, independence & social connection when residents are engaged as co-creators🌿

Read more ➡️ www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/The-Va...

Today's #HLINks includes:

👏 Thanks to #HLINconf26 registrants & sponsors
💷 £723m Disabled Facilities Grant 2026
🏡 Wales’ ambitious housing & care programme
🏆 RIBA shortlist & Housing Design Awards
✍️ Guest blogs: Jon McDonald & Nick Sinclair

And lots more! www.housinglin.org.uk/nl/?nid=3206

👉NEW #HLINblog!

Ahead of #HLINconf26, Nick Sinclair (Community Catalysts) shares four powerful stories, highlighting the impact of trust, time, strengths-based practice and the “relational buffer” of Local Area Coordination.

🔗Read here: www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/Alongs...

🌟New #HLINblog! Jon McDonald of Karbon Homes shares how the North East is meeting ageing population pressures through strong partnerships and ambitious #ExtraCare development.

We’re also thrilled he’ll be speaking at next week’s #HLINconf26!

🔗Read on: www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/Workin...

Wishing all our followers a peaceful and blessed Ramadan.

Our new report highlights how suitable housing supports dignity, faith & well-being for Bangladeshi elders in East London. Time for meaningful action.

🔗 www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/...

👉Next Feb marks 10 years since the Welsh Government’s Expert Panel, led by Prof Judith Phillips, published A Housing AGEnda for older people’s housing.

Some progress has been made, but chronic challenges remain.

Read @jeremyhlin.bsky.social's new #HLINblog: www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/A-deca...

New MHCLG guidance sets out how councils should assess supported housing need & prepare 5-year plans by March 2027.

We’ve supported many areas with this work, including our award-winning Supported/Specialist Housing Needs Assessment for Essex County Council.

Read on: www.housinglin.org.uk/SHROA/

This week’s #HLINks:

💠Supported Housing Act 2023 guidance
💠Homes England’s SAHP 2026–2036 (bidding opens 24 Feb)
💠Appello UK's Digital Telecare Readiness Report
💠HCLG Committee report on social housing conditions
💠 2 x #HLINblogs from our Welsh Symposium

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