HAPPI Hour - Ageing well: Creating Healthy Homes and Sustainable Healthier Neighbourhoods

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  • An interesting overview on how housing actors are dealing with the provision of safe, affordable and healthy housing that allows maximum community engagement.
  • Excellent range of thought-provoking, short presentations across research, policy and practice.
  • An interesting set of presentations, with a focus both on the impact of individual developments and their position in the wider community.
  • Great session with some really interesting facts.

Overview

This webinar shines a spotlight on healthy ageing space and placemaking. It shares the latest insights, good practice and research on creating more socially resilient age-friendly communities and looks at how wider physical infrastructure can achieve more inclusive and sustainable communities.

You will also hear from architects from P+HS showcasing their award-winning specialist housing designs, alongside speakers from the University of Bath, Surrey County Council and the Almshouse Resilient Communities (ARC) for the Future project.

Agenda

16:00 – Zoom format
Sally Taylor-Ridgway, Communications and Membership Officer, Host, Housing LIN ~ @HLINcomms (opens new window)

16:05 – Chair’s opening comments 
Jeremy Porteus, CEO of Housing LIN ~ @Housing LIN (opens new window)

16:10 – Research in Health and Housing
Faye Sanders, Doctoral Researcher, University of Bath ~ @sandersfaye_ (opens new window)~ @uniofbathnews (opens new window)

16:20 – Findings and learnings from the 'Planning for Surrey's Ageing Population' webinar
Cllr Sinead Mooney, Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care ~ @SineadCMooney (opens new window) ~ @SurreyNews (opens new window)

16:30 – Care support and community health projects
Katie Shepherd, Associate Director, Residential Lead, Architect, P+HS ~ @PandHSArch (opens new window)

16:40 – Almshouse Resilient Communities (ARC) for the Future and their new Knowledge Hub
Dr Alison Pooley, Co-Investigator for ARC for the Future, University of Suffolk ~ @alison_pooley (opens new window) ~ @uniofsuffolk (opens new window)

16.50 – Questions and panel debate

17.00 – Event close
Jeremy Porteus, CEO of Housing LIN ~ @Housing LIN (opens new window)

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