HAPPI Hour Webinar – Suitable Housing for an Ageing Population Evidence Exchange – The SHAPE of things to come

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• Essential. From people who know what they're talking about.
• A snapshot of what's to come in terms of innovations in housing.
• Excellent input from all speakers; setting out an exciting agenda for the future.

This webinar saw the soft launch of the SHAPE (Suitable Housing for an Ageing Population Evidence) Exchange, the Housing LIN’s ground-breaking five-year programme funded by our strategic partner, the Vivensa Foundation.

SHAPE builds on the HAPPI and TAPPI initiatives to promote more inclusive, care-ready home design, age-friendly communities, and the improvement of existing housing, whether through adaptation or the use of technology, to support independent living, as highlighted in the Older People’s Housing Taskforce report.

Building on its 10 core themes and accompanying recommendations, the SHAPE Exchange aims to strengthen sector leadership across housing, health and social care for older people in the UK by utilising the latest data, evidence-based tools and resources, innovation labs, leadership development and knowledge exchange.

In this session, we hear from the programme’s funder - the Vivensa Foundation - and three guest speakers, who explore SHAPE’s initial core themes (care-ready housing, intergenerational living, and technology and adaptations), highlighting why these areas are critical to shaping our future homes and communities.

4:00pm – Welcome and Housekeeping
Sally Razey, Communications and Membership Officer, Housing LIN

4:05pm – Welcome and Introduction
Jeremy Porteus, CEO of Housing LIN

4:10pm – Reflections on creating housing and communities for an ageing demographic
Susan Kay, Chief Executive Officer, and Katy Saunders, incoming Chief Executive Officer of the Vivensa Foundation

4:20pm – Care-ready housing
Rose Gilroy, Professor of Ageing, Policy & Planning, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, & Vivensa Foundation Trustee.

4:30pm – Intergenerational Communities
Kevin McGeough, Head of Strategy and Placemaking at Ebbsfleet

4:40pm – Home Adaptations: Policy updates, system challenges, and opportunities for improvement
Paul Smith, Managing Director, Foundations

4:50pm – Audience Q&A

5:00pm – Close

At our popular events, you can:

• Watch and discover new extra care housing developments to find out about the design, development and operational management arrangements so that you can explore solutions that can transform your ‘offer’;
   
• Listen to the latest practice, research, new funding initiatives, innovative products or projects so that you have the insight and intelligence required to improve your service delivery;
   
• Learn about the current sector issues so that you are up-to-date and better positioned to respond to the latest policy and innovative operational developments; and
   
• Connect with industry experts and fellow Housing LIN members, exchange ideas, and share experiences in a relaxed setting.

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