HAPPI Hour Webinar - Towards age-friendly futures: Local practice and perspectives
With the creation of age-friendly communities a key recommendation of the Older People’s Housing Taskforce, join this HAPPI Hour webinar to explore what it really means to create age-friendly futures — from policy to practice and research to real-life impact.
Overview
This lively session brings together a rich mix of voices and insights: from the latest thinking on how to assess ageing in place, to the challenges of affordability in age-friendly cities and communities.
Hear first-hand how Bolton Council is embedding age-friendliness into its local strategy and explore design-led approaches to later-life connectedness.
Whether you’re working in housing, health, local government or research, this session promises to share new perspectives and practical takeaways to shape healthier, more inclusive communities for all of us as we age.
This lively session brings together a rich mix of voices and insights: from the latest thinking on how to assess ageing in place, to the challenges of affordability in age-friendly cities and communities.
Hear first-hand how Bolton Council is embedding age-friendliness into its local strategy and explore design-led approaches to later-life connectedness.
Whether you’re working in housing, health, local government or research, this session promises to share new perspectives and practical takeaways to shape healthier, more inclusive communities for all of us as we age.
Agenda
4:00 pm – Welcome and Housekeeping
Sally Razey, Communications and Membership Officer, Housing LIN
4:05 pm – Welcome and Introduction
Jeremy Porteus, Founder and CEO, Housing LIN
4:10 pm – Affordability and the relationship in the age-friendly cities and communities arena
Dr Hannah R. Marston, FGSA, Senior Research Fellow, The Open University
4:20 pm – What makes a good place for healthy ageing? Developing a tool to assess ageing in place
Iain Scott, Senior Lecturer, Edinburgh School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture
4:30 pm – Bolton’s Age-friendly Strategy
Lauren McKechnie, Chief Executive, Age UK Bolton
4.40 pm – tbc
4:50 pm – Audience Q&A
5:00 pm – Close
4:00 pm – Welcome and Housekeeping
Sally Razey, Communications and Membership Officer, Housing LIN
4:05 pm – Welcome and Introduction
Jeremy Porteus, Founder and CEO, Housing LIN
4:10 pm – Affordability and the relationship in the age-friendly cities and communities arena
Dr Hannah R. Marston, FGSA, Senior Research Fellow, The Open University
4:20 pm – What makes a good place for healthy ageing? Developing a tool to assess ageing in place
Iain Scott, Senior Lecturer, Edinburgh School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture
4:30 pm – Bolton’s Age-friendly Strategy
Lauren McKechnie, Chief Executive, Age UK Bolton
4.40 pm – tbc
4:50 pm – Audience Q&A
5:00 pm – Close
Why attend our HAPPI Hour webinars?
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.
Keep the conversation going with #HAPPIHour on Bluesky (opens new window) and LinkedIn (opens new window).
All HAPPI Hour webinars are FREE on a first come, first served basis. Create your account or log in to avoid any disappointment.
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.
Keep the conversation going with #HAPPIHour on Bluesky (opens new window) and LinkedIn (opens new window).
All HAPPI Hour webinars are FREE on a first come, first served basis. Create your account or log in to avoid any disappointment.