Pride in Place: Celebrating inclusive housing & LGBTQ+ community initiatives

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• Fascinating range of ideas and examples for other housing and care providers.
• Great variety of presentations from different positions, all emphasising inclusivity.
• Warm, friendly and informative.

For Pride Month 2026, we brought together leading voices from law, academia and the arts to explore what safe, affirming housing means for LGBTQ+ communities today. 

This HAPPI Hour webinar features discussion on making safe housing choices, alongside a theatre-based exploration of home with LGBTQ+ older adults, highlighting lived experience, research and creative practice.

• 16.00: Housekeeping and introduction
  Sally Razey, Senior Public Affairs and Communications Officer, Housing LIN
   
• 16.05: Chair’s opening remarks
  Charlotte Cook, Partner, Winckworth Sherwood LLP
   
• 16:10: Professor Andrew King, Co-Director, Centre of Excellence on Ageing, University of Surrey
   
• 16:20: Dr Georgia Bowers, Senior Lecturer & Course Leader Applied and Contemporary Theatre, University of Surrey
   
• 16:30: Jude Leighton, Head of Housing, United St Saviour's Charity
   
• 16:40: Audience Q&A and panel discussion
   
• 17:00: 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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