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North East Housing LIN

North East Housing LIN Chair: Dawn Keightley

North East Housing LIN Coordinator: Philippa Hughes

Please email info@housinglin.org.uk for any regional related queries.

For the next NE Region Housing LIN meeting, please look under 'Events'

Regional Resources

How do people access and experience home adaptations? Perspectives from people in later life and practitioners

This Housing LIN case study report summarises the findings from recent research conducted on the lived experiences of home adaptations, funded by the Centre for Ageing Better

The Hidden Costs of Poor Quality housing in the North

This report highlights the scale of poor quality housing in the north and the increased health impacts of those living in homes that are not fit for purpose.

Housing Voices - Using theatre and film to engage people in later life housing conversations

This report and the accompanying film, shows how Elders Council of Newcastle, working with Skimstone Arts and Northumbria University, have used theatre and film to engage people in later life conversations about their housing.

Inspiring new housing choices for older people in Walker, Newcastle

This Housing LIN Case Study no 141 provides an overview of the Tree Top Village in Walker and captures the lessons learned following a North East Housing LIN regional meeting and study tour.

North East Vanguards Programme Report

Findings, lessons learned and recommendations from the evaluation of the five vanguards in North East England.

Evaluating extra care - valuing what really matters... The case for taking relationships seriously

This Housing LIN Case Study No 129 features Strand Court, the first of a number of planned extra care housing schemes to be built in North East Lincolnshire. It looks at the benefits of extra care housing...

Approaches to integrated housing, health and social care services: case studies from North Tyneside Council and Northumbria Healthcare

This Housing LIN Case Study Report presents three case studies of innovative approaches to integrated working across housing, health and adult social care from North Tyneside Council and Northumbria...

Hatching a plan for older people's housing

Housing LIN Viewpoint no 78 - At a time when planning should be raising its game to meet the needs of an ageing society, the Government is progressing changes to legislation and funding for housing which...

Care and Support Specialised Housing Fund (Phase Two) - North East

The Department of Health have now announced the successful bids for Phase Two of the Care and Support Specialised Housing (CaSSH) Fund administered by the Homes and Communities Agency in the North East....

Home Truths 2015/16: The Housing Market in the North East

This NHF report states that while house prices are substantially lower than other parts of the country, low wages and some of the highest levels of unemployment are making housing increasingly unaffordable...

Care Closer to Home. The Gateway, Middlesbrough: A New Integrated Health, Social Care & Housing Pathway

This Housing LIN Case Study no 111 sets out the economic, health and social benefits of Keiro's service model at The Gateway Centre, Middlesbrough. The Centre is a 40 bed facility with a Community Hub...

Silver Cities: Realising the potential of our growing older population

This report from IPPR North seeks to promote a positive, long-term and integrated response to ageing in cities, and demonstrates how it would contribute to the delivery of economic growth, employment...

North Tyneside Living: an integrated housing, health and social care model to deliver preventative and enabling sheltered housing services

Housing LIN Case Study no 98 - In the UK, the government is questioning our readiness for an ageing population, with concerns about housing provision and the restructuring of and reduction in, services...

Dementia 2014: A North East Perspective

This report by the North East Dementia Alliance provides a summary of demographic trends, work that is being undertaken to support people with dementia and their carers by statutory, voluntary and academic...

Grand redesigns: sheltered housing 'chic'

This Housing LIN Case Study no 90 highlights the award winning improvements made at Castle Court, a remodelled sheltered housing scheme managed by Derwentside Homes on the site of a previous care home...

North East Dementia Friendly Communities Resource Guide

Involving local communities in meeting the spiritual needs of people with dementia across care settings in the North East This joint publication by Northumbria University and North East Dementia Alliance...

Care and Support Specialised Housing Fund (Phase One) - North East

The Department of Health have now announced the successful bids for Phase One of the Care and Support Specialised Housing Fund (CSSHF) administered by the Homes and Communities Agency in the North East....

Enabling Independence - Living well with dementia

Developed by Sunderland City Council, this standard provides good practice information relating to designing and upgrading accommodation for people with a dementia diagnosis. The information is grouped...

Enabling Independence - Design Guide for Independent Living

The Design Guide was compiled by Sunderland City Council (SCC), Health Housing and Adult Services Directorate in 2011 and has been regularly updated to include good practice and evidence of learning....

Exploring the possibility of change - Cohousing - the potential for an older people's development in Newcastle upon Tyne

Findings from an action research project commissioned by Newcastle University, the Quality of Life Partnership and the Elders Council of Newcastle

Housing for older people in Newcastle - Market position statement

The MPS was developed jointly by Newcastle's Adult and Culture Services and the Fairer Housing Unit to support the delivery of more housing based models of provision such as extra care housing

Smarter Homes for the Future

The Smarter Homes for the Future Project in Stockton-on-Tees started in 2011, with funding from the Dementia Innovation Fund, to help support implementation of objective 6 of the National Dementia Strategy....

Time for co-production on financial products and services?

The paper brings together evidence from published sources and findings from a dialogue between members of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Elders Council and financial industry professionals representatives. The paper...

Enabling Independence - A guide to reablement provision in Extra Care

This guide by Sunderland City Council intends to provide general advice about providing reablement or intermediate care accommodation within an extra care housing scheme. Capital and revenue costs;...

Cost Benefit Assessment of Supporting People in the North East

This paper from the NE Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership evaluates both the cost-benefits of the Supporting People programme in the North East region and the potential efficiencies that...

Telling the story of Hartfields: A new retirement village for the twenty-first century

In 2008 the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust, in partnership with Hartlepool Borough Council and other local agencies, opened the DH funded Hartfields retirement village in Hartlepool. This study tracks...

A Guide to Age Friendly Communities in the North

This report provides practical examples of how communities can be developed to include people of all ages. Published by the Northern Housing Consortium it is based on consultation with the public and...

Developing a Design Guide for Accommodation with Support / Care at Sunderland City Council

This Housing LIN Case Study no 49 explores design solutions for models of accommodation including extra care and similar provision of housing with care and support for adults of all ages, with examples...

Housing for Older People from the Chinese Community - Middlesbrough

Housing LIN Case Study No11 - Example of a local community development partnership between a housing association and a Chinese community association.