HLINks Weekly: 8 June 2026

Before we dive into this week’s newsletter, we would like to invite you to tomorrow’s HAPPI Hour webinar! In anticipation of next week’s Loneliness Awareness Week, we are hosting the first SHAPE Exchange webinar, Designing Homes and Communities that Reduce Isolation and Build Connection, on Tuesday, 9 June, from 4:00pm to 5:00pm.

Join us to hear leading experts discuss how housing, technology, home adaptations and age-friendly communities can support wellbeing, independence and healthy ageing, while helping to reduce loneliness and strengthen social connections.

Chaired by the Vivensa Foundation, the session will bring together speakers from Age Irrelevance, Manchester School of Architecture, Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Bield.

Other housing, health and care sector stories included in today's newsletter:

Housing LIN Southwest Leadership Set hosts annual away day in St Ives
Coordinated by the Scottish Digital Health and Care Innovation Centre, a new report on the digital blueprint for a smart home of the future
Published by the Canadian Standards Association Public Policy Centre, a new report on how multigenerational households can support ageing in place
Webinar recording now available - Pride in Place: Celebrating inclusive housing & LGBTQ+ community initiatives
A new Housing LIN guest blog on Changing perceptions and progress over perfection by the National Care Forum's Honor Westlake

And lots more of what else caught our interest!