This week’s HLINks: 19 - 23 July 2021

Welcome to #Jeremytalks (opens new window)and our must-read weekly bulletin, HLINks (opens new window), week-ending Friday, 23rd July 2021.

We are pleased to announce that Lovell Later Living (opens new window) has become the latest sponsor of the Housing LIN. To coincide, their Managing Director of Later Living, Paula Broadbent, has written a guest Housing LIN blog setting out their ambitions as a business in our sector.

And this week, ahead of our HAPPI Hour on Compassionate Neighbours we also published a guest blog by Sparko TV’s Jenny Grosett in which she describes their work with Anchor Hanover (opens new window) and St Joseph’s Hospice (opens new window) to digitally support residents at Lime Tree Court, Hackney and those digitally excluded.

In other news in the week, the Government’s lockdown restrictions were eased, you can also take a tour of latest news and events on later life housing and independent living with regard to homes and communities, health and social care, design and technology, planning matters and more. We highlight a bumper range of important policy announcements and new resources that we think will be of interest to you, including:

The Government’s announcement of the launch of their new national Autism Strategy which also builds on their housing commitments
The Government’s publication of their updated National Model Design Code with reference to housing quality that is inclusive and accessible, and revised National Planning Policy Framework
The Hansard transcript of this month’s Parliamentary Debate on Housing with Care
A guide created by The King’s Fund and Picker for partners working in integrated care systems on how they can listen to and learn from people and communities.
The recent Ageing Better Sheffield/South Yorkshire Housing Association coproduction toolkit, The Stronger Together
A new report by the County Councils Network and Tunstall Healthcare on employing assistive technology in adult social care
The SCIE Housing with Care Commission’s call for information on BAME and LGBTQ+ housing, and
Details on how to book your place for next week’s HAPPI Hour session on fostering innovation in designing for ageing with Phoenix Community Housing and Levitt Bernstein Architects and UKRI’s Healthy Ageing Challenge.

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Lastly, if you would like to talk to us about any matters highlighted in this week’s issue, share learning about your work and/or discuss how you can engage our highly regarded consultancy services (opens new window) to support you, email ‘Jeremy talks’ at: info@housinglin.org.uk (opens new window)

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Stay connected and, above all, with new lockdown ‘freedoms’ having been introduced from Monday, continue to stay safe.

Eid Mubarak to all those who are celebrating.

Jeremy