HLINks Weekly: Housing, Health, and Social Care Latest News
HLINks Weekly: Housing, Health, and Social Care Latest News
9 June 2025
Welcome to today’s edition of HLINks – your weekly roundup of the latest news, insights, and opportunities from housing, health, and ageing! This week, we share:
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HAPPI Hour Webinar: Carers in Extra Care Housing – Join us tomorrow for this special Carers Week event featuring fresh insights from Carers UK and the University of Kent.
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Take Part in the DomCare Survey – Managers of homecare and housing-with-care schemes in selected regions: share your experiences in this NIHR-funded research project on domiciliary care.
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Future Leaders Programme 2025 – Just three weeks left to apply for our year-long leadership journey for early-career professionals.
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Resource Roundup – Catch up on our recent Pride Month HAPPI Hour webinar and explore inclusive housing models for older LGBTQ+ communities.
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New Viewpoint: Funding Care and Extra Care Housing – Read John Payne’s call for bold, long-term funding solutions in social care.
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Dates for Your Diary – Mark your calendar for our upcoming HAPPI Hour sessions, from sustaining almshouses to promoting diversity in housing.
We hope this week’s HLINks newsletter provides you with useful insights and inspiration.
Best wishes,
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The Housing LIN Team |
Sector News and Announcements
HAPPI Hour Webinar - Carers in Extra Care Housing
Tomorrow’s HAPPI Hour webinar, Carers in Extra Care Housing, is a key Carers Week 2025 event. It will spotlight new insights from Carers UK’s latest survey and a University of Kent research project. Don’t miss this opportunity to explore housing challenges and solutions for unpaid carers.
DomCare: The Benefits and Costs of Domiciliary Care - Survey
Are you a manager of a homecare agency or housing-with-care scheme supporting adults in Kent, Surrey, Sussex, the East Midlands, or Yorkshire & Humber?
We invite you to take part in DomCare, a three-year study funded by the NIHR Policy Research Programme, exploring the benefits and costs of domiciliary care.
Three Weeks Left to Apply: Future Leaders Programme 2025
Time is ticking! Just three weeks remain to apply for the 5th intake of the Housing LIN Future Leaders Programme, sponsored by Sovereign Network Group.
This year-long opportunity is for early-career professionals in housing, health, or care, passionate about ageing. Enjoy leadership sessions, networking, reflection, and the chance to present at the Housing LIN Summit.
Apply by Monday, 30 June 2025.
Resource Roundup
Webinar Recording - Pride and overcoming prejudice – Making safe choices
Last week's HAPPI Hour webinar celebrated Pride Month in two parts. It first showcased a new impact project enhancing access for older LGBTQ+ individuals in London and explored safe choices. It then went on to examine inclusive care housing models, highlighting initiatives in Manchester and research from the University of Kent.
The recording is now live and available to watch.
Housing LIN Viewpoint 109: Making the case for funding care and extra care housing
Ahead of tomorrow's HAPPI Hour webinar on Carers in Extra Care Housing, we are pleased to share this Housing LIN Viewpoint by John Payne (Founder, Matters Grey), calling for bold, innovative funding for long-term care. It explores leveraging housing wealth, shared ownership, and risk-pooling schemes.
Advocating investment in extra care housing and inheritance tax reform, it urges political leadership to transform adult social care amid rising pressures and unmet needs.
What else caught our interest...
- Clarion Futures news: Clarion launches making a difference fund as part of 125th anniversary celebrations
- Foundations blog: What Devolution Will Mean for Local Government Structures - Part 2
- Habinteg blog: Lord Best: Why all new homes in England should meet the M4(2) building standard
- Housing with Care Awards 2025: Winners announced
- Look Ahead feature: Importance of Community in Mental Health
Dates For Your Diary
Our Spring/Summer HAPPI Hour webinar series is in full swing! With four sessions already behind us and plenty more to come, now’s the perfect time to jump in. Spaces are filling quickly—grab your spot today!
- Carers in Extra Care Housing 10/06/2025, 4pm - 5pm
- Sustaining Almshouses for the 21st Century 17/06/2025, 4pm - 5pm
- Supported housing, supporting people – creating the right housing choices 01/07/2025, 4pm - 5pm
- Housing Adaptations for Health 15/07/2025, 4pm - 5pm
- Promoting Diversity in Housing for a Diverse Older Population 22/07/2025, 4pm - 5pm
We look forward to welcoming you! In the meantime, you can watch all previous HAPPI Hour webinar recordings here.
See What We’re Working on Behind the Scenes!
Curious about the various projects the Housing LIN is engaged in? These range from pioneering research partnerships with universities to the development of innovative tools and resources aimed at influencing policy and practice. Learn more here!
Building on our highly-prized learning and improvement ethos, the Housing LIN can also help you and your organisation underpin your progress in a changing and challenging work environment.
Let's Work Together! To find out how we can support your operational and/or strategic plans, contact us at consultancy@housinglin.org.uk or visit our Research and Advisory Services.