In today's #HLINKs:
✔️ #HLINconf26 reflections
✔️ Gov's new Supported Housing Advisory Panel
✔️ New Dementia & Housing Working Group guide
✔️ 2025 Adult Social Care technology survey findings
✔️ #HLINblog on extra care housing for older people
+ lots more! www.housinglin.org.uk/nl/?nid=3211
🙏Thank you to our speakers, sponsors & delegates for making #HLINconf26 a success!
From inspiring keynotes to practical sector insights, our Bristol conference highlighted how collaboration can shape homes for health, independence & connection.
Post-event summary👇
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Afternoon keynote from Nick Hibberd (Bristol City Council) highlighted the vital link between housing & adult social care. From affordable rent to specialist schemes, the message was clear: NHS & social care reform must include housing, with prevention & neighbourhood health at its heart #HLINconf26
Savannah Fishel (researcher) provides fresh thinking on intergenerational/communal living. Her Beyond the White Picket Fence work shows how shared living models can strengthen social connection, improve wellbeing in housing and community: www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/Collec... #HLINconf26
Chris McGinley (Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design) & Lynn Lewis (Guinness Partnerships) shared The Connector, a co-designed initiative with residents exploring how homes/communities can support physical, social & digital wellbeing in later life: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/Inspi... #HLINconf26
Sem Lee (OURI Labs) introduces the concept of age-shaping ➡️ designing neighbourhoods that actively support health, inclusion and wellbeing across the life course. A compelling reminder that age-friendly communities benefit everyone #HLINconf26
Great to hear from Pat Steward on Agile Homes’ cluster and core housing model. Real-world examples from Cambridge highlighted how collaborative design, community engagement and partnerships with planners and public health teams can shape healthier neighbourhoods. #HLINconf26
David Hall (HCR Law) explores the role of technology in ageing communities from a legal perspective. Practical examples of tech for communities alongside useful reminders about data sharing, governance and potential pitfalls made for a thought-provoking session #HLINconf26
David Williams (St Monica Trust) shared a powerful example of place-shaping in practice with The Chocolate Quarter. By engaging residents & the wider community from the start, this intergenerational model shows how retirement living can foster connection, wellbeing and vibrant local life #HLINconf26
Fascinating insights from Sian De Bell exploring the evidence behind extra care housing. With the 80+ population set to double, understanding resident experiences, outcomes & costs is vital to shaping the future of this housing model.
Read blog: www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/Extra-... #HLINconf26
Simon Atkins (PRP) delivers an inspiring session on designing for dynamic independence & purposeful living. Case studies from Paignton, Swindon & Torquay showed how thoughtful design can nurture wellbeing, create vibrant communities and support people to live well for longer #HLINconf26
Releasing a new DHWG dementia-friendly guide, Bruce Moore shared how Housing 21 is helping shape ageing futures built on dignity, choice & independence. From resident-led communities to dementia-friendly design, empowering people to age well.
🔗 www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/... #HLINconf26
#HLINconf26 keynote from Ian Workman (Homes England) on Social & Affordable Homes Programme + role of specialist and supported housing. With growing demand from older, disabled & vulnerable people, investment and partnership will be key🔑 to delivering the homes communities needed.
#HAPPI #TAPPI
A strong start to #HLINconf26 in Bristol from @jeremyhlin.bsky.social, setting the scene for Shaping homes for health, independence & connection. Speaks on our key priorities for 2026 & the new SHAPE Exchange programme to better housing for an ageing population.
🔗 www.housinglin.org.uk/shape/
🚨New #HLINblog!
Ahead of #HLINconf26, Sian de Bell & Zhivko Zhelev (University of Exeter) review 98 studies on residents’ experiences, outcomes & costs in extra care housing, highlighting insights on independence, care & community as the 80+ population grows.
www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/Extra-...
In this week’s #HLINks:
📢 Bristol #HLINconf26 update
🌐 New SHAPE Exchange website launch
🤝 The Connector – co-designing for late life connection
✍️ Future Leaders blog from Sam Gilly
🏴 Scotland’s Housing Festival
📣 Casey Commission on adult social care
…and more! www.housinglin.org.uk/nl/?nid=3210
New #InspirationalAchievement feature!
A Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art and Guinness Partnership project exploring how people, place & technology can support connection in later life.
Find out more at #HLINconf26 on 12/03 or read more at: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/Inspi...
🚀Last week at #HLINconf26 in Newcastle, we launched the new SHAPE Exchange website!
SHAPE Exchange is a 5-year programme improving age-friendly homes across the UK, with tools, leadership support & real-world labs.
Explore & get involved🔗
www.housinglin.org.uk/News/Discove... @vivensa.bsky.social
We had such a warm welcome in Newcastle yesterday for our @housinglin.bsky.social NE regional #HLINconf26 and the #SHAPE announcement with @vivensa.bsky.social.
Thanks to all speakers and sponsors for their brilliant contributions. The presentations out soon at
www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/Housi...
👏That’s a wrap! Our CEO Jeremy Porteus closes #HLINconf26 in Newcastle, celebrating insights & innovation across ageing, housing, community & health. A big thank you to all our sponsors for making today possible. Next up... Bristol (12 March)!
Book here: www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/Housi...
➡️Closing keynote #HLINconf26 – William Roberts (RSPH UK) explores and perfectly concludes how housing can create a healthier, happier nation. A fantastic overview of housing’s role in wellbeing & positive impact on health.
🔑 #HLINconf26 – Jon McDonald (Karbon Homes) highlights their accessible housing & specialist offer supporting health & wellbeing in later life, delivered with the #HAPPI design principles and partnerships at the heart of delivery: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/brows...
💡Thomas Dodd (Tunstall Healthcare) & Carla Dix (Delta Wellbeing) share how partnerships & connected models can predict, prevent & support care needs as people age, while Natalie James & Lynn Williams (Stockport Homes) showcase Independent Living & Carecall boosting resident wellbeing #HLINconf26
🤝 #HLINconf26 – Nick Sinclair (Community Catalysts) on relationship-based, community-centred support for those facing housing instability. Read his recent #HLINblog with 4 stories of local area coordination here: www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/Alongs...
🌳 #HLINconf26 – Carly Dickson (ARUP) presents the Age-friendly Town & Parish Guide: co-creating strategies with locals for better community outcomes produced in partnership with Housing LIN for the Centre for Ageing Better. Read the full guide at www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/...
🏘️ #HLINconf26 – Barbara Clarenz (AtkinsRéalis) shares how they create the framework in order for community to develop naturally, referencing Surrey’s Horley Independent Living #HLINCaseStudy on supported independent living: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/... #HeadlineSponsor
#HLINconf26 – Kris Peach (Housing 21) explores building local communities via pet-friendly policies, engagement strategies and coproduction. Housing that connects! #Housing #HeadlineSponsor
🏙️ #HLINconf26 – Katie Shepherd & Clare Lane (P+HS Architects) discuss research & policy opportunities to create healthy cities & homes, referencing the Older People’s Housing Taskforce, on which our CEO @jeremyhlin.bsky.social served: www.housinglin.org.uk/News/Governm... #AffiliateSponsor
🏠 #HLINconf26 – Laura Wood (ProCare) showcases inclusively-designed products fit for the future, highlighting where housing adaptations are currently going wrong and what we can do to fix the problem... it's not funding, it's delivery! #Housing #HeadlineSponsor
🏘️Prof Rose Gilroy (@newcastleuni.bsky.social) on older adults & housing landscape in the NE: frontline healthcare infrastructure insights shaping our ageing future, followed by Barbara Douglas (Elders Council NE) on listening to older people’s voices to guide housing & community policy #HLINconf26
