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📢NEW #HLINCaseStudy! Written by Rowan Haysom, Director at Haysom Ward Miller Architects, this Housing LIN Case Study (No. 174) highlights the More’s Meadow Almshouses project, developed by the Great Shelford Village Charity. The project delivers 21 affordable homes in Cambridgeshire, emphasising community-led design, sustainability, and social connectivity. Read on to find out: ✨ how the More’s Meadow project successfully involved local residents and addressed community needs, from planning to completion. ✨the project’s environmentally conscious features, such as greenbelt preservation, biodiversity support, and energy-efficient housing design. ✨the central green space and resident-oriented layout encouraging a strong, connected community, enhancing wellbeing and social interaction. Read on: https://lnkd.in/ebv8Nwns #Almshouse #Community #UKHousing #AgeingPopulation #Sustainability #SocialConnection #CaseStudy

In anticipation of Occupational Therapy (OT) Week 2024, we are excited to invite you to next week's #HAPPIHour webinar, where we’ll explore occupational therapist assessments and trusted methods for evaluating accessible and adaptable homes. 🌐Online - Zoom 📅Tuesday 29 October 2024 🕓4pm - 5pm Join us for a webinar exploring the impact of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists' Adaptations without Delay report and the importance of the Trusted Assessor process in adaptation decisions. We'll highlight how redefined roles in equipment and adaptation assessments, inspired by the 2019 RCOT report, improve outcomes for individuals, environments, and services. In partnership with TACT (Trusted Assessing & Care Training), this session will also showcase examples from teams that have embraced these changes, helping housing providers better meet tenants' needs while allowing OT teams to focus on complex cases. Chaired by Jeremy Porteus, CEO of Housing LIN, we'll be joined by: 💠Janet Seward, Partnerships Manager and Clare Barber, Director at Trusted Assessing and Care Training (TACT) 💠Sheena Starrett, Age Friendly Coordinator (Southwark) at Southern Housing   💠Lauren Walker, Professional Advisor, Royal College of Occupational Therapists Housing Lead Find out more and register here: https://lnkd.in/e_Xw9xea #OTWeek2024 #Accessible #AdaptableHomes.

Let’s change how we age 💜 Today, we’re launching our new campaign aimed at changing the way we age. The experience of growing older needs to change and Age UK is leading the charge. From providing specialist, impartial advice to research and campaigning, we want to change the lives of older people now and in the future. Donate, campaign or volunteer today. https://bit.ly/3YkKFNT

I am delighted to be chairing the Autumn Budget webinar from the National Housing Federation. This webinar will provide our members with an understanding of what the Autumn Budget from the new government contains and what it means for housing associations. https://lnkd.in/dDiPvk47

Are you a postdoctoral researcher looking to take the next step in your career? The NIHR Advanced Fellowship offers flexible support for individuals undertaking research in any scientific discipline or sector committed to improving health and care. Applications open soon. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ekzNfRdD #NIHR #AdvancedFellowship #PostdocResearch #HealthCareResearch

We're thrilled with the amazing feedback from our recent #HAPPIHour on Healthy Ageing, #HAPPI Homes and Happy Cities! 💠"Great presentations from experts passionate about their shared topic of interest." 💠"Very informative, great to have international speakers." 💠"Excellent and thoughtful look at the history of how we got here and where we might go: blues skies with feet on the ground." 💠"Inspirational, thought provoking, passionate and exciting." A big thank you to George MacGinnis (Challenge Director at UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge), Kevin McGeough (Director of Healthy New Town Programme at Ebbsfleet Development Corporation DC) and Madeleine Hebert (Senior Housing Specialist at Happy Cities) for making it such a success! Watch the recording & download the presentation slides: https://lnkd.in/dgUEc4A5

Thinking differently… Last week Shannon Conway sat on a panel at the Place North West RESI conference. She was asked what she believed all developers should be doing, and what Picture This was doing differently. We support the premise that all new homes should be delivered to M4 (2) standards. This increases the chances of people being able to stay in their home if they need to make accessiblity-related adaptations. We’d also love to see all developers enaging with the Guide to Creating Age Friendly Developments. Last year, we contributed our thoughts to this Greater Manchester Combined Authority Ageing Hub’s developer toolkit. It’s a short, easily readable document that provides guidance on how we can make new homes suitable for all age demographics. There are some easy wins which could make a huge difference to people’s lives. We use this guide to underpin the design of all Picture This schemes 👇👇👇. https://lnkd.in/ezij7hjv Picture This Commitment: All our homes are M4 (2) standard and 10% of apartments are M4 (3) wheelchair adaptable. We also consider neurodiversity when approaching the design of our spaces. Housing LIN Jeremy Porteus Paul McGarry Nicola Waterworth Mark Hammond Manchester School of Architecture (MSA) Kelly-Marie Rodgers Greater Manchester Moving Centre for Ageing Better The Manchester Metropolitan University Nigel Saunders Pozzoni Architecture Limited

👓LifeLens is a VR experiential learning platform which helps build empathy with the sensory challenges that can often accompany people living with dementia and ageing. Their aim is to support those families through raising awareness of these lesser-known challenges and those designing spaces to improve quality of life and extend independent living. Here’s what Kingdom Group staff have said about the LifeLens training: ✨Housing Officer: “It has given me a much better understanding of what effect visual and hearing impairments can have on a person.” ✨Executive Director, Kingdom Housing & Care: “The most impactful element for me was experiencing what it is like to live with glaucoma or macular degeneration.” ✨Employability Officer: “Being able to see through the eyes of someone and experience how things would look was so helpful and would really complement the training we deliver during our care academy.” Watch demo and find out more: https://lnkd.in/en6JyYE8 Virtual Reality Empathy Platform Ltd #VR #Empathy #Dementia #Ageing #TAPPI #Technology

Curious about the future of New Towns? Ahead of tomorrow's #HAPPIHour on Healthy Ageing, #HAPPI Homes and Happy Cities, Kevin McGeough, Head of Strategy and Placemaking at Ebbsfleet Development Corporation, explores the 21st century evolution of New Towns and the transformative role of #HAPPI! 🔗 Read more in our latest #HLINblog: https://lnkd.in/ezZx3WdN

Do you work in age-related services, research or innovation in the UK? The DMT Academy is the only UK network dedicated to bringing together and supporting researchers, clinicians, innovators and community organisations working within healthy-ageing. Swipe through our slides below to learn more about the Academy 👇 #AgeingResearch #AgeFriendlyCommunities #HealthyAgeing