Information & advice

Thursday 22 November 2007
Woburn House‚ Main Hall‚ London

Thank you to everyone who attended our conference on involving older people.

We had an excellent line-up of speakers‚ from the policy-makers outlining the basis for a revised focus on resident involvement‚ to practitioners illustrating practical examples of how they have involved older people.

• Terrie Alafat‚ Director of Housing Strategy and Support‚ Communities and Local Government
  National Strategy for Housing an Ageing Society;
• Peter Dixon‚ Chairman of The Housing Corporation
  Involvement Policy‚ People first – delivering change through involvement.
• Joy Kingsbury‚ Director of Care & Support‚ Liz Bezzant‚ Supported Housing Manager‚ and Gloria McClurg‚ Chair of Sheltered Housing Tenants’ Forum‚ Mendip Housing
  Involving tenants in the review of sheltered housing services and floating support;
• Helen Barbrook‚ Neighbourhood Involvement Manager‚ and Alison Cross-Jones‚ Chair‚ Regional Forum‚ Westlea Housing
  Resident involvement with purpose – empowering older residents;
• Debbie Dixon‚ Information and Advice Manager‚ Age Concern Bexley
  Involving older people within the wider community;
• Heléna Herklots‚ Director of Regional Operations and Service Development‚ Age Concern England‚ and a Board member of Housing 21
  Good practice from Age Concern's perspective and how it can help housing providers

Presentations can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.

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Last year's conferences

You may also want to check out last year’s excellent line-up of speakers at both our conferences‚ which we will match this year:

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