Community Access Agenda | Housing Community Summit

Day one - Tuesday 8 September 2026 (Community)
Day two - Wednesday 9 September 2026 (Community)

8:00am

Location: Exhibition Centre at Liverpool Experience Campus

9:10am

Duration: 9:10am- 9:50am

Speakers:

Elaine Johnson
Great Places
Rohini Sharma Joshi
CIH EDI Board

Chair:

Lili Vetter
Wythenshawe Homes and House Proud North West

Duration: 9:10am- 9:50am

Location: Exhibition: NHF / CIH stand

10:10am

Duration: 10:10am- 10:55am

Speakers:

Craig Doyle
West of Scotland Housing
Evie Copeland
Berwickshire Housing Association
John Hannigan
Circle Voluntary Housing Association and CIH Governing Board

Chair:

Mica Joseph
Riverside and CIH Futures

Duration: 10:10am- 10:55am

Speaker:

Caritas Charles
TPAS England

Duration: 10:10am- 10:55am

11:10am

Duration: 11:10am- 11:55am

Speakers:

Julie Haydon
Wolverhampton Homes
Niamh Quinn
Tuath Housing

Duration: 11:10am- 11:55am

Speakers:

Samantha Tullock
Believe
Andy Sutton
Sero

Duration: 11:10am- 11:55am

12:10pm

Duration: 12:15pm - 12:55pm

Location: Exhibiton

Duration: 12:10pm- 12:55pm

Speakers:

Nic Bliss
Stop Social Housing Stigma Campaign
John O’Sullivan
Respond
Michael Verrier
G15 Resident Group and L&Q

Chair:

Dr Eve Blezard
Chartered Institute of Housing

Duration: 12:25pm- 1:00pm

Speakers:

Gavin Smart
Chartered Institute of Housing
Kate Henderson
National Housing Federation

1:10pm

Duration: 1:10pm- 1:55pm

Speaker:

Paul Cartwright
Aico

Duration: 1:10pm- 1:55pm

Speaker:

Ashley Campbell
Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland

1:35pm

Duration: 1:35pm - 2:45pm

Location: Exhibition

2:10pm

Duration: 2:10pm- 2:55pm

Speakers:

Karen Gregory
Aster Group and Social Housing Resident
Dave Farquharson
Lightning Reach
Ed Hughes
ClwdAlyn

Chair:

Sam Lister
Chartered Institute of Housing

Duration: 2:10pm- 2:55pm

3:10pm

Duration: 3:10pm- 3:55pm

Speakers:

Professor Vikki McCall
University of Stirling
Ryan Barclay
CIH Futures and Housing Options Scotland

Duration: 3:10pm- 3:55pm

Speakers:

Catherine Max
Health and Housing Impact Network
Richard Clark
Bromford Flagship

Duration: 3:10pm- 3:55pm

Speaker:

Chris Grose
Chris Grose Consultancy

Chair:

Sarah Davis
Chartered Institute of Housing

3:25pm

Duration: 3:25pm - 4:05pm

Location: Exhibition

4:10pm

Duration: 4:10pm- 4:55pm

Speaker:

Mary Gibbons
Abri

Duration: 4:10pm- 4:55pm

Speakers:

Ian Hancock
Cobalt
Dr Eve Blezard
Chartered Institute of Housing

5:30pm

Duration: 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Location: Exhibition

7:00pm

Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes

7:30am

Duration: 7:30am - 8:00am

Location: Meeting point: Registration desks

Duration: 7:30am - 8:00am

Location: Meeting point: Registration desks

8:00am

Location: Exhibition Centre at Liverpool Experience Campus

8:10am

Duration: 8:10am- 8:50am

Speakers:

David Wilton
TPAS Cymru
Claire Donovan
End Furniture Poverty
Sally Trueman
Riverside and G15 Resident Group

Chair:

Alex Rogers
Tapi Carpets & Floors

Duration: 8:10am- 8:50am

9:10am

Duration: 9:10am- 9:55am

Speakers:

Cerys Clark
CIH Cymru
Ellie Marlow
CIH Futures England and The Regenda Group

Duration: 9:10am- 9:55am

Speaker:

Ashley Dunne
Aico

10:10am

Duration: 10:10am- 10:55am

Speakers:

Danny Pardoe
Birmingham City University
Elly Hoult
Peabody Trust

Duration: 10:10am - 10:55am

Speakers:

Ryan Chivers
Ipswich Council
Lucy Owen
Trident Group

Chair:

Sem Lee
OURI Labs

Duration: 10:10am - 10:55am

Speaker:

Stewart Davison
Elehan Consulting and Proptech Peer Group

10:40am

Duration: 10:40am - 11:20am

Location: Exhibition

Duration: 11:10am- 11:55am

Speakers:

Aileen Evans
CIH and Church Housing Association
Lorna Wilson
Barrhead Housing
Kai Jackson
Black Country Housing Group and TPAS

Duration: 11:10am- 11:55am

Speakers:

Jaz Pugh
Barcud
Francis Burrows
Wandle
Peter Smith
ClwdAlyn

12:10pm

Duration: 12:10pm- 12:55pm

Speakers:

Gavin Smith
Fife Council
Laighton Walters
Embassy Village Manchester

Duration: 12:10pm- 12:55pm

Speakers:

Paul Hassan
Ashley Community Housing (ACH)
Mushtaq Khan
Housing Diversity Network
Jennifer Hawthorne OBE
Northern Ireland Housing Executive

12:55pm

Duration: 12:55pm - 2:05pm

Location: Exhibition

Duration: 1:10pm- 1:55pm

Speaker:

James Clark
Sheffield City Council and CIH Policy Advisory Committee

Duration: 1:10pm- 1:55pm

Speakers:

Ian Swift
Islington Council
Nicki Clarke
Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse

Chair:

Dr Kelly Henderson
Addressing Domestic Abuse

2:10pm

Duration: 2:10pm- 2:55pm

Speaker:

Gareth Sinnet
Bournville Village Trust

Duration: 2:10pm- 2:55pm

Speaker:

Matt Jones
MSV Housing Group

2:45pm

Duration: 2:45pm - 3:15pm

Location: Exhibition

3:10pm

Duration: 3:10pm - 3:55pm

Speakers:

Sophie Hayward
Portus Supported Housing
Joe Kane-Smith
PPL

Duration: 3:10pm - 3:55pm

Speaker:

Andrew Cooper
Sovereign Network Group

4:00pm

Exhibition closes

Location: Exhibition

8:00am

Registration and exhibition opens

9:10am

Bridging the gap: equality, diversity and inclusion for housing professionals

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Housing in conversation: using AI as a housing practitioner

Welcome and networking

10:10am

How to navigate your career in housing

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Housing in conversation: are we getting tenant engagement right?

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How to respond effectively and quickly to hazards

11:10am

Presidential campaign: rooted in resilience

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Practical strategies to meet energy standards

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Housing in conversation: making the most of membership

12:10pm

Networking

Challenging social housing stigma

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In conversation with the Chartered Institute of Housing and National Housing Federation

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1:10pm

Competence and conduct: upskilling the sector

Practical insight into proactively meeting regulatory standards in repairs and asset management

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Housing in conversation: hoarding in social housing: supporting tenants

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1:35pm

Networking break

2:10pm

Cost-of-living: supporting residents

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Grenfell Tower Toolkit launch

3:10pm

Embedding reflective practice to support vulnerable tenants

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Practitioner focused advice for working effectively with other sectors

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Housing in conversation: Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) – How can we improve our response?

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3:25pm

Networking break

4:10pm

Navigating merger and local government re-organisation

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Innovative approaches to repairs

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5:30pm

Networking reception in the exhibition

7:00pm

The Housing Community Summit fundraising and networking evening

7:30am

The Housing Community Summit fun run

The Housing Community Summit net-walk

8:00am

Registration and exhibition opens

8:10am

The case for floor coverings

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Housing in conversation: older people’s housing: supporting independent living

9:10am

Sector snapshot: insights from professionals across the sector

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Rethinking fire safety: why are we still failing?

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10:10am

Choose Housing: changing perceptions and breaking barriers

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End-to-end resident-led scrutiny

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