Summer Ideas Exchange
2nd June 2025 - 10am
The Healthy Homes Hub Summer Ideas Exchange is a dynamic event bringing together housing professionals, industry experts, and academics to explore how we can create healthier, more efficient homes. With a focus on best practices, research, innovation, and real-life experiences, this event offers a unique opportunity to collaborate, share knowledge, and drive meaningful change in housing.
As we navigate the intersection of health, efficiency, and sustainability, this event will provide thought-provoking discussions, practical takeaways, and networking. We aim to inspire new approaches to housing design, management, and policy.
This is an opportunity to: - Learn from leading experts and practitioners in the sector - Hear real-life experiences on the impact of housing on health and community - Discover practical solutions to create modern, efficient homes - Explore technology-driven innovations shaping the future of housing - Network and collaborate with like-minded professionals and organisations
The event concludes with networking drinks, offering a chance to connect, reflect, and build partnerships to advance the healthy homes agenda.
Join us as we work to #MakeHousingBetter!
10am. Registration and Coffee
10.30. Welcome and Introduction to the day - Jenny Danson
10.40 Lived Experience: Supporting a Family in an Unhealthy Home
Speaker: Maggie Bosanquet
We begin the day with a powerful personal story. Maggie shares her experience supporting her daughter Lucy in an unhealthy home and the profound impact it had on their family.
11.10-11.20 Move to Break Outs
Choice of Breakouts 11.20-12.20
A. Best Practice: Why Riverside Created Healthy and Modern Homes
Speaker: Billy Cliffen, Healthy & Modern Homes Manger, Riverside
Discover how Riverside has embedded best practices into designing and maintaining modern, healthy homes. Tessa and Billy explain how these efforts are creating spaces that support both physical and mental well-being in their communities.
B. Asthma Friendly Homes
Speakers: Connie Jennings, WDH and Viv Marsh, NHS
Explore WHG’s collaborative work with the NHS to reduce asthma triggers and improve indoor air quality. Connie and Viv will share how targeted interventions are transforming homes into safer environments for residents with respiratory conditions.
C. Building Resilience: Preparing Social Homes for Climate Challenges
Panel lead by Richard Flemmings, Map Impact
From wildfires to floods and extreme heat, this session dives into the climate risks facing social homes and the strategic responses needed to build resilience. Richard and the panel unpack practical, place-based solutions for safeguarding homes and tenants.
12.20-13.05 Lunch
13.05-13.50 An Introduction to AWS Sustainability
Speaker: Matt Ankers, Customer Solutions Manager AWS
In this session you will learn about Amazon’s approach to sustainability, the sustainable design of our buildings and data centre operations, and our work supporting UK public sector customers with a ‘green by design’ approach to digital transformation.
13.50-14.00 Move to Break Outs
Choice of Breakouts 14.00-15.00
A. The Research Perspective: Creating Healthy Homes
Speakers: Annalise Johns and Professor Brendan Noble
Drawing from public health and housing research, Annalise and Brendan reveal how we can rethink homes as health interventions. The session explores retrofit challenges, health-based design, and tools that bridge the gap between sectors to support better life outcomes.
B. Creating Impactful Housing – Health Partnerships
Speakers: Sarah Roxby and Leanne Brown, Vico Homes
This session explores how Vico is working with health services to improve lives, reduce costs, and create stronger communities. Sarah and Leanne share how jointly-funded programmes and commercial partnerships can support tenant well-being and long-term success.
C. Powering the Future: Why Every Housing Provider Needs an Energy Strategy
Speaker: Patrick Berry, Together Housing
From cost savings to compliance, Patrick unpacks why every provider needs a forward-thinking energy strategy. Learn how smart planning and new technologies can unlock sustainable, healthy, and financially viable homes for the future.
15.00-15.15. Break and Move back to main room
15.15-16.15 Breaking Barriers: A Relational Approach to Retrofit Success in Social Housing
Speaker: Dr Claire McCamley, Huddersfield University
Retrofit success depends on more than just the tech. Dr McMamley introduces a tenant-focused toolkit that emphasises trust and engagement as keys to achieving net-zero goals. Discover how this relational approach is already changing outcomes across the sector.
16.15-16.30 Summary and Close - Jenny Danson
Networking Drinks 4.30-6.30
Join us at the end of the day for informal drinks and conversation. Connect with peers, reflect on the sessions, and explore future collaborations.
Venue: Cameo, 2 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3BL (2 mins walk from Amazon HQ). Sponsored by Waterstons.
What Are the Benefits of Being a Member of the Healthy Homes Hub?
Industry Recognition and Networking:
Connect with a thriving network of over 350 housing organisations, including decision-makers, innovators, and leaders. Build partnerships that enhance your professional growth and create lasting business opportunities.
Showcase Your Expertise:
Demonstrate your impact by participating in exclusive case studies, webinars, and events. Highlight your contributions to creating healthier, sustainable homes, reaching a broad audience across the sector.
Influence Policy and Advocacy:
Be part of shaping housing policy through direct engagement with policymakers and advocacy efforts. Stay at the forefront of discussions driving meaningful change in the housing sector.
Access to Market Insights:
Gain access to Healthy Homes Hub’s regular newsletters, expert analysis, and resources. Stay informed about trends, regulations, and innovative practices that affect housing professionals.
Specialised Events and Workshops:
Take part in events like the Immersive Study Tours, offering hands-on learning and networking opportunities. Visit groundbreaking projects and facilities to explore real-world solutions for healthier and more sustainable homes.
Exclusive Tools and Resources:
Only members can upgrade to Housing Sage, a cutting-edge AI assistant tailored to social housing professionals. Benefit from personalised insights, regulatory guidance, and innovative ideas to enhance your operations.
Collaboration Opportunities:
Contribute to Healthy Homes Hub’s mission by sharing best practices, participating in action learning programmes like the Retrofit Society, or co-developing solutions with academic and industry leaders.
