Welcome to the Housing Advisory Network Annual Programme of Events
All Training events (Masterclasses, Workshops and Seminars) are fully certificated and are designed to coincide with major new initiatives and changes in policy direction. As such, the Programme is subject to change, and all our Members are notified of Programme alterations at least 8 weeks prior to a Series being advertised.
All of our Event materials are posted onto this web-site within 10 working days of the completion of a Series. Learning materials (including presentations, tool-kits & guidance may be easily downloaded from the ‘Events Materials’ section, and used to reinforce and share the training outcomes from each event.
The Senior Advisor and her Associates provide a ‘post event support service’ which ensures that an individual’s learning objectives can be fully realised in the work place, and that potential improvements to service quality and performance can be achieved.
Membership of the Housing Advisory Network guarantees free places to all of these events up to the limit of the number of delegate places purchased, per annum. Members who have spent their allocation of free delegate places may choose to purchase additional places at the reduced rate of £175 per person.
Where capacity allows, delegates from non-member organisations may attend these events. The non-member delegate rate is £320 per person.
Please note, as our Subscription Year runs from April through to March, the Programme reflects this cycle.
Programme of Certificated Events 2007/08
| Spring 2007 |
Assess Yourself! Improving Skills in CPA Self Assessment
Techniques.
A practice based Masterclass reviewing best practice at CPA Self Assessment |
20th Feb Manchester
22nd Feb York
23rd Feb London
27th Feb Birmingham |
Changes to the Supporting People Regime: Finance and
Inspection.
A detailed review of the major changes that directly impact upon the
delivery of supported housing services and the wider Supporting People
agenda |
08 March York
09 March London
13 March Manchester
14 March Birmingham |
| Summer 2007 |
Contracts and SLA’s: How to Ensure They Deliver What You
Want
A practical Masterclass which identifies how to produce and implement the
contractual and service arrangements that will deliver added value and
service enhancements across social housing services. |
01 May London
03 May Manchester
09 May Birmingham
10 May York |
The Future of Social Housing and Regeneration in the UK
This event explores ways in which social housing professionals can meet the
new challenges in the provision of homelessness services; affordability;
supported housing; regeneration and planning within the context of the
proposed new financing structures and the Government’s dual agendas of
choice and value. |
03 July York
04 July Birmingham
06 July London
10 July Manchester |
| Autumn 2007 |
Implementing Value for Money in Social Housing Services: A Practice Based Masterclass
This series of events will invite colleagues froma cross the sector to talk about their experiences of implementing VfM in their own service areas. What has worked well and what could have been better? What lessons can you learn from other practitioners in Housing? |
18th September - Manchester
19th September - Birmingham
21st September - York
26th September - London |
Open Book Accounting & Social Housing Services
This Masterclass will review the potential of Open Book Accountancy and its application in the sector – why has this been so difficult to achieve and what precisely are the risks associated with this type of practice? |
05 November London
07 November Manchester
13 November York
14 November Birmingham
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| Winter 2007 |
Taking the Long View: Competent Business Planning in
Social Housing
Why is it so impossible to accurately predict the future in social housing
services? This Masterclass looks at the very best practice in the UK and
beyond to demystify the approaches taken to business planning in the short,
medium and longer term. |
11 December York
12 December Manchester
14 December London |
| Spring 2008 |
How to Prevent Homelessness
Homelessness Services achieving excellence have one common factor that
unites them: their track record in the prevention, rather than the
management of homelessness. This ‘showcase’ event will include presentations
from a number of housing practitioners who will share their experience of
improving performance in the prevention of homelessness. |
10 January York
11 January Manchester
16 January Birmingham
18 January London |