Programme for 2012
Wednesday 25 April
2.00 Charity Golf Competition
sponsored by
Westward Housing Group Group - download a leaflet and book!
6.00 Exhibition Viewing (Main Arena)
6.30 Exhibition Carnival Opening (Main Arena)
7.30 Carnival Dinner in the Palace Hotel Restaurant with entertainment.
Sponsored tables may be booked by organisations - Tables of 10 or 12 and in multiples if required
After Dinner - Jazz Band to play whilst contestants gather for the Conference Quiz - Quizmaster Colin McDonald.
Thursday 26 April
From 9.00 00 Coffee and Tea in the Exhibition Hall plus Breakfast Bites for day delegates - bacon rolls, pastries and fruit juices.
10.00 00 Welcome by Alan Fox, Chair of the Chartered Institute of Housing, South West Region 2011/2012 and the President of Chartered Institute of Housing, Robin Lawler
Presentation of the Student Prizes
10.15 Keynote Address in Main Arena
Making Happy Places
Kevin McCloud, TV presenter, Journalist and Designer with David Ashmore, Chief Executive of Greensquare
11.15 Coffee/Tea in Exhibition Area
11.45 Group Seminars
- 1 Homes and Communities Update on Regulation Reform - Paul Abey, Homes & Communities Agency
- 2 The Green Deal - Deal or No Deal? Alan Tate, Trowers & Hamlins
- 3 Housing Benefit 2012 - Maggie Fitzsimons, Consultant
- 4 How to end homelessness - getting people off the streets quickly - Speaker to be confirmed
- 5 Partnership Working - Challenges and Benefits - Greg Wheeler, Savills Commercial
- 6 Asset Management - planning with a view to maximising efficiency - Patrick Eastwood, Ark Consultancy
1.00 Lunch in Hotel Restaurant with Coffee in the Exhibition Hall
2.15 Presentation of the Westward Housing Group's Golf Competition Prize and Donation to Charity by Barbara Shaw, Chief Executive, Westward Housing Group to be received by the President of the Chartered Institute of Housing
2.30 Keynote Address
Changes to the HRA explained - Speakers to be announced
3.15 Group Seminars
- 7 Large Scale PV for Social Housing, is there a future? - Steve Drew, Alliance Homes
- 8 Upskilling residents and the Targeted Recruitment and Training Agenda with Guinness & Mi-space
- 9 Construction Law - Disputes, Warranties and Appointments, Stephen Clarke, Clark Willmott LLP
- 10 Housing Legal Update - Mike Owen, Coffin Mew LLP
- 11 How to escape from Cherry - picking V Dumping - New directions in Allocations Policy - Peter Cooper
- 12 Village Homes for Village People - another 25 years? - Richard Kitson, Chair Wiltshire Rural HA and Adrian Maunders, Chair of the NHF Rural Alliance and Chief Executive English Rural HA
4.30 Coffee/Tea in Exhibition Area and within Hotel
4.30 Annual General Meeting of the Chartered Institute of Housing, South West Region to be held in the Main Arena
7.00 Conference Jamboree Dinner Reception
7.30 Conference Jamboree Dinner
10.00 The Babbacombe Boogie Night Club
sponsored by Warwick Corporate Events
with
A Live Band
Returned for 2012 - Mentoring Sessions with Wendy Murphy (to be confirmed)
Friday 27 April
From 9.00 Coffee and Tea in the Exhibition Hall plus Breakfast Bites for day delegates - bacon rolls, pastries and fruit juices.
10.00 Welcome by the new Chair of the Chartered Institute of Housing, South West Region and presentation of the Exhibition Prize
10.10 Keynote Address - in Main Arena
Journalist and Award Winning Writer - to be confirmed
11.15 Coffee/Tea in Exhibition Area
11.45 Group Seminars
- 13 Creating More Successful Tenancies - Barry Marlow, Marlow Associates
- 14 Housing and Planning - are they happy bedfellows? Speaker to be confirmed
- 15 Housing Benefit Workshop - Maggie Fitzsimons, Consultant
- 16 Stuart Brookes of Spectrum Property Care on Tenant Involvement in Repairs (returned by public demand)
- 17 Valuing the Vulnerable - Where do we go from here? Speaker to be confirmed
- 18 Dealing with ASB: The New Toolkit - Jason Hobday, Tozers LLP
1.00 Lunch in Hotel Restaurant with Coffee in the Exhibition Hall
2.15 Question Time in the Main Arena
"Can Beveridge principles be translated into the 21st Century"
chaired by Simon Fanshawe (tbc).
Simon is a respected broadcaster and writer. He is a notable public speaker on public policy, equalities, leadership and social trends. He is accomplished in chairing conferences and events with a sense of wit, commitment and professionalism. Panel Members to be confirmed
We would do well to remember not only the principles on which Beveridge's social security proposals were premised, but his assumptions. Beveridge assumed a post-war government would sustain full employment, ensure an adequate supply of affordable housing and that national insurance benefit levels would be set at a level sufficient to meet the cost of such housing. None of these assumptions were fulfilled. Any government seeking to honour Beveridge's principles would have first to ensure the availability of decent jobs and affordable housing for all, before reforming the social security system. Is this possible?
3.30 Close of Conference with tea in the Sun Lounge of the Hotel
Additional Sponsors
Conference Dinner Chocolates - Bovis Homes
Conference Programme - Synergy Housing Group
Delegate Badges - Mansell Partnership Housing
Delegate Bags - Somer Housing Group
Delegate List - Westlea Housing Association
Map of Palace Hotel and
List of Exhibitors - Arcadia Housing Group
Notepads - Tor Homes
Pens - Westward Housing Group
Raffle Prize - Palace Hotel, Torquay
Sponsorship of the Event -
Spectrum Property Care
The Chartered Institute of Housing, South West Region may make changes to the programme as necessary.
