Monday 22 January 2024

09:00

Pre-Conference Social Housing Charity Golf Day (Welcombe Golf Club | Stratford-upon-Avon)

This is a brilliant opportunity for those of you attending NHMF 2024 to meet up, network and play golf in readiness for what is going to be a great conference.

Any funds raised will go towards some small communities sharities to support Social Value initiatives, and you have an additional opportunity to sponsor a Women In Social Housing (WISH) South East player.

** SPACES ARE LIMITED **

15:00

Conference Registration Opens (Reception)

19:00

Welcome Dinner (Main Restaurant)

Relaxed buffet for exhibitors and delegates

19:45

Networking Quiz & Drinks (Seymour Room)

Join us in the Seymour Room for the NHMF Quiz Night and the chance to catch up with colleagues before the conference kicks off.

Tuesday 23 January 2024

07:00

Early Morning Run (Reception)

Start your day with a refreshing early morning run around Stratford-upon-Avon, led by Paul Maghie from United Living and followed by the first day of the NHMF Conference 2024!

09:00

Registration Desk Opens (Reception)

09:00

NHMF AGM (Room B)

Meet the NHMF Committee to find out more about our goals for 2024 and how you can get involved.

Download presentation - AGM Presentation

09:00

Refreshments (Exhibition Area)

10:00

Welcome from the Chair (Main Hall)

Join us in the Main Hall for the official start to the Conference and Welcome from Stephanie Lloyd-Foxe.

10:15

Plenary 1: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There (Main Hall)

The world outside of housing continues to change at speed. Yet it's fair I think to say that many of the ways we do things in the sector have not changed in 30 years. In this session we will look at how in 2024 you can future proof your service and how innovation can become your insurance against irrelevance.

Speakers:

Jenny Danson , CEO, Healthy Homes Hub

Chair:

Phil Pemberton , NHMF Management Team | Director of Asset Strategy and Delivery, The Riverside Group

11:00

Refreshments (Exhibition Area)

11:30

Workshop 1: sessions

1A: A Sensible Approach to Fire Risk Management (Room A)

Speakers

Pete Wise , Technical Director, PartB

Helen Thompson , Legal Director (Construction), Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP

Chair:

Melissa Woodall , Client Relationship Director, Wates

1B: Indoor Environment and Energy Use in Existing and Retrofitted Social Housing Dwellings: Insights from POE Studies (Room B)

Speakers

Professor Rajat Gupta , Professor of Sustainable Architecture and Climate Change, Director of OISD and LCB Group, Oxford Brookes University

Chair:

Andrew Burke , Deputy Secretary, Adviser to NHMF

1C: The Practical Application of Data to Target Damp & Mould (Room C)

Speakers

Joanne Scarlett , Head of Assets (Business Management & Repairs), Riverside Group

Ian Gardner , Director - Property Services, Wolverhampton Homes

1D: Johnnie Johnson & M3Vision Case Study (Room D)

Speakers

Dominic Higgins , NHMF Group Board | Director, Rand Associates

Simon Lowe , Senior Assets Operations Manager, Johnnie Johnson HT

1E: The Procurement Act 2023 is now law – what does that mean for you? (Photography Room)

Speakers

Steven Brunning , Head of Public Procurement, Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP

Chair:

Stephen Chalmers , NHMF Group Board | Technical Director, Kingsdale Group

12:30

Lunch (Main Restaurant)

12:30

HAMMAR Meet and Greet (Photography Room)

Meet Julian Ransom and the team for an update.

HAMMAR* provides a regional forum for sharing information, improving knowledge and communicating with like-minded people in the social housing (and related asset management) sector. Typically holding 3 seminar events a year in each region around the UK, these groups provide updates upon topical issues, legislation, challenges, and good practice and as well as a chance to meet your opposite number within similar organisations in your area.

*Housing Asset Management Maintenance and Regeneration

Download presentation Hammar Meet and Greet

12:40

M3NHF Schedule of Rates Version 8 Breakout (Seymour Room)

Hosted by M3NHF Schedule of Rates Author, David Miller.

A chance to find out what's new with Version 8 and how the new features will help you manage your repairs and maintenance programmes more efficiently.

Speaker:

David Miller, Senior Consultant, Rand Associates

Download presentation M3NHF Schedule of Rates Version 8 Breakout

13:30

Plenary 2: Change your Culture - Residents AND Homes (Main Hall)

KEYNOTE SESSION

Join our panel to explore the challenges facing RPs in making homes safer and keeping residents warm and healthy.

We'll be addressing how organisational culture can support or empower resident engagement and asking what you can do to make sure residents are engaged.

Put your questions to the experts from DLUHC, the Home Office and HSE, plus Peabody's AnnMarie Fenlon, who will be sharing insights from an RP's perspective.

Speakers:

Joolz Masters , Lead of Resident Strategy and Insights in Building Safety Remediation, DLUHC

James Aulton , Fire Safety Unit, Home Office

Annemarie Fenlon , Managing Director, North West London, Peabody

Laurence Hodgson , Senior Policy Advisor, HSE

Chair:

Mike Turner , Executive Director of Cardo Group, Abbeyfield Living Society and Orbit Housing Association

14:30

Workshop 2: sessions

2A: Rocky Road to Magnificent Harmony - the development of the client / contractor relationship (Room A)

Speakers

Peter Wheeler , FRA Compliance Manager, Magna Housing

Connor Mitchell , Sales Director, Harmony Fire

Chair:

Stephanie Lloyd-Foxe , NHMF Group Board Chair | Head of Building Safety and Compliance, Magna HA

2B: Funding Net Zero - A New and Innovative Finance Solution (Room B)

Speakers

Paul Tucker , Sustainability Manager, Northamptonshire Partnership Homes

Antoine Pellet , Head of Retrofit Credits, HACT

Chair:

Peter Long , Housing Property Manager, Basildon District Council

2C: Timescales for repairs in the social rented sector (Room C)

Speakers

Isobel Ames , Social Housing Health, Safety and Repairs, Ministry of Housing

Chair:

Neil Watts , NHMF Management Team Chair | Group Director of Asset Compliance & Building Safety | Property Services, Peabody

2D: Improving Customer Experience with a New Approach to Repairs (Room D)

Speakers

Ettan Bazil , Chief Executive Officer, Trade Innovations Ltd.

Steve Kirk , Maintenance Operations Director, Citizen Housing

Chair:

Shaun Mulloy , Head of Property Services, Abbeyfield

15:20

Refreshments (Exhibition Area)

15:45

Plenary 3: Social Housing – back to the future (Main Hall)

The session will identify some of the challenges and opportunities in delivering net zero and explore how the sector's unique model can shape the future.

The panel will explore the unprecedented challenges linked to finance, regulation, DMC, Net Zero, Building Safety and the scrutiny of the sector.

We will take a look at what the sector has achieved, the difference it has made and ask how we can harness our success to address the challenges ahead.

Speakers:

Paul Rogers , National Decarbonisation Manager, CLC Contractors

Tessa Barraclough , Director of Asset Strategy and Delivery (interim), The Riverside Group

Chair:

Nicholas Doyle , Director, Chirpy Heat