Chaired by Callum Chomczuk, national director of CIH Scotland and chair of the Scottish Housing Day 2025 working group
What kick-started Scotland's community-based housing association movement and what keeps activism going today?
Back in the 1970's, women were leading and driving change in their neighbourhoods and the development of CBHA's. What were the barriers they faced in catalysing community ownership and how can local people today build on the successes to improve neighbourliness and improve their sense of community?
Other speakers to be announced
It's a women's world
10:10
Kim McKee
|professor in housing & social policy, University of Stirling
Professor McKee is Director of the postgraduate Housing Studies Programme at the University of Stirling. Prior to joining Stirling, she was Director of the St Andrew's Centre for Housing Research (2014-18). Kim has researched and published widely on housing inequalities, and has a longstanding interest in community ownership of social housing in the Scottish context.
While housing is at the heart of any community, we all need more than just that. How are local people and statutory services working to improve communities, neighbourly relations and wellbeing across all of our communities?
Other speakers to be announced
More than housing
11:00
Katie Murray
|development manager, environment and place services, Keep Scotland Beautiful
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Communities don't exist in isolation but respond to the political and economic context of their environment. What is impacting local communities across Scotland and what must come next?
Delivering on national priorities through local services
12:30
Laurie McFarlane
|Co-director, Future Economy Scotland
Laurie is a visiting fellow at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP). Before this, he was a senior economist at the New Economics Foundation. Laurie is also the co-author of the critically acclaimed book ‘Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing’.
Neil Young
|youth team leader, St Pauls Youth Forum
Colleen Rowan
|policy and research lead, GWSF
At a time when people are embracing tech to work remotely, how can communities and local people repurpose our robotic revolution to bring people together?
Other speakers to be announced
Tech for togetherness
13:25
Steph Elliot
|Technology enabled health in care lead, SFHA
Speaker information coming soon...
