Past recordings

Mentoring is a great way to support your professional and personal development. The CIH mentoring programme, hosted by PushFar, is designed to support you to identify relevant development opportunities and give you the tools to make impactful connections to help your career soar.

Why watch?

In this membership session, we were be joined by Ed Johnson, CEO and co-founder at PushFar who gave an insight into the benefits of mentoring and an overview of the platform and it’s incredible functionality. Some current CIH mentors and mentees also came along to share their first-hand experience of mentoring and how it’s enhanced their career and professional development.

Your speakers:

Ed Johnson, CEO and co-founder, Pushfar

Brendan Morrissey, assistant director of customer and communities, Clanmil HA

Chair: Jill Allcoat, regional manager, CIH

A career in housing is exciting and can provide an incredible variety of options, from housing management to resident involvement, and from development to supported housing – to mention just a few. Here at CIH Ireland we want to ensure that our members are equipped with a career development toolkit to in order to progress within the sector.

For this interactive workshop, hear from career consultant, Susan Keating, who will explore what a career brand is and how you can effectively design and develop yours. Susan will offer insights into how to leverage your brand for greater planning and opportunities for your career in housing. There will also be a career Q&A with Ali Burdis Leech, and Ali will talk about her career progression journey at Tuath Housing.

Why watch?

• Discover how to create, manage and promote your personal brand as part of a successful career management strategy
• Learn how to use a mentoring relationship as a key career resource
• Find out how to leverage your connections for career success
• Explore how to develop a plan to take your housing career to the next level.

Your speakers:

• Susan Keating, consultant career coach and trainer, Onelife Coaching
• Ali Burdis Leech, housing services manager, Tuath Housing Association

2023 was a big year for housing and 2024 is looking to be no different.

With a general election on the way and lots of competing priorities, CIH director of policy and external affairs James Prestwich sits down with Callum Chomczuk, CIH Scotland national director, Justin Cartwright, CIH Northern Ireland national director, Matt Dicks, CIH Cymru national director and Rachael Williamson, head of policy and external affairs for England to discuss some of the biggest challenges and opportunities for the year ahead.

In this member-exclusive event, hear from housing associations, local councils (public health) and policy leaders to understand how they are working to embed a partnership approach to health and housing. Delve into strategy and process and exactly how they have created a sustainable, long-term way of working together.

Why watch?

• Learn how to effectively develop partnerships between public health and housing
• Explore the broader focus on healthy neighbourhoods, enabling more holistic and effective tenancy sustainment
• Unpack the learning from the partnership community outreach and how training for neighbourhood and wellbeing staff on a range of public health topics can form a wider response to supporting residents in their neighbourhoods

Your speaker:

• Liz Parsons, head of public health: built environment and social housing, Public Health – a shared service across Milton Keynes, Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough
• Phil Hardy, director of operations, Grand Union Housing Group
• Kirsty Pepper, managing director (north counties), Peabody
• Sarah Davis, senior policy and practice officer, Chartered Institute of Housing
• Chair: Rachael Williamson, Head of policy and external affairs, Chartered Institute of Housing.

Hear from the Regulator for Social Housing, National Housing Federation and Chartered Institute of Housing about changes to how we manage the quality of our homes and customer service.

Why watch?

• Hear updates from the Regulator, NHF and CIH and gain an understanding of how implementing the Better Social Housing Review recommendations can prepare you for the new regulation. 

CIH head of policy and external affairs Rachael Williamson is joined by a fantastic panel for a conversation marking the end of the 16 days of activism to end violence against women and girls - reflecting on the role that housing professionals can play in helping tackle domestic abuse.

Rachael is joined by Callum Chomczuk, CIH Scotland director, Judith Vickress, senior housing manager for Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse and the Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance (DAHA) and two former CIH presidents, Alison Inman and Jim Strang who both campaigned for housing professionals to take the #MakeAStand pledge.

Why watch?

Hear from housing providers who have changed the way they work to embrace the new consumer standards proposed by The Regulator of Social Housing and the recommendations set forth by the Better Social Housing Review. Also hear from residents on the difference proactive resident engagement makes.

Your speakers:

• Lewis Kinch, Co creation and innovation manager, Southern Housing
• Sian Coulton, Engagement and communications manager, Community Gateway
• Darren Hartley, Chief executive, TAROE Trust
• Kai Jackson, Associate, TPAS Scrutiny Group and member, Black Country Housing Group Scrutiny Panel
• Chair: Rachael Williamson, Head of policy and external affairs, Chartered Institute of Housing

Why watch?

• Understand what this will mean in practice and feedback on your views on the upcoming consultation

Your speakers:

• Verity Richards, Head of Service, Housing Ombudsman Service

• Chair: Sarah Davis, Senior policy and practice officer, Chartered Institute of Housing

The cost of living crisis is having a huge impact on all of society. That’s why it’s more important than ever to ensure your colleagues have the correct tools and skills to support your communities, whilst also prioritising their own self-care and resilience.

Why watch?

• Explore how to build employee resilience to help them adapt during hard times
• Discuss the most effective ways to manage difficult conversations
• Explore how to create a good supportive and collaborative environment that helps employees feel more connected and engaged in their work
• Learn about the practice of self-care.

CIH policy and practice officer Hannah Keilloh is joined by a fantastic podcast panel to talk about embracing the Homes for Cathy commitments, and how housing providers could play a crucial part in ending homelessness.

Hannah is joined by Vicky McDonald, social impact manager at Hightown Housing Association, leading on communications for Homes for Cathy, Hazel O'Halloran, head of homelessness and community investment at Bromford Housing Association and Arthur Tsang, director of communities at Bournville Village Trust.