Our recordings cover various topics, from practical housing management and high-level policy discussions to events designed to support your professional development. All recordings are free for all CIH members, log in and listen/watch from anywhere.
Investing in the Future: Reforming the Welfare System
Watch this session to hear from Grand Union Housing Group, CIH and Trussell Trust and explore the impact of welfare reform and the changes needed to ensure people receive appropriate support.
The session will look at the changes needed, based on the principles of adequacy, accessibility, fairness, flexibility and collaboration and explore how we can work together to influence policy development.
Why watch?
- Learn about the changes needed, based on the principles of adequacy, accessibility, fairness, flexibility and collaboration
- A great opportunity to think about how you can help influence future manifesto development.
Building Better Board - In my Shoes with Lara Oyedele
Advocating racial and ethnic diversity in housing boardrooms.
This recording is particularly relevant to board chairs, board members and those working in governance-related positions.
In my shoes is a CIH presidential campaign, by Lara Oyedele, that seeks to raise awareness of the importance of racial diversity in the housing sector, drawing on Lara’s lived experience of the housing sector and racial adversity.
Boardrooms across the sector are not representative of the organisations or communities that they serve, join Lara to hear what we can do to challenge the sector, and ourselves in order to effect change.
Why watch?
- Hear delegates participate in the conversation with our expert speaker - we encourage delegates to challenge, debate and share their ideas and insights.
- Listen to delegates communicating with fellow board members and governance professionals to discover new ideas to guide your organisation.
Sustaining Tenancies - The Value of Pre-tenancy Engagement
Watch this Housing Management masterclass to hear practical examples from housing providers who have implemented new measures to ensure every individual they work with gets all the support they need to sustain their tenancy.
This session will explore how effective pre-tenancy engagement can support tenants to thrive and sustain tenancies.
Why watch?
- Learn from case studies showcasing strong practice-based approaches to support tenants
- Develop a clearer understanding of your obligations, and how to create the environment for tenants communities to thrive
- Understand the importance of training and support for staff, to help them work with tenants to sustain tenancies
- Explore how to embed this as a strategic approach to sustainable tenancies and communities
- Learn how this practice can break down recurring cycles of homelessness.
Housing Brighton 2023: Building safety - have we learnt the lessons?
The sector’s response to the Grenfell tragedy has the power to bring about lasting change. We caught up with Nick Murphy following this session at Housing Brighton to discover more about the powerful discussions we had.
Housing Brighton 2023: Greening our neighbourhoods
Green spaces play an important role in the sustainable development of our communities. We spoke to Sophie Stephens, head of environment and sustainability, Ground Control to explores the value of green spaces, how to effectively create and maintain them, the need to promote biodiversity and how housing organisations have a key role in greening our neighbourhoods.
Housing Brighton 2023: Navigating the cost of living crisis
The cost of living crisis continues to have an impact on our tenants, with too many households having to choose between heating or eating. Following this session, we caught up with Joseph Elliott, analysis manager at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation to gather some insight into what was discussed during Housing Brighton 2023.
Housing Brighton 2023: Ready for regulation?
We now await the Social Housing Regulation Bill to receive royal assent which will increase the responsibilities of the Regulator of Social Housing. We took some time to speak to Fiona MacGregor, chief executive at the Regulator of Social Housing to discover more about the future of regulation.
Housing 2023: Proud to be professional
Live from Housing Brighton 2023, Gavin Smart, CIH chief executive shares more about the professionalism agenda in housing.
Housing Brighton 2023: Building future leaders
Alysha Burrell, founder and director of Building Future Leaders shares more about her session at the 2023 Housing Brighton.
Housing Brighton 2023: Delivering a culture of professionalism
Professionalism in housing has never had a higher profile. It sits alongside recruitment challenges and a renewed focus on listening to tenants to deliver our core purpose. We caught up with Denise Fowler, chief executive of Phoenix Community Housing to discover more following this session at Housing Brighton 2023.
