NHF Board Excellence in Housing 2024
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1 - 2 February <strong>2024</strong><br />
Hilton Manchester<br />
Deansgate<br />
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#<strong>NHF</strong><strong>Board</strong>s | @natfedevents
What’s on this year?<br />
Maggie Galliers CBE,<br />
Chair, National Hous<strong>in</strong>g Federation<br />
“In challeng<strong>in</strong>g times, we cannot miss the opportunity to<br />
meet and share experiences as board members. The team<br />
at the <strong>NHF</strong> has done a fantastic job of ensur<strong>in</strong>g we make<br />
the most of be<strong>in</strong>g back <strong>in</strong> person. I’m excited to explore<br />
with colleagues how we can achieve the level of excellence<br />
needed to support our organisations and residents.”<br />
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ticket until 12 January<br />
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Peer-to-peer roundtables<br />
Delegate-led sessions to share your thoughts,<br />
concerns and successes.<br />
Ask the expert<br />
Less formal conversations and question times<br />
with the Regulator, Ombudsman and members.<br />
Chairs talk<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Roundtables exclusively for chairs to address<br />
key issues.<br />
<strong>Board</strong> <strong>Excellence</strong> 101<br />
Take your team from good to excellent with<br />
these essential updates from the <strong>NHF</strong>.<br />
Fr<strong>in</strong>ge events<br />
Network<strong>in</strong>g breakfasts, lunches, and meet-ups.<br />
F<strong>in</strong>d your peer group at this event.<br />
More network<strong>in</strong>g and <strong>in</strong>teractive<br />
sessions<br />
Opportunities to connect with your peers and<br />
share stories and best practice.<br />
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Thursday, 1 February<br />
Morn<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Afternoon<br />
08:30 Registration opens<br />
Welcome breakfast at the <strong>NHF</strong> stand for new board members.<br />
MAIN STAGE: Gett<strong>in</strong>g to grips with the political landscape<br />
As a general election draws nearer, hear analysis from our political experts<br />
on what the major parties’ manifestos could mean for the sector and what to<br />
expect from government before an election.<br />
MAIN STAGE: How can we achieve sector-wide engagement<br />
with politics?<br />
· The long-term plan for hous<strong>in</strong>g – what are our asks to the new government?<br />
· <strong>Board</strong>s as political ambassadors for their organisations – communicat<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the value of the sector.<br />
· Empower<strong>in</strong>g hous<strong>in</strong>g associations to become trusted partners to local<br />
authorities.<br />
Breakout sessions<br />
Demystify<strong>in</strong>g artificial<br />
<strong>in</strong>telligence.<br />
(Chairs only)<br />
Build<strong>in</strong>g strong<br />
relationships<br />
between chairs and<br />
CEOs.<br />
Network<strong>in</strong>g<br />
lunch and<br />
exhibition.<br />
Recover<strong>in</strong>g from<br />
a governance<br />
downgrade.<br />
New chairs<br />
network<strong>in</strong>g<br />
lunch.<br />
Group discount<br />
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a third at 50% off<br />
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Breakout sessions<br />
How well do you know<br />
your residents? Learn<strong>in</strong>g<br />
from supported hous<strong>in</strong>g<br />
providers.<br />
Ask the Expert: In<br />
conversation with<br />
The Regulator of<br />
Social Hous<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
affordability while<br />
guarantee<strong>in</strong>g<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ancial stability.<br />
Keep<strong>in</strong>g<br />
decarbonisation on<br />
the agenda.<br />
How are we<br />
adjust<strong>in</strong>g to the<br />
new build<strong>in</strong>g and fire<br />
safety regulatory<br />
environment?<br />
Equality, Diversity<br />
and Inclusion: a<br />
vision for the future.<br />
MAIN STAGE: Partner<strong>in</strong>g with residents to create positive change<br />
• Identify<strong>in</strong>g goals for your resident engagement strategy – what do you want<br />
this relationship to look like <strong>in</strong> 10 years’ time?<br />
• Incorporat<strong>in</strong>g customer voice <strong>in</strong>to every decision made by the board and<br />
ensur<strong>in</strong>g you hear from those who are hard to reach.<br />
• Open communication with customers as a horizon-scann<strong>in</strong>g tool.<br />
MAIN STAGE: How to solve the hous<strong>in</strong>g crisis<br />
• A new vision for affordable hous<strong>in</strong>g: improv<strong>in</strong>g the health of the nation and<br />
its f<strong>in</strong>ances.<br />
• Agenda reset: address<strong>in</strong>g the social, economic and fiscal problems associated<br />
with the hidden hous<strong>in</strong>g crisis.<br />
• F<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g the balance between essential <strong>in</strong>vestment <strong>in</strong> exist<strong>in</strong>g homes and<br />
fund<strong>in</strong>g development pipel<strong>in</strong>es.<br />
Conference d<strong>in</strong>ner<br />
Your opportunity to network with colleagues old and new at a sit<br />
down d<strong>in</strong>ner. Given the popularity of this d<strong>in</strong>ner, please register your<br />
attendance at the time of book<strong>in</strong>g your conference ticket.<br />
#<strong>NHF</strong><strong>Board</strong>s<br />
| @natfedevents
Friday, 2 February<br />
Morn<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Afternoon<br />
Rent settlement update<br />
MAIN STAGE: The economic and f<strong>in</strong>ancial big picture<br />
• How is the UK’s economic environment likely to evolve over the next year?<br />
• The effects of this broader environment on the health of the sector’s<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ances.<br />
• Manag<strong>in</strong>g poor f<strong>in</strong>ancial performance and other consequences of higher<br />
economic risk.<br />
MAIN STAGE: What does a new regulatory environment mean for<br />
exist<strong>in</strong>g governance structures?<br />
• What do boards need to know <strong>in</strong> order to navigate this new era of social<br />
hous<strong>in</strong>g regulation?<br />
• Ensur<strong>in</strong>g you have the right structures <strong>in</strong> place to manage this evolv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
environment.<br />
• Ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g adequate oversight of your organisation and its data.<br />
Breakout sessions<br />
Ask the Expert:<br />
In conversations<br />
with the Hous<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Ombudsman.<br />
(Chairs only)<br />
Manag<strong>in</strong>g<br />
underperform<strong>in</strong>g<br />
board members.<br />
Senior Independent Directors<br />
(SIDs) network<strong>in</strong>g breakfast<br />
Reth<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g models of<br />
hous<strong>in</strong>g and healthcare<br />
collaboration.<br />
Breakout sessions<br />
Encourag<strong>in</strong>g equity <strong>in</strong><br />
social hous<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
What do<br />
residents want<br />
from their boards?<br />
Champion<strong>in</strong>g digital<br />
transformation from the<br />
boardroom.<br />
MAIN STAGE: Mak<strong>in</strong>g long-term commitments to development and<br />
place-mak<strong>in</strong>g<br />
• Build<strong>in</strong>g relationships with local authorities to meet <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g hous<strong>in</strong>g need<br />
across the country.<br />
• Play<strong>in</strong>g an active role <strong>in</strong> local development projects.<br />
• Balanc<strong>in</strong>g high density hous<strong>in</strong>g with community build<strong>in</strong>g – creat<strong>in</strong>g homes<br />
and communities <strong>in</strong> which people want to live.<br />
MAIN STAGE: Adapt<strong>in</strong>g to thrive: the boardroom <strong>in</strong> a fast-chang<strong>in</strong>g world<br />
• Ensur<strong>in</strong>g the diversity of skills required to best deal with the chang<strong>in</strong>g nature<br />
of the role.<br />
• Inclusion <strong>in</strong> practice – promotive <strong>in</strong>clusive ways of work<strong>in</strong>g and collaborative<br />
culture.<br />
• The power and responsibility of chairs to drive mean<strong>in</strong>gful <strong>in</strong>clusion.<br />
Network<strong>in</strong>g lunch and exhibition<br />
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<strong>Board</strong> Mentor<strong>in</strong>g<br />
We are offer<strong>in</strong>g new board members the opportunity of meet<strong>in</strong>g with an<br />
experienced board member or chair from the sector for a 30-m<strong>in</strong>ute chat<br />
about your goals and the challenges you face.<br />
Learn more on our website<br />
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Conference chairs:<br />
Pamela Leonce,<br />
Chair, Inquilab<br />
Wayne Morris,<br />
Chair, Abri<br />
Key speakers<br />
Lord Victor Adebowale,<br />
Chair, NHS<br />
Confederation<br />
Rab<strong>in</strong>a Khan, Writer<br />
and former Cab<strong>in</strong>et<br />
Member for Hous<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
Tower Hamlets Council<br />
Graham Russell, Chair,<br />
Brunelcare<br />
Trevor Williams,<br />
Economist<br />
Roli Barker,<br />
Incom<strong>in</strong>g Chair, Jigsaw<br />
Kathleen Harris-<br />
Leighton, Resident <strong>Board</strong><br />
Member, PA Hous<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Matthew Harrison, Chair,<br />
South Yorkshire Hous<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Association<br />
Jane Everton, <strong>Board</strong><br />
Member, Newlon Hous<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Trust<br />
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