Previous events
Find out more about previous Sitra events.
If you would like to receive details of evaluations for our events - please contact Sherine Morgan at sherinem@sitra.org
Beyond involvement: The challenges and opportunities of co-production
Our 2011 client involvement conference took place on 28 June in London.
The conference was a first for Sitra, with a totally new approach to how events are organised – a truly co-produced conference by Sitra and a group of service users drawn mostly from the Westminster Mental Health and Housing Service User Panel.
South West care and support conference
Extinction or Evolution? Tools to transform
The South West regional Housing Care and Support Conference, entitled 'Extinction or Evolution? Tools to transform' took place on 12 May in Exeter.
Speakers from across the sector, including Vic Rayner, Sitra's CEO, set out their perspectives on the changes we have seen and their expectations for the future.
Sitra annual policy conference and AGM 2011: Getting a grip on the new agenda
This free event for Sitra members took place on 16 February 2011 in London.
Our policy conference took place just as local authorities all over the country were approving their budgets for 2011/12, national politicians were talking about the opportunities for voluntary and community organisations to run services, and changes to Housing Benefit have left many of us wondering where the money is going to come from for either our clients’ housing or support.
Health and housing: Keeping the conversation going
Sitra and the National Housing Federation held a series of nine events across the country during November, December 2010 and January 2011. The events were designed to bring together housing and health professionals giving them an opportunity to maintain their dialogue about working together effectively, promoting personalisation and exploring good practice in joint working.
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Making a difference: Demonstrating outcomes
Support services have been developing and making use of a range of tools to support their work with clients and to measure the impact that services can make both on the lives of individuals and the wellbeing and cohesion of communities. Now we face significantly reduced budgets as well as the continuing need to improve joint working across disciplines and sectors.
This event took place on 19 January 2011 in London and provided an opportunity to keep up with the latest development.
A Home and a Job
Sitra ran a series of London Regional events in June and July 2010 designed to establish the role of the voluntary sector in securing employment and accommodation for people experiending multiple disadvantage.
Localism: a time for action
Sitra held an event on the 13 July 2010 designed to support providers and commissioners in ensuring housing related support services are prioritised in a climate of public service cuts. The conference recognised that the continuation of preventative services depends on the effectiveness of engagement and influence over local decision making structures.
Young people and accommodation and the implications of G v Southwark
Sitra held three national seminars during April to June 2010 in London York and Birmingham, on the implications of judgment in G v Southwark.
The events had a range of speakers who outlined the judgment and its implications for local authorities and providers. Most importantly, young people from the National Youth Reference Group spoke of what they wanted from statutory and voluntary agencies in terms of services and opportunities to shape policy and practice.
Commissioning and procurement: the changing landscape
New policy directions and changing interpretation of regulations continue to shape current commissioning and procurement practice. This conference on 16 March 2010 in London brought together providers, commissioners and policy makers to review how these practices enable us to deliver effective and efficient services for people with support and care needs.
Regional roundtable events 2010 on the future delivery of housing support
Sitra were commissioned by Communities and Local Government to run a series of Regional roundtable events in early 2010.
Sitra annual policy conference and AGM 2010: Gearing up for change
This year's event took place on 9 February 2010 in London and put providers and commissioners of housing related support in touch with the very latest developments.
Client involvement in housing support and care: Sharing and learning good practice
This timely forum took place in London 12 January 2010 in London gave support providers and their clients a chance to discuss and share best practice examples that focus on enhancing client choice and control over the services they receive, and to explore how to make client involvement real and worthwhile.
Personalisation in practice: Making personalisation a reality for housing, support and care
This major one day event took place on 25 November 2009 at the Westminster Thistle Hotel in London. The event aimed to promote the personalisation agenda in the housing, support and care sector and considered:
- What progress personalisation is making in housing, care and support sector?
- What is the role of brokerage and advocacy, and risk and quality assurance in the future of personalisation?
- Examples of how personalisation is working in practice.
Feedback received from delegates:
"A very useful event."
"Provided a vast array of information around personalisation that gave good insight and lots of leads to follow up as a result."
"Good focus on detail, not just strategy."
Showcasing event: Delivering for vulnerable people in our communities
Held on 8 October 2009 in York and 14 October 2009 in London, this conference was organised by Sitra, in a unique partnership with the CLG, CIH, NHF and with support from ADASS, to showcase the positive contribution housing with care and support can continue to make to local communities.
Lord McKenzie, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at CLG and DWP with responsibility for housing support and care, delivered the keynote address at the London event.
Sitra's Policy Conference, AGM and 25th Anniversary
Sitra's annual conference reflected on the achievements in housing with care and support over the last 25 years, but more importantly discussed how to make sure that the sector has another 25 years to look forward to.
