Despite the cuts, the Empty Homes Conference 2015 was the biggest of any of the events organised by the Empty Homes Network to date, with nearly 120 delegates attending from all parts of the UK, from Scotland to Cornwall to Kent to Wales.
Delegates heard Helen Williams (picture right), Chief Executive of the Empty Homes Agency, deliver the Keynote address, highlighting the work that the Agency is going to do over the coming period to ensure that the empty homes issue continues to receive the attention it deserves. Key themes were securing further capital funding, effective approaches to tackling public-sector empties, addressing the buy-to-leave phenomenon and more.
Throughout the day, the Conference can fairly be said to have lived up to its advertising slogan of "Innovation, Information, Inspiration, " with a further 18 speakers covering a wide range of topics. Nick Pritchard-Gordon (pictured below), Conference Chair and Chair of the Empty Homes Network, highlighted the diversity of approaches and agencies represented in the Conference sessions.
The avergage "overall" feedback rating for the Conference was 4.45 out of 5, or nearly 9 out of 10, another exceptional results following last year's record high of 4.65.
The Conference inlcuded the presentations for the Empty Homes Awards 2015 and we will cover these in much more detail over the coming weeks. Below is the award presentation by Jon Fitzmaurice, OBE (pictured left) for Best LA/Community Housing Organisation Partnership, given to Methodist Action NW, Preston City Council, South Ribble Borough Council and Lancaster City Council. The award was jointly sponsored by Habitat for Humanity Homes, represented by David Clare (second from right) and the Empty Homes Network, represented by Nick Pritchard-Gordon (right).
You can access the full set of pictures from the Conference on dropbox (if your firewall allows!) - just follow the link from our library item here.
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The avergage "overall" feedback rating for the Conference was 4.45 out of 5, or nearly 9 out of 10, another exceptional results following last year's record high of 4.65.
The Conference inlcuded the presentations for the Empty Homes Awards 2015 and we will cover these in much more detail over the coming weeks. Below is the award presentation by Jon Fitzmaurice, OBE (pictured left) for Best LA/Community Housing Organisation Partnership, given to Methodist Action NW, Preston City Council, South Ribble Borough Council and Lancaster City Council. The award was jointly sponsored by Habitat for Humanity Homes, represented by David Clare (second from right) and the Empty Homes Network, represented by Nick Pritchard-Gordon (right).
You can access the full set of pictures from the Conference on dropbox (if your firewall allows!) - just follow the link from our library item here.
With thanks to our main sponsors:
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Gold Conference Supporters