In-person

If you're attending this way, check out the selection of sessions you can attend in the right hand column below.

Meet our Speakers

We've gathered some of the top experts in the field to discuss this topic. With years of experience between them, they're well-equipped to offer invaluable insights and perspectives.

Claire Holmes

Claire Holmes

Co-Production Panel Member, Greater Manchester Housing First

Bianca Hutchinson

Bianca Hutchinson

Housing First Team Manager, Crisis

Mark Jepson

Mark Jepson

Lived Experience Lead, Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Shannon Johnstone

Shannon Johnstone

Co-Founder, Homelessness Best Practice CIC

Kelvin MacDonald

Kelvin MacDonald

Senior Departmental Fellow, University of Cambridge

Brian Matthews

Brian Matthews

Associate, Homeless Link

Lisa Minshull

Lisa Minshull

Coproduction panel member, Greater Manchester Housing First

Sam Mountford

Sam Mountford

Services Manager, Cranstoun

Ayodele Ogunjobi

Ayodele Ogunjobi

Housing First Officer, Centrepoint

Sarah Paul

Sarah Paul

Homelessness Prevention Lead, Greater Manchester Probation Service

Ursula Ralph

Ursula Ralph

Housing First Operations Manager, Jigsaw Support

James Rowland

James Rowland

Head of Delivery, Community Led Initiatives

Amy Smith

Amy Smith

Housing First and Homelessness Programme Manager, Standing Together

Victoria Stirling

Victoria Stirling

Head of Service, South Yorkshire Housing Association

Joyce Van Haren

Joyce Van Haren

Support worker, HVO-Querido

Suzannah Young

Suzannah Young

Policy Leader, National Housing Federation

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Talks

Housing First in England: More than a homelessness intervention

Rick Henderson

Jo Prestidge

Andy Burnham

Alex Smith

Adapting Housing First for young people

Ayodele Ogunjobi

Audrey Heron

Delivering consistent support: Recruiting and managing a Housing First team

Sarah Goodwin

Sam Mountford

Learning from experience: Getting co-production right

Claire Holmes

Daniel Allman

Mark Jepson

Karl Brown

Lisa Minshull

Emily Cole

Lessons from abroad: Fresh approaches to support, recovery, and community integration

Valerie Boogaard

Joyce Van Haren

Meeting the wider needs: Embedding mental health and addiction support

Adam Clayton

Freya Donaldson

Bianca Hutchinson

Setting up Housing First in your area: Designing and commissioning a service

Esme Davies

Brian Matthews

Complex thinking in practice: a cross-sector reflective supervision approach to assertive homeless working

Emily Crowe

Stephen Donaldson

Housing First and systems wide approaches to multiple disadvantage

Octavia Aronne

Carl Brown

Lessons from abroad: Fresh approaches to support, recovery, and community integration (repeated)

Joyce Van Haren

Valerie Boogaard

Positive approaches to minimising antisocial behaviour in accommodation

Suzannah Young

Victoria Stirling

Justine Adams

Poppy Barnes

Providing Housing First for women

Jess Edington

Amy Smith

Unlocking potential: Using Housing First to reduce reoffending

Craig Fletcher

James Rowland

Ursula Ralph

Homeless Link research launch and panel discussion: Housing First in the wider system

Sarah Paul

Sophie Boobis

Rachel Brennan

Chris Brill

Shannon Johnstone

Kelvin MacDonald

Sharon Thompson