About this Venue

This large Manchester venue is just 5 minutes walk from Manchester Piccadilly station.

By Train:

Manchester Piccadilly station (approx. 5 minutes walk)

Exit the station toward Piccadilly. Once outside walk across the silver arched pedestrian bridge following the pavement down to street level keeping the Doubletree hotel to your right. Cross over Ducie Street and up Aytoun Street following the tram tracks slightly uphill keeping and passing the Holiday Inn on your right. At the Junction with Portland Street cross Aytoun Street and the entrance to 11 Portland Street is directly in front of you. We are on the 8th floor.

Manchester Victoria station

This is a 15 minute walk so we would recommend that you take the Metrolink tram in the direction of Piccadilly. Alight at Piccadilly Gardens. Cross over the road towards the Slug and Lettuce so it is facing you, turn left and walk to the end of the street, the entrance is on this corner where Portland Street meets Aytoun Street.

By Bus and Tram:

Piccadilly Gardens (approx. 2 minutes walk) This is a main transport hub for Metrolink trams and buses and is a 2 minute walk from the venue.

Parking:

The venue is close to a number of car parks:

Manchester Minshull Street (operated by SIP) - Minshull Street, M1 3ED

Manchester Piccadilly Gardens (operated by Manchester City Council) - Chatham Street, M1 3AY

Manchester Chorlton Street (operated by NCP) - Chorlton Street, M1 3FY

Please refer to each provider's own webpage for early bird and discount offers.

Etc Venue (11 Portland St, Manchester M1 3HU)

Location

Etc Venue (11 Portland St, Manchester M1 3HU)

11 Portland Street, Manchester

Talks

Housing First in England: More than a homelessness intervention

Rick Henderson Jo Prestidge Alex Smith Andy Burnham

Adapting Housing First for young people

Ayodele Ogunjobi Audrey Heron

Delivering consistent support: Recruiting and managing a Housing First team

Sam Mountford Sarah Goodwin

Learning from experience: Getting co-production right

Emily Cole Claire Holmes Mark Jepson Karl Brown Lisa Minshull Daniel Allman

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

Joyce Van Haren Valerie Boogaard

Meeting the wider needs: Embedding mental health and addiction support

Freya Donaldson Bianca Hutchinson Adam Clayton

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

Stephen Donaldson Emily Crowe

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

Justine Adams Victoria Stirling Suzannah Young Poppy Barnes

Providing Housing First for women

Amy Smith Jess Edington

Unlocking potential: Using Housing First to reduce reoffending

James Rowland Ursula Ralph Craig Fletcher

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

Sarah Paul Shannon Johnstone Rachel Brennan Sharon Thompson Sophie Boobis Chris Brill Kelvin MacDonald