Conference Presentations and Workshops 2008

Day One - Thursday 30 October 2008

Ministerial Address
Stewart Maxwell MSP
Minister for Communities and Sport
Scottish Government

Workshops
1. Making landlord accreditation, HMO licensing and PRHPs work to improve standards in the PRS
– Katie Buckingham, Letwise, City of Edinburgh Council
2. Towards personalisation in homelessness services
– Nigel Henderson, Penumbra
3. No one written off? Employability and the impact of welfare reform
– Geraldine Wooley, Scottish Homelessness Employability Network
4. Making service user views make a difference
– Claire Street and Stephanie Plotnikoff, Glasgow Homelessness Network’s Service User Involvement Team
5. Local Housing Allowance and Housing Benefit
– Peter Meehan, Consultant
6. Changing people’s attitudes towards homeless people? – Gavin Corbett, Shelter Scotland and Rachel Ormston, Scottish Centre for Social Research

The Four City Homelessness Strategy, The Netherlands
Jules Van Dam, Stichting De Tussenvoorzieng
The private rented sector and homelessness
Catherine Jamieson, Glasgow Homelessness Partnership
John Blackwood, Scottish Association of Landlords

Day Two Friday 31st October

Substance misuse and homelessness research findings
Nicholas Pleace, Centre for Housing Policy, University of York

Youth homelessness in the UK - A decade of progress? Dr Sarah Johnsen, Centre for Housing Policy, University of York

1. Acceptable standards in temporary accommodation for young people
– Alice Ann Jackson, SAY Women
2. Dealing with complex needs without specialist services
– Sue Irving, Housing Consultant
3. Allocations issues for excluded groups
– Amanda Britain, Craigforth
4. Financial inclusion – what can be done?
– Nick Bell, Manager Youth Homelessness, SCSH and former Financial Inclusion Worker, Streetwork
5. Making the case for housing support
– Yvette Burgess, Housing Support Enabling Team
6. Preventing homelessness – designing and planning for an ageing society
– Ricky Pollock, Burnett Pollock Associates

Meeting the 2009 target
Val Holtom, South Lanarkshire Council

Making 2012 a reality today
John Kerr, West Dunbartonshire Council