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The Housing Forum launches its new Partnering Toolkit - How Successful Social Housing Clients Partner
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and guide for all social housing clients to assist in Decent Homes and Sustainable Community objectives and targets.
The essential elements of partnering are addressed in the toolkit under three main sections :
 | Getting Started - The Pre-conditions for Successful Partnering |
 | Working as a Successful Partnering Team |
 | Doing it even better - Continuous Improvement |
The toolkit is currently a 'grey site' and we would like everyone to go into it and try it out. Let us know what you think, whether you encounter any problems, what you like or dislike, how user friendly you find it etc. The beauty of a web based toolkit means that it constantly evolves and changes can be made very quickly.
Each element of the toolkit is linked to actual examples in demonstration projects and to literature and resources to provide further and fuller guidance.
Go to www.constructingexcellence.org.uk - register (if you haven't already) then click on Sectors/Housing Forum and Toolkit.
We need your feedback.
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New Chair of Housing Forum Board
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Steve Lidgate took over a Chairman of the Housing Forum board on 1 April. Steve has had an extensive career in housbuilding, more recently with John Laing and Beazer, and was President of the House Builders Federation until May 2004
He is also a Board Memeber of CITB, Chaiman of John Laing Partnership Ltd and John Laing Training, and Non Exective Director of Crest Nicholson and CSB Holdings. |
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Membership News |
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Why become a member of the Housing Forum?
- To be part of the only cross sector housing initiative whose network includes all sectors - private, social and public involved in the construction of new homes and the refurbishment of the existing stock. Its network extends across the whole supply chain. Its demonstrations provide a platform for industry learning based on testing innovation against common industry measures.
- To be amongst the leaders in understanding the practical, bottom line benefits of the Egan procurement techniques of partnering and supply chain management. To be in the best position to judge which to apply in your own organisation.
- To put yourself in the same position on lean construction and Respect for People issues.
- To give your middle management in particular the chance to engage with their peers in debate on varied experience and to distil the most successful real life practice. This has proved one of the most valuable aspects of the demonstration projects.
To participate in policy consultation with government departments and to influence the final form of both positive and negative proposals.
- To ensure the private and social housing industry together have the most effective voice on policy issues and their implementation. To break down barriers and progress an increase in wealth and productivity nationally and internationally.
- To take part in the regional development of the Housing Forum and to give your regional staff the opportunity to benefit from stimulating thinking and debate.
- To help to spread the message in the communities you serve of the very positive benefits of the housing industry socially and economically.
- To equip your organisation with the new knowledge and skills required in a changing world for housing. To be a leader in dealing effectively with:-
- Sustainability
- The increasing integration of social housing into private development.
- Off site manufacture / modern methods of construction.
- Regeneration, conversion of existing non housing and increasingly difficult brownfield sites.
- To give a clear indication that your organisation is forward looking and dedicated to innovation and change.
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Contact details |
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The Housing Forum has moved to Constructing Excellence's new offices. They can now be found at 25 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0PP.
The following people can be contacted through the switch board number 020 7592 1100:
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| Steve Lidgate, Chair |
| Judith Harrison, Director |
| Krystyna Blackburn, Project Manager |
| Zoe Le Grand, Project Officer |
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