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November 2021
GWSF’s Autumn Membership Gathering (via Zoom)
What does the ‘new normal’ look like for community based housing associations? Online this year, our autumn gathering features a thought-provoking programme and diverse range of speakers, while also allowing two separate opportunities for smaller discussion groups. Delegates can tweet on the day with #GWSF2021. Plenary sessions include: Does Covid make a ‘wellbeing economy’ more or less likely? Katherine Trebeck, Writer and Researcher, looks at the chance of us moving towards a different kind of society and economy Are we…
Find out more »June 2022
GWSF Annual Regeneration Conference 2022
We are delighted to announce our first in-person event since the start of the pandemic. Our summer regeneration conference will take place on 24th June at Reidvale Neighbourhood Centre, and we look forward to welcoming both staff and committee members then. The theme of this year’s conference is Community Wealth Building (CWB) and the potential contribution that CCHAs can make to this agenda. We all know that individuals and communities throughout Scotland are reeling from the impacts of the pandemic…
Find out more »October 2022
GWSF Annual Conference 2022
Back Together - and still keeping it local is the theme for our first Annual Conference since 2019, and we're expecting a bumper turnout! We'll be covering all the hot issues, including the future for community based housing associations, rents, the cost of living crisis and retrofit/climate change challenges. Among our keynote speakers are: Minister Patrick Harvie MSP Angiolina Foster, Chair of Public Health Scotland Alistair McIntosh, CEO, Housing Quality Network Topics covered in our very practical breakout sessions will…
Find out more »June 2023
GWSF Annual Regeneration Conference 2023
CBHAs: Building Resilience in Challenging Times Over the past few years, we’ve witnessed individuals and communities throughout Scotland reeling from the lingering consequences of the pandemic in relation to increased poverty and inequality. These societal ‘long-Covid’ impacts have subsequently been exacerbated by the challenges of a Cost of Living Crisis and a huge rise in fuel costs. Our one-day summer conference this year explores how CBHAs are working with their tenants and communities to help build resilience in order to…
Find out more »December 2023
GWSF Annual Conference 2023
This year's Annual Conference will focus on investing in our homes and communities. A great line-up of speakers includes an opening address from the Minister for Housing, Paul McLennan, and among our keynote speakers are: Professor Chik Collins, Director, Glasgow Centre for Population Health - Why does poverty affect health so much? Professor John Curtice, University of Strathclyde - What next for Scotland politically and constitutionally? Councillor Emma Dent Coad, London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, author and former Member…
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