The Yorkshire & Humberside Experience 2008
Giving you the tools to make a difference

Thursday 13 March 2008 - York Racecourse

• About the conference
• Who should attend?
• Programme
• Venue
• Prices
• Booking Information
• Exhibition & Sponsorship Prospectus (PDF: 419 kb)

About the Conference

The CIH Yorkshire & Humberside Experience is an annual regional housing event, attracting housing professionals from across the region and beyond. This year's Conference & Exhibition is set to be the biggest and best yet, with the highest number of delegates ever. It is the essential event dedicated to housing professionals in the region.

As well as disseminating up to the minute research, information on new policies, practical advice and case studies, this event will also provide your organisation and delegates with the opportunity to share knowledge and experience, network and relax.

For this year's conference we invite you to take advantage of our new 'chill out area', have scheduled in longer breaks for networking and exhibition viewing.

Giving you the tools to make a difference

This year's conference aims to give delegates a toolkit of information to take away and use in the workplace. The workshops planned for the conference cover a multitude of topics and aim to tell delegates how to do things in different areas.

Who should attend?

This conference has been organised to examine housing issues within the Yorkshire & Humberside Region and is aimed at housing professionals involved in the areas of policy, strategy, planning and finance and for anyone who has a keen interest in housing within the region.

Programme (subject to changes)

Download conference programme (PDF: 44 kb)

Time	Details
9.30	Registration, Refreshments & Exhibition Viewing
10.00	Chair's Welcome Amanda Garrard, Executive Director, Pennine Housing 2000 Ltd
10.10	Opening Plenary: The luck factor Richard Wiseman, author of 'The Luck Factor'
10.50	Refreshments & Exhibition Viewing
11.15	Workshops, on how to...
	A1. Set up a social enterprise Andrew Petrie, Head of Policy and Evaluation, dba Management Consultancy Ltd Yvonne Bramall, Development Manager, Unity Trust Bank
	A2. Promote services to BME customers - breaking down the barriers Nadhia Hussain, Area Manager Brunel Housing Veronica Evans, Independent Housing Consultant
	A3. Work with ex offenders Russell Ward, Chief Executive, Action Housing Claudia Walsh, Yorkshire Metropolitan Housing
	A4. Tackle worklessness Glen Duckett Groundwork Leeds
	A5. Green your organisation Sally Hancox, Gentoo Colin Wiles, Chief Executive, King Street Housing Society
12.30	Lunch & Exhibition Viewing
13.40	Workshops, on how to...
	B1. Do a dreamscheme Barbara Kempf, Community Services Manager, Connect Housing Christine Fox, Director of Neighbourhood & Community Services, Connect Housing
	B2. Tackle homelessness Nick Sedgwick, Housing Corporation – Confirmed Linda McGowan, Homelessness Specialist Adviser, Communities & Local Government, Housing Strategy Division
	B3. Islamic Awareness and Sharia Law Mr Kaushar Tai, Course Director, Director AKSAA Management and Training Company Bradford
	B4. Deliver extra care schemes & service Mary Bryce, Head of Extra Care, Housing 21 Siobhan Moore, Head of Programme Delivery, Housing 21
	B5. Get the most from staff Neil Baxter, Managing Director, Bramall Construction (No 61 of top 100)
14.55	Refreshments & Exhibition Viewing
15.20	Closing Plenary: Inspire your people! Liam O'Connell, Director of Positivity
16.00	Chairs closing remarks

The Venue

York Racecourse, York

York Racecourse is set in 100 acres of grounds and is located within easy access of the A19, A59 and A1(M).

York is one of the Premier tracks in Europe having recently won the Northern Racecourse of the Year Award (17 years running!) and also came out top in The Times Newspaper survey of all Britain's racecourses.

York traces a fascinating history back to Roman and Viking times. Today it is a bustling city growing as a commercial, tourist and regional centre. A fine range of restaurants, shopping opportunities and attractions including the Jorvik Viking Centre and National Railway Museum as well as the history of the Minster, Castle and City Walls, supplements York's extensive selection of excellent hotel accommodation.

For more information about the venue visit the York Racecourse website.

Prices

Early booking rate

• Delegate Rate: £167 + VAT
• Discounted CIH Member Rate: £135 + VAT
• Student Member Rate: £63 + VAT
• Discounted Retired Member / Tenant Rate: £63 + VAT

Rate for bookings received after 1st February

• Delegate Rate: £187 + VAT
• Discounted CIH Member Rate: £155 + VAT
• Student Member Rate: £83 + VAT
• Discounted Retired Member / Tenant Rate: £83 + VAT

To make a booking

You can book your place on this conference in one of the following ways:

• Use our online booking form (Booking code: 2516021)
• Contact us to request a booking form by email or call 024 7685 1772

Booking information

• Please do not send any payment with this booking - you will be invoiced separately.
• If you cancel a booking more than 10 working days before the event, you will be charged a £70 administration fee per booking. If you cancel within 10 working days you will be charged the full fee.
• If, at the time of booking, you do not know the names of delegates attending, please let us have names no later than two weeks before the start of the event.
• Please keep a photocopy of this form for your records, if possible.
• This booking is subject to the usual CIH Terms & Conditions.

Limitation of liability

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) accepts responsibility for accident, injury or loss suffered whilst attending one of our events only if it is directly due to negligence on our part. Delegates are responsible for taking care of their own property. CIH accepts no responsibility for any loss incurred whilst using material or information gained at one of our events.

Cancellation of events

CIH may have to cancel an event. In this case we will return any payments received in advance. We will not refund any other costs you may incur as a result of this cancellation.

Copyright

The copyright of all conference material rests with the CIH or with the speaker.

Data Protection Act 1998

When you make a booking your contact details will be stored on our database. We will use this data for the purposes of processing your booking and to contact you in the future with information about other CIH events and products that may be of interest to you. If you would prefer not to be informed of CIH products you can opt out when you make your booking.