Join us for The Northern Way, Community-led housing Summit
When? Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 September 2025
Where? St George’s Centre, Leeds City Centre
Ready to help reshape housing in the North?
Join us in Leeds, 23-24 Sept, for Northern Way Community Led Housing Conference! Discover how community-led projects can drive growth & empower all communities.
Dive into workshops, site visits, and more.
The Conference will bring together communities and professionals to explore the future of Community Led Housing
Key themes of the event:
- How community-led housing can become a key component for local and regional authorities in delivering growth and housing outcomes across the North
- Workshopping proposals and models of how the sector can streamline, scale up and deliver more homes for communities more quickly
- Community Led Housing for All- how can the sector ensure it empowers minority and disadvantaged communities to have opportunity to create their own homes
The conference will include keynote speakers, workshops, expert presentations, discussion panels and site visits to local community housing schemes in the area.
Confirmed Panels include:
Community Led Housing and the Housing Growth Agenda
A headline panel session exploring the potential contribution LCH could make in long term strategic plans of local, regional and national authorities. How can it be nurtured to create additionality? What funding, enabling and policy adjustments are needed to make this happen across the North?
Conversations on community-led housing: citizens, enablers and regional leaders
Comparing a regional picture of CLH enabling between different parts of the North. A panel led by Andrew Wilson and Neil Mckenna of Same Skies
Embracing diversity in CLH:
Reflecting on the outcomes and next steps in response to the “Community led Housing for All” Report. A discussion session led by Claude Hendrickson MBE, featuring Gary Hartin from the Nationwide Foundation and Blase Lambert of Confederation of Co-operative Housing
European Perspectives for the UK
Contrasting strategic approaches to enabling CLH in Europe, including the Netherlands and Belgium. A European special guest panel facilitated by Neil McKenna
Enabling Community within mega developments
Discussing how CLH can play a part in creating the community within big new developments. With perspectives from York Central, Climate Innovation District and others.
Rural routes to Community Housing
An expert panel discussing specific challenges and opportunities around creating community housing away from the city. Facilitated by Sarah Hart
Scaling up Ambitions
Plenary session reflecting on the drive to find ways to bring CLH into the mainstream of housing delivery – the opportunities, the barriers and some ways forward. Discussion presented by Jimm Reed
Community Led Housing Groups Clinic
Workshop session exploring problems faced by new, forming and developing CLH groups and looking at possible solutions to these.
Daring to Design Different
An expert panel looking at the specific design challenges and opportunities of CLH
Watch this space for more announcements soon….
Who should attend?
Community housing organisations; selfbuilders; Local and Regional Authorities (including housing, planning and policy); housing related agencies; Lenders and Funders; Designers and Housing Professionals and anyone interested in community led housing!
To book your place visit our Eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-northen-way-community-led-housing-summit-tickets-1540904319299?aff=oddtdtcreator
Interested in getting involved as a speaker, exhibitor or sponsor? contact lucy@peoplepoweredhomes.org.uk
