Supported Living Property Videos

In this episode Chris Wild explains how we can get property and support right for young people in care and how we can get it so wrong and the difference it can make. Chris draws on his own experience in care to support young people and campaign to improve outcomes for some of our most vulnerable young people. This is an inspiring episode that is an important listen for anyone interested in this sector. Chris Wild is an author, care home consultant, government advisor, national youth advisor for young people and charity patron. He is a passionate advocate and campaigner whose first book, Damaged, tells the story of his life and those of other young children in care he met along the way. His second book, The State of It, is a rallying call for change as he exposes the continuing failure of young people in care. https://www.chriscwild.com/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Damaged-Heartbreaking-stories-trapped-Britains/dp/1911600648/ref=sr_1_fkmrn... https://www.amazon.co.uk/State-Stories-Frontline-Broken-System/dp/1789463890/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_e... Lisa Brown became a property investor after a long nursing career. She initially developed heritage properties and then a chance encounter led her to discover supported living. She realized this was a powerful way to invest in property while creating homes for people with a support need. Lisa set about discovering why property investors struggle to let their properties to supported living providers and why providers struggle to find property to let. She has been educating people, raising awareness and working on solutions to this problem ever since. Lisa is the host of the Supported Living Property Podcast and YouTube channel and formed The Supported Living Property Facebook Group. Lisa is founder of The Supported Living Property Network, a place for property investors and supported living providers to connect, build relationships and communicate about property they have available and/or need. Membership includes access to training courses, monthly training events and networking events and access to The Supported Living Property Network Conference. To find out how you can join The Supported Living Property Network please follow this link: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/the-supported-living-property-network Lisa has written a free guide for you: If you are a property investor download this free guide to help you find providers to lease your property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-property-investors If you are a provider who is looking for property to lease then download this free guide to help you find property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-providers These interviews are also available as podcasts from your usual podcast provider, just search for The Supported Living Property Podcast. Please make sure you click the "subscribe" button so you don't miss an episode.

In this episode I am joined by Professor Vikki McCall, she talks about housing stigma and the importance of planning for an aging population. Vikki shares how she and co-founder Alasdair Rutherford have developed an innovative game bringing together a range of parties to play out different approaches to housing strategy. She explains how this is being implemented and the impact it is having across a range of sectors and tenant groups. Professor Vikki McCall is Chair in Social Policy and Employability Lead for the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling and Co-founder and Creative Director of Socialudo, a social enterprise delivering serious games. Vikki’s work currently includes leading projects focusing on housing, ageing, stigma, co-production the role of front-line workers, service users, volunteers and the policy process. She is an expert in co-production, facilitation and networking, leading projects focusing on housing, ageing and future-proofing society. Dr McCall is currently Principal Investigator on the Intersectional Stigma of Place-based Ageing (ISPA) project (an ESRC funded project 2022-2027) and the INVITE project looking at supporting Inclusive Living support for older people in residential care (funded by the Longleigh Foundation). Vikki has worked in partnership with the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) and other key housing sector non-profit partners developing the concept of Inclusive Living, and related toolkit that supports a more inclusive approach to housing support. Vikki was part of the team that won the Sociological Review Prize for Outstanding Scholarship (2017) for work on tackling urban stigmatisation in disadvantaged communities and led the development of the https://www.asume.co.uk/ website, a resource for non-profit organisations, volunteers, researchers as well as health and housing practitioners to access the findings of a comprehensive UK study on dementia and volunteering. Vikki is Honorary Secretary for the Social Policy Association Executive Committee and Editorial Board member of Social Policy & Society. Professor Vikki McCall and Professor Alasdair Rutherford are co-founders of Socialudo, a social enterprise using 'Serious Games' to help diverse groups plan and think about how we future-proof society. They design, develop and deliver bespoke games to help organisations tackle hard problems, such as planing for the ageing population, or climate change. Find out more : https://socialudo.org/about-us Here is the independent evaluation of their work in Southwark led by SCIE: https://www.scie.org.uk/app/uploads/2024/04/A-serious-game-for-older-peoples-housing.pdf https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikkimccall/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/alasdair-rutherford/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/socialudo/ Lisa Brown became a property investor after a long nursing career. She initially developed heritage properties and then a chance encounter led her to discover supported living. She realized this was a powerful way to invest in property while creating homes for people with a support need. Lisa set about discovering why property investors struggle to let their properties to supported living providers and why providers struggle to find property to let. She has been educating people, raising awareness and working on solutions to this problem ever since. Lisa is the host of the Supported Living Property Podcast and YouTube channel and formed The Supported Living Property Facebook Group. Lisa is founder of The Supported Living Property Network, a place for property investors and supported living providers to connect, build relationships and communicate about property they have available and/or need. Membership includes access to training courses, monthly training events and networking events and access to The Supported Living Property Network Conference. To find out how you can join The Supported Living Property Network please follow this link: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/the-supported-living-property-network Lisa has written a free guide for you: If you are a property investor download this free guide to help you find providers to lease your property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-property-investors If you are a provider who is looking for property to lease then download this free guide to help you find property: ⁠https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-providers These interviews are also available as podcasts from your usual podcast provider, just search for The Supported Living Property Podcast. Please make sure you click the "subscribe" button so you don't miss an episode.

Watch to see why this event is so unique and how as a community we are impacting lives. Tickets are available for the next conference, find out how you can attend here: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/supported-living-property-conference

In this episode Suzannah Young, Policy Officer for the National Housing Federation explains the issues that many housing associations are facing. She discusses the impact of the budget, what decommissioning is and how it is affecting services and she shares the actual numbers of current provision of supported housing accommodation and what the future demand is predicted to be. Suzannah Young is a Senior Policy Officer at the National Housing Federation. Her work covers supported housing, older people’s housing, homelessness, Renters’ Rights and health integration. Suzannah has worked in housing and homelessness at local government, charity and NGO level, in the UK and Europe. National Housing Federation https://www.housing.org.uk/ National Housing Federation - How much supported housing will we need by 2040? https://www.housing.org.uk/resources/how-much-supported-housing-will-we-need-by-2040/ Supported Housing Review 2023 - GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supported-housing-review-2023 National Housing Federation - Autumn budget 2024: a statement from NHF Chief Executive https://www.housing.org.uk/news-and-blogs/news/autumn-budget-2024-statement/ National Housing Federation - Autumn Budget and Spending Review submission 2024 https://www.housing.org.uk/resources/autumn-budget-and-spending-review-submission-2024/ Lisa Brown became a property investor after a long nursing career. She initially developed heritage properties and then a chance encounter led her to discover supported living. She realized this was a powerful way to invest in property while creating homes for people with a support need. Lisa set about discovering why property investors struggle to let their properties to supported living providers and why providers struggle to find property to let. She has been educating people, raising awareness and working on solutions to this problem ever since. Lisa is the host of the Supported Living Property Podcast and YouTube channel and formed The Supported Living Property Facebook Group. Lisa is founder of The Supported Living Property Network, a place for property investors and supported living providers to connect, build relationships and communicate about property they have available and/or need. Membership includes access to training courses, monthly training events and networking events and access to The Supported Living Property Network Conference. To find out how you can join The Supported Living Property Network please follow this link: ⁠https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/the-supported-living-property-network Lisa has written a free guide for you: If you are a property investor download this free guide to help you find providers to lease your property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-property-investors If you are a provider who is looking for property to lease then download this free guide to help you find property: ⁠https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-providers These interviews are also available as podcasts from your usual podcast provider, just search for The Supported Living Property Podcast. Please make sure you click the "subscribe" button so you don't miss an episode.

In this episode Jane Byford shares how she is working to get people with a learning disability and/or autism out of secure units and into their own homes. She explains how she does this by getting the right property to meet people's needs and she shares some inspiring stories of how peoples lives can be transformed. Jane has been at the forefront of supporting individuals with Learning Disabilities and Autism for over 40 years. Jane has worked within hospital settings, residential care services and more recently established My Life Choice as one of the UK's leading providers of Supported Living services for individuals with complex needs. Jane is renown nationally for being the go to person to map and facilitate the discharge of individuals with Autism / Learning Disabilities from hospital settings. Working with Local Authorities, ICB's, NHSE and Registered Housing Providers, Jane coordinates every stage of the transition and discharge process until each individual is successfully settled within their new homes. Lisa Brown became a property investor after a long nursing career. She initially developed heritage properties and then a chance encounter led her to discover supported living. She realized this was a powerful way to invest in property while creating homes for people with a support need. Lisa set about discovering why property investors struggle to let their properties to supported living providers and why providers struggle to find property to let. She has been educating people, raising awareness and working on solutions to this problem ever since. Lisa is the host of the Supported Living Property Podcast and YouTube channel and formed The Supported Living Property Facebook Group. Lisa is founder of The Supported Living Property Network, a place for property investors and supported living providers to connect, build relationships and communicate about property they have available and/or need. Membership includes access to training courses, monthly training events and networking events and access to The Supported Living Property Network Conference. To find out how you can join The Supported Living Property Network please follow this link: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/the-supported-living-property-network Lisa has written a free guide for you: If you are a property investor download this free guide to help you find providers to lease your property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-property-investors If you are a provider who is looking for property to lease then download this free guide to help you find property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-providers These interviews are also available as podcasts from your usual podcast provider, just search for The Supported Living Property Podcast. Please make sure you click the "subscribe" button so you don't miss an episode.

In this episode local authority commissioner, Steve Bardsley shares how he has helped to establish a small supports service in Leeds, creating new services which take a person centred approach to create homes and support for those who have higher needs. Steve Bardsley has been working to improve the lives and outcomes for people with a learning disability for 38 years. He was involved in two successful hospital resettlement programmes - Darenth Park in Kent and as the Resettlement manager for the Fieldhead hospital resettlement in Wakefield and has held senior roles across health, social care and the voluntary sector. Steve is currently the Joint Commissioning Manager Learning Disabilities, commissioning creative services for adults with a learning disability for Leeds city council and the Integrated Commissioning Board via a Pooled budget arrangement. Here is the link to a video demonstrating the impact of the small supports homes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcGJ_UW-7dg Lisa Brown became a property investor after a long nursing career. She initially developed heritage properties and then a chance encounter led her to discover supported living. She realized this was a powerful way to invest in property while creating homes for people with a support need. Lisa set about discovering why property investors struggle to let their properties to supported living providers and why providers struggle to find property to let. She has been educating people, raising awareness and working on solutions to this problem ever since. Lisa is the host of the Supported Living Property Podcast and YouTube channel and formed The Supported Living Property Facebook Group. Lisa is founder of The Supported Living Property Network, a place for property investors and supported living providers to connect, build relationships and communicate about property they have available and/or need. Membership includes access to training courses, monthly training events and networking events and access to The Supported Living Property Network Conference. To find out how you can join The Supported Living Property Network please follow this link: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/ Lisa has written a free guide for you: If you are a property investor download this free guide to help you find providers to lease your property: ⁠https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-property-investors If you are a provider who is looking for property to lease then download this free guide to help you find property: ⁠https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-providers These interviews are also available as podcasts from your usual podcast provider, just search for The Supported Living Property Podcast. Please make sure you click the "subscribe" button so you don't miss an episode.

In this episode Sam Cooper discusses the practicalities of leasing properties to supported living providers, he shares challenges he has encountered and gives great advice for anyone thinking of leasing property to supported living providers. Sam is a dedicated family man and seasoned entrepreneur with over 18 years of experience in building and scaling SMEs. Throughout his career, he has navigated the entire business lifecycle—from start-ups to successful exits. In 2019, along with his partner Jo, he founded Coventry Accommodation, a property management and lettings agency. They manage both short-term and long-term rental properties with a commitment to excellence and care. The work in the supported living sector is particularly close to their hearts, as we strive to provide homes that enhance the quality of life for families and individuals with special needs. Today, Sam's efforts are concentrated on two main activities where he finds the most fulfillment and impact. 1. Empowering Business Owners as a Certified Value Builder: As a certified Value Builder, he specializes in helping business owners reclaim their time and build businesses that can thrive independently of them. His mission is to guide entrepreneurs through his 'Retire On Your Terms' programme to create companies that not only run smoothly without their constant involvement but are also positioned for a profitable sale when the time is right. Sam provides strategic coaching and proven methodologies to unlock business value and create a clear path to freedom for business owners. 2. Creating Safe and Suitable Homes for People with Special Needs: Sam is passionate about working with heart-led investors to develop and manage high-quality, long-term housing solutions for individuals with special needs. To focus on creating lovely, safe, and suitable homes that offer stability and dignity to those who need it most. Working together he aims to make a meaningful difference in the lives of vulnerable individuals while generating sustainable returns for our investors. You can find Sam on social media here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samcooperca/ https://www.facebook.com/sjrcooper You can contact Sam here: sam@coventry-accommodation.co.uk Lisa Brown became a property investor after a long nursing career. She initially developed heritage properties and then a chance encounter led her to discover supported living. She realized this was a powerful way to invest in property while creating homes for people with a support need. Lisa set about discovering why property investors struggle to let their properties to supported living providers and why providers struggle to find property to let. She has been educating people, raising awareness and working on solutions to this problem ever since. Lisa is the host of the Supported Living Property Podcast and YouTube channel and formed The Supported Living Property Facebook Group. Lisa is founder of The Supported Living Property Network, a place for property investors and supported living providers to connect, build relationships and communicate about property they have available and/or need. Membership includes access to training courses, monthly training events and networking events and access to The Supported Living Property Network Conference. To find out how you can join The Supported Living Property Network please follow this link: ⁠https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/the-supported-living-property-network Lisa has written a free guide for you: If you are a property investor download this free guide to help you find providers to lease your property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-property-investors If you are a provider who is looking for property to lease then download this free guide to help you find property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-providers These interviews are also available as podcasts from your usual podcast provider, just search for The Supported Living Property Podcast. Please make sure you click the "subscribe" button so you don't miss an episode.

One of our providers explaining why what we do at the Supported Living Property Network really matters. You can find the whole interview on the channel. #supportedliving #property #propertyinvesting #propertyinvestor #propertymatters #makingadifference

This is a summary of the May 2024 Supported Living Property Network members conference. The next one is 15th November 2024, if you want to attend you can find out more and buy a ticket here: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/supported-living-property-conference

This is part of a free webinar I ran, you can access the recording here: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-property-webinar

This is small clip from a free webinar I ran this week. The whole webinar is available to access for free until 19th August, you can register here to watch it https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-property-webinar #supportedliving #supportedhousing #propertyinvestors #property #propertyinvestoruk #propertyinvestment

In this episode Andy Robinson explains how taking a completely different approach to providing support and homes has led to some incredible outcomes for the people they support. Andy has drawn on his vast social care background to develop tools that help the people they support have a life that includes being a meaningful part of their community. He shares the role the right property can play and how he is working with property investor to meet this housing need. Andy Robinson is the founder and CEO of You First Support Services CIC, a forward thinking, innovative and market leading Social Enterprise, formed as a Community Interest Company (CIC), that enables autistic people, people with learning disabilities and/or mental health illness to build and grow their lives in a way that is both meaningful and purposeful for them and over which they have total control. Andy founded You First in February 2014 after a 30 year career in health and social care. In terms of links, we have the following: Website: www.youfirstsupportservices.org.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/youfirstsupportservices Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youfirstsupportservicescic?igsh=dG9weTdkZjBjZ3hw Twitter: @YouFirstSupport YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@youfirstsupportservicescic9787/playlists Lisa Brown became a property investor after a long nursing career. She initially developed heritage properties and then a chance encounter led her to discover supported living. She realized this was a powerful way to invest in property while creating homes for people with a support need. Lisa set about discovering why property investors struggle to let their properties to supported living providers and why providers struggle to find property to let. She has been educating people, raising awareness and working on solutions to this problem ever since. Lisa is the host of the Supported Living Property Podcast and YouTube channel and formed The Supported Living Property Facebook Group. Lisa is founder of The Supported Living Property Network, a place for property investors and supported living providers to connect, build relationships and communicate about property they have available and/or need. Membership includes access to training courses, monthly training events and networking events and access to The Supported Living Property Network Conference. To find out how you can join The Supported Living Property Network please follow this link: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/the-supported-living-property-network Lisa has written a free guide for you: If you are a property investor download this free guide to help you find providers to lease your property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-property-investors If you are a provider who is looking for property to lease, then download this free guide to help you find property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-providers These interviews are also available as podcasts from your usual podcast provider, just search for The Supported Living Property Podcast. Please make sure you click the "subscribe" button, so you don't miss an episode.

In this episode Jo Robinson shares her experience of running supported living accommodation for 16-18 year olds. She talks about challenges in the sector and the implications of the recent changes requiring Ofsted registration. Jo explains the types of property that are needed for this age group and what she looks for in property. Lisa Brown became a property investor after a long nursing career. She initially developed heritage properties and then a chance encounter led her to discover supported living. She realized this was a powerful way to invest in property while creating homes for people with a support need. Lisa set about discovering why property investors struggle to let their properties to supported living providers and why providers struggle to find property to let. She has been educating people, raising awareness and working on solutions to this problem ever since. Lisa is the host of the Supported Living Property Podcast and YouTube channel and formed The Supported Living Property Facebook Group. Lisa is founder of The Supported Living Property Network, a place for property investors and supported living providers to connect, build relationships and communicate about property they have available and/or need. Membership includes access to training courses, monthly training events and networking events and access to The Supported Living Property Network Conference. To find out how you can join The Supported Living Property Network please follow this link: ⁠https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/the-supported-living-property-network Lisa has written a free guide for you: If you are a property investor download this free guide to help you find providers to lease your property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-property-investors If you are a provider who is looking for property to lease then download this free guide to help you find property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-providers These interviews are also available as podcasts from your usual podcast provider, just search for The Supported Living Property Podcast. Please make sure you click the "subscribe" button so you don't miss an episode.

In this episode, I am delighted to welcome Janette Spiering, who is the founder of the Dementia Village in the Netherlands. Janette shares how she bought her vision to life, the challenges she had and the impact this revolutionary way of supporting people with dementia has had on individuals but also on the way people with dementia are supported worldwide. I ask her if this model be used for people with other support needs, listen to hear her thoughts. Jannette Spiering is founder of the Hogewey vision on care for people living with dementia and founder of The Hogeweyk® , world’s first “dementia-village”. Jannette has been working in care since 1982 and has almost 40 years of experience in operational, tactic and strategic management. Jannette focusses particularly on the elderly care & dementia care sector and community-based aged care. Keywords she uses are: de-institutionalization, transformation and normalization of the current and established vision of elderly care. She is a strong advocate for humanizing care and calls for a radical change, a paradigm shift, from the prevailing medical model to a social approach to ageing and dementia. https://www.bethecareconcept.com/en/ Contact info@bethecareconcept.com Lisa Brown became a property investor after a long nursing career. She initially developed heritage properties and then a chance encounter led her to discover supported living. She realized this was a powerful way to invest in property while creating homes for people with a support need. Lisa set about discovering why property investors struggle to let their properties to supported living providers and why providers struggle to find property to let. She has been educating people, raising awareness and working on solutions to this problem ever since. Lisa is the host of the Supported Living Property Podcast and YouTube channel and formed The Supported Living Property Facebook Group. Lisa is founder of The Supported Living Property Network, a place for property investors and supported living providers to connect, build relationships and communicate about property they have available and/or need. Membership includes access to training courses, monthly training events and networking events and access to The Supported Living Property Network Conference. To find out how you can join The Supported Living Property Network please follow this link: ⁠https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/the-supported-living-property-network Lisa has written a free guide for you: If you are a property investor download this free guide to help you find providers to lease your property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-property-investors If you are a provider who is looking for property to lease, then download this free guide to help you find property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-providers These interviews are also available as podcasts from your usual podcast provider, just search for The Supported Living Property Podcast. Please make sure you click the "subscribe" button, so you don't miss an episode.

In this episode Henry Davies talks about how he developed and leased a large HMO to a supported living provider. He talks about how he found a the provider and how he developed the property. He explains why supported living appeals to him and why he is now developing more properties for supported living. Henry Davis is a property trader, developer, and landlord, and he purchased his first property in London in 1990. He is the author of The Truth About Property and one of the UK's most experienced property experts. Henry is a guest property writer for The Times Newspaper and the presenter of The Key to Property Investment, a full-day training course on behalf of the National Residential Landlords Association. www.henrydavisproperty.com https://amzn.eu/d/gHumo3Y Lisa Brown became a property investor after a long nursing career. She initially developed heritage properties and then a chance encounter led her to discover supported living. She realized this was a powerful way to invest in property while creating homes for people with a support need. Lisa set about discovering why property investors struggle to let their properties to supported living providers and why providers struggle to find property to let. She has been educating people, raising awareness and working on solutions to this problem ever since. Lisa is the host of the Supported Living Property Podcast and YouTube channel and formed The Supported Living Property Facebook Group. Lisa is founder of The Supported Living Property Network, a place for property investors and supported living providers to connect, build relationships and communicate about property they have available and/or need. Membership includes access to training courses, monthly training events and networking events and access to The Supported Living Property Network Conference. To find out how you can join The Supported Living Property Network please follow this link: ⁠https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/the-supported-living-property-network Lisa has written a free guide for you: If you are a property investor download this free guide to help you find providers to lease your property: ⁠ https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/how-to-find-supported-living-providers If you are a provider who is looking for property to lease, then download this free guide to help you find property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-providers These interviews are also available as podcasts from your usual podcast provider, just search for The Supported Living Property Podcast. Please make sure you click the "subscribe" button, so you don't miss an episode

In this episode Robert Mellors explains how his own experience of homelessness inspired him to set up a housing association. He shares the lessons he has learned in setting it up and running a service to provide housing for homeless people. Robert talks about good and bad experiences with landlords, the issues around rent to rent in supported living and shares some great advice for those looking to set up a service. Robert Mellors has experienced several periods of homelessness himself, and has taken voluntary and paid roles within a range of homelessness services, he became a qualified debt counsellor and caseworker specializing in welfare benefits, employment law, homelessness law, and consumer law, which enabled him to represent clients in various courts and tribunals.. He then set up his own service obtaining a Supporting People contract. It was during 2010 that Robert decided to start providing housing for the homeless in Sheffield, initially for families, but at the end of 2010 Robert started working as a Specialist Caseworker for Citizens Advice Bureau, within a project helping people with drug and/or alcohol dependency issues. He saw the need for a flexible and supportive housing service for this type of client. In 2011/12 Robert’s housing association, Choice Housing Trust, diversified into the provision of shared supported housing for single homeless people with additional support needs. The document we discuss can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supported-housing-national-statement-of-expectations/supported-housing-national-statement-of-expectations Lisa Brown became a property investor after a long nursing career. She initially developed heritage properties and then a chance encounter led her to discover supported living. She realized this was a powerful way to invest in property while creating homes for people with a support need. Lisa set about discovering why property investors struggle to let their properties to supported living providers and why providers struggle to find property to let. She has been educating people, raising awareness and working on solutions to this problem ever since. Lisa is the host of the Supported Living Property Podcast and YouTube channel and formed The Supported Living Property Facebook Group. Lisa is founder of The Supported Living Property Network, a place for property investors and supported living providers to connect, build relationships and communicate about property they have available and/or need. Membership includes access to training courses, monthly training events and networking events and access to The Supported Living Property Network Conference. To find out how you can join The Supported Living Property Network please follow this link: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/the-supported-living-property-network Lisa has written a free guide for you: If you are a property investor download this free guide to help you find providers to lease your property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/how-to-find-supported-living-providers If you are a provider who is looking for property to lease, then download this free guide to help you find property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-providers These interviews are also available as podcasts from your usual podcast provider, just search for The Supported Living Property Podcast. Please make sure you click the "subscribe" button, so you don't miss an episode.

In this episode Sian Wilson talks about the housing needs of people with autism, she shares insights from her extensive career supporting children and young people with autism to help you. She explains a range of sensory issues in property that you may not have considered before and gives some advice about how to move forward. Sian Wilson has been working as a Highly Specialist Paediatric Occupational Therapist for over 30 years in NHS, Education, Charities and she is also the founder of Milestones Paediatric OT service: her clinical specialism is Autistic Spectrum Condition. She is also the founder of Home Sweet Home Property. She has been a landlady for 20 years and is currently expanding her property portfolio. Sian is also the Property Investor Network Host for the monthly Swansea meeting. Throughout her career Sian has seen first hand, and researched, the impact that environment has on mental and physical health, development and learning. She is passionate about adapting space and community support networks to enable independence and quality of life for people with physical and learning challenges. Sian focuses on quality, high standard, functional well-being spaces and homes for long term tenants, that also give great return on investment. Bringing both her passions of property investing and occupational therapy she is expanding her training and coaching programme to include 'What property investors need to know about housing for autistic people' If you want to chat and find out more then please do get in touch:- sian@milestonesOT.co.uk sian@hshp.co.uk Lisa Brown became a property investor after a long nursing career. She initially developed heritage properties and then a chance encounter led her to discover supported living. She realised this was a powerful way to invest in property while creating homes for people with a support need. Lisa set about discovering why property investors struggle to let their properties to supported living providers and why providers struggle to find property to let. She has been educating people, raising awareness and working on solutions to this problem ever since. Lisa is the host of the Supported Living Property Podcast and YouTube channel and formed The Supported Living Property Facebook Group. Lisa is founder of The Supported Living Property Network, a place for property investors and supported living providers to connect, build relationships and communicate about property they have available and/or need. Membership includes access to training courses, monthly training events and networking events and access to The Supported Living Property Network Conference. To find out how you can join The Supported Living Property Network please follow this link: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/the-supported-living-property-network Lisa has written a free guide for you: If you are a property investor download this free guide to help you find providers to lease your property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-property-investors If you are a provider who is looking for property to lease then download this free guide to help you find property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-providers These interviews are also available as podcasts from your usual podcast provider, just search for The Supported Living Property Podcast. Please make sure you click the "subscribe" button so you don't miss an episode.

In this episode Sam Sly shares how she helps people plan for hospital discharge, she explains why so many people with autism and/or a learning a disability are in hospital . Sam draws on her experience to give examples of planning for transition from a hospital or treatment unit to a home in the community. She gives some great advice about managing neighbours and why things can go wrong. ‌Sam is a Regulation, Health and Social Care consultant working as Sam Sly Ltd (Enough is Enough Time4Change). She is a registered social worker with 30 years of extensive experience working as a support worker, social worker, commissioner, regulator and support provider. Sam developed the process and coined the phrase ‘Life Planning’ which describes the type of person-centred planning Sam Sly Ltd and the Associates at I’m Out of Here use. Sam was part of the Change Team seconded in to transform services in Cornwall post the Budock Hospital scandal and led on the closure of NHS campus provision in Bournemouth. She has an MSc in the regulation of health & social care. Alongside Life Planning Sam does consultancy work for a range of Support Providers, Voluntary Organisations, NHS England, Integrated Care Boards & Local Authorities nationally. Sam spent four years from 2011 setting up, co-owning and as operational Director for Beyond Limits a small dynamic support provider carrying out person- centred planning with people with learning disabilities detained in Assessment & Treatment Units and providing bespoke services for them on return to their local communities. It was here that she developed Life Planning based on a process being used by Partners for Inclusion. Sam.sly@enoughisenough.org.uk Sam.sly@nhs.net 07900424144 http://www.enoughisenough.org.uk/ Lisa Brown became a property investor after a long nursing career. She initially developed heritage properties and then a chance encounter led her to discover supported living. She realised this was a powerful way to invest in property while creating homes for people with a support need. Lisa set about discovering why property investors struggle to let their properties to supported living providers and why providers struggle to find property to let. She has been educating people, raising awareness and working on solutions to this problem ever since. Lisa is the host of the Supported Living Property Podcast and YouTube channel and formed The Supported Living Property Facebook Group. Lisa is a founder of The Supported Living Property Network, a place for property investors and supported living providers to connect, build relationships and communicate about property they have available and/or need. Membership includes access to training courses, monthly training events and networking events and access to The Supported Living Property Network Conference. To find out how you can join The Supported Living Property Network please follow this link: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/the-supported-living-property-network Lisa has written a free guide for you: If you are a property investor download this free guide to help you find providers to lease your property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-property-investors If you are a provider who is looking for property to lease then download this free guide to help you find property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-providers These interviews are also available at podcasts from your usual podcast provider, just search for The Supported Living Property Podcast. Please make sure you click the "subscribe" button so you don't miss an episode.

In this episode Lisa Kelly-Tonge talks about her journey from being in the RAF to becoming a property investor. Lisa explains how she creates homes for veterans and helps us understand some of the challenges veterans face. She gives some advice for property investors who are interested in creating these much needed homes for veterans. ‌Lisa Kelly-Tonge is founder of Kelton Homes Ltd. After 16 years in the Royal Air Force, it made sense to combine her passion for the military and passion for property. With lived experience of military life and experience of supporting military families throughout her career, she understands the balancing act of work and home life. Since leaving the RAF, she has made it her mission to understand some of the issues and focus her business on solving property problems. Kelton Homes supports the military family; serving, veterans and other family members too. We provide the house and the create the home. Lisa is married to Lucy, who is currently serving in the military and they have a son called Joshua. LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/-kelly-tonge/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com Website - https://www.keltonhomesltd.co.uk Lisa Brown became a property investor after a long nursing career. She initially developed heritage properties and then a chance encounter led her to discover supported living. She realised this was a powerful way to invest in property while creating homes for people with a support need. Lisa set about discovering why property investors struggle to let their properties to supported living providers and why providers struggle to find property to let. She has been educating people, raising awareness and working on solutions to this problem ever since. Lisa is the host of the Supported Living Property Podcast and YouTube channel and formed The Supported Living Property Facebook Group. Lisa is founder of The Supported Living Property Network, a place for property investors and supported living providers to connect, build relationships and communicate about property they have available and/or need. Membership includes access to training courses, monthly training events and networking events and access to The Supported Living Property Network Conference. To find out how you can join The Supported Living Property Network please follow this link: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/the-supported-living-property-network Lisa has written a free guide for you: If you are a property investor download this free guide to help you find providers to lease your property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-property-investors If you are a provider who is looking for property to lease then download this free guide to help you find property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-providers These interviews are also available as podcasts from your usual podcast provider, just search for The Supported Living Property Podcast. Please make sure you click the "subscribe" button so you don't miss an episode.

In this episode well known researcher Imogen Blood discusses her recent research into the impact of social housing. They looked at a wide range of services and tenant groups and studied the interaction between health and supported housing services. They examined the impact of supported housing on health and found how complex tenants support needs actually are, with many tenants experiencing one or more physical and mental health need. Imogen shares some important guidance from the research for supported housing providers to take into practice. ‌ Imogen Blood began her career working in supported housing for people experiencing homelessness and is a qualified social worker. She then moved into research and held several university and charity research posts before setting up the social research consultancy Imogen Blood & Associates in 2009. Her research interests are wide-ranging, and she has carried out various national studies and local strategic reviews on housing with support and/or care. These include the Supported Accommodation Review and the Evaluation of the Supported Housing Oversight Pilots for the UK Government, as well as studies funded by supported housing providers and charities such as National Housing Federation, Riverside Housing Group and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. ‌ Here is the link to the study https://www.housing.org.uk/globalassets/files/supported-housing/final-version-summary-supported-housing-homelessness-health-2.pdf Lisa Brown became a property investor after a long nursing career. She initially developed heritage properties and then a chance encounter led her to discover supported living. She realised this was a powerful way to invest in property while creating homes for people with a support need. Lisa set about discovering why property investors struggle to let their properties to supported living providers and why providers struggle to find property to let. She has been educating people, raising awareness and working on solutions to this problem ever since. Lisa is the host of the Supported Living Property Podcast and YouTube channel and formed The Supported Living Property Facebook Group. Lisa is founder of The Supported Living Property Network, a place for property investors and supported living providers to connect, build relationships and communicate about property they have available and/or need. Membership includes access to training courses, monthly training events and networking events and access to The Supported Living Property Network Conference. To find out how you can join The Supported Living Property Network please follow this link: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/the-supported-living-property-network Lisa has written a free guide for you: If you are a property investor download this free guide to help you find providers to lease your property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-property-investors If you are a provider who is looking for property to lease then download this free guide to help you find property: https://www.supportedlivingproperty.uk/free-guide-for-providers These interviews are also available as podcasts from your usual podcast provider, just search for The Supported Living Property Podcast. Please make sure you click the "subscribe" button so you don't miss an episode.