Supporting housing association board members
Housing associations do more than provide affordable homes, they strengthen their communities and enable their residents to thrive. Board members play a pivotal role in ensuring that their organisation delivers this social purpose.
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At the National Housing Federation (NHF) we have been listening and working closely with board members to develop ways that we can best support them in their role and responsibilities, to allow them to tackle business critical issues and develop a network of peers. We have developed a range of resources https://www.housing.org.uk/about-us/member-offers/boards/
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These include:
EDI Resources
We have a range of resources designed to ensure that our core values of equality, diversity and inclusion are being protected, championed and reflected in Housing association board rooms across the country. We believe that diverse and inclusive workforces, where staff feel empowered to bring their whole selves to work, leads to better governance. It’s also simply the right thing to do.?
To help support housing association boards in this mission, in 2021 we launched a work stream with a group of 20 board members. Together we identified and prioritised key problems the sector faces in creating diverse and inclusive boards, then worked to develop responses to those problems.
As part of our wider efforts supporting the sector to become more equal, diverse and inclusive, we are publishing a range of resources to allow you to take an active lead in embedding these requirements into your practices:
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Events
The NHF runs many events throughout the year designed specifically to strengthen board members in their roles, including our annual Board Excellence in Housing conference, which took place in February. We also run networks for Board members and chairs, these sessions are an opportunity for Board members to receive relevant information and updates, share views, network with peers, and engage in discussion and debate on key topics.
Please do check out the listings for all of the events that we run for Board members https://www.housing.org.uk/about-us/member-offers/boards/
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Extra Governance Support for Smaller Housing Associations
Our extra governance support for smaller housing associations is available to all members of the National Housing Federation with fewer than 2,000 properties.
Working in partnership with Campbell Tickell, we have created a service that offers bespoke governance advice to smaller housing associations at no additional cost. Campbell Tickell have extensive experience working with smaller housing providers and will provide hugely valuable, expert advice to our smaller members. https://www.housing.org.uk/our-work/governance/extra-governance-support-smaller-housing-associations/?
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Board Bulletin Newsletter
Finally, you can sign up to our Board Bulletin newsletter to keep up to date with all of the latest updates from the NHF on what we have to offer for board members. https://www.housing.org.uk/about-us/member-offers/boards/board-bulletin/
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