Sheffield and Region Digital Housing Network

3rd March 2014, Moorfoot Level 2, Conference Room 8 & 9

Steering Group - Meeting Notes

Attendees:

Jon Lovibond (Sheffield City Council), Sarah Morton (SYHA), Matt Lowe (Berneslai Homes), Stephen Batley (Together Housing),Jane Lyon (Sheffield City Council)

Apologies:

Sasha Kaye (Guinness Housing),Maxine Bowler (Heeley Development Trust)Mark Cowley (Sheffield City Council)Maxine Stavrianakos (Sheffield City Council)Richard Copley (Rotherham MBC)

Action / Lead officer / Date
  • Extend invites to the group via Regional ALMOs Housing Management Meeting
/ ML / Next ALMO meeting
  • Inform City Region Welfare Reform meeting of the Action Plan of the group and share minutes / mapping exercise ideas
/ MS / A.S.A.P
  • Extend invite to Sheffield CLT
/ MB / Before next meeting
  • Extend invite to Union Learn for future group meetings
/ Jon L / May 14
  • Review attendees:
  • ML – Yorkshire Housing
  • Jon L – SCC Housing (Area Manager Mark/Claire) and rep from Guiness and N. Counties
  • Jane L – Tinder Foundation
/ Jon L/ML/JL / May 14
  • Social media briefing:
  • SM to send out email invites and coordinate attendance
  • ML to put invite on the Hub
  • Each organisation to advertise internally
/ SM/ML/ALL / March 14
  • Planning the next network event:
  • Each member would do a little research into potential speakers and how social media has helped transform services
  • Jane L to circulate Victoria Betton’s e-book on social media
  • ML, SM and Jane L to meet to plan the event in more detail
  • Agreed to investigate funding sources/sponsors for the event:
  • Jon L to speak to Kier
  • SM to speak to contacts at SYHA
/ ALL
Jane L
ML/SM/Jane L
Jon L
SM / 28th March14
Complete
  • Steering Group
  • Jane L and Jon L to update network’s action plan
  • ML to create vision statement and terms of reference for the network

Meeting Notes:

Item / Officer
1. /
  • Jon L and ML welcomed everyone to the meeting
  • Attendees introduced themselves and apologies acknowledged

2 /
  • The meeting reviewed attendees of the steering group following actions agreed:
  • ML to contact Yorkshire Housing
  • Jon L to contact SCC Housing (Area Manager Mark/Claire) and rep from Guiness and N. Counties
  • Jane L to contact Tinder Foundation
  • ML to extend invite to ALMO Group via Head of Service Jon L to attend the meeting of required

3 /
  • Discussion about Big Lottery proposals and which bids each organisation had expressed an interest in. Short listing taking place later in March so will update at the next meeting

4 /
  • Social media briefing session has been arranged for 1st April 2013 and will be held in the Digital Media Centre in the Moorfoot Building – to be delivered jointly by Sarah Morton/Eileen (SYHA) and Maxine Bowler (Heeley Development Trust) – room holds 11 PCs (potential to double up on terminals)
  • SM to send out email invites
  • ML to put invite on the Hub
  • Each organisation to advertise internally
  • Agreed that each organisation would share their social media policies and ML would upload these to the Hub so that they could be shared
/ SM/ML
ALL/ML
5 /
  • Planning for the next Housing Network event
  • To take place in June – half day event
  • Potential topics to include:
  • Social media to improve service
  • Organisational cultural barriers to channel shift
  • Potential speakers from outside housing e.g. Victoria Betton NHS/Police
  • Future of the network – delivering the action plan and what next
  • Agreed that each member would do a little research into potential speakers and how social media has helped transform services
  • Jane L to circulate Victoria Betton’s e-book on social media
  • ML, SM and Jane L to meet to plan the event in more detail
  • Agreed to investigate funding sources/sponsors for the event:
  • Jon L to speak to Kier
  • SM to speak to contacts at SYHA
/ Jane L
ML/SM/Jane L
Jon L
SM
6 /
  • Steering Group
  • Jane L and Jon L to update network’s action plan
  • ML to create vision statement and terms of reference for the network
/ Jane L
ML
7 /
  • Next meeting 7th April 2014 – 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Moorfoot Building, Level 2 Conference Room 8 & 9