Pride month may only last thirty days, but supporting LGBTQ+ customers and colleagues is a year-round affair.

Join HQN and HouseProud for a powerful lunchtime session on year-round LGBTQ+ inclusion in social housing. Learn how to be an effective ally, create inclusive services and hear real-life examples of good practice from their dedicated staff networks across England and their Rainbow Roofs group for LGBTQ+ social housing residents.

Discover the LGBTQ+ Housing Pledge, why it matters, and how to get involved.

What will be covered:

• Why an active commitment to LGBTQ+ inclusion in social housing is still needed
• How to be an ally
• Good practice for LGBTQ+ inclusion in social housing
• An overview of HouseProud and their services.

Why attend?

• Gain an insight into the issues that LGBTQ+ communities face in social housing
• Get practical tips to improve your services for LGBTQ+ colleagues and customers
• Connect with other social housing professionals working in LGBTQ+ inclusion.

Essential for:

• Everyone with an interest in inclusive policy and practise

12:00pm Chairs welcome

Lili Vetter, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Specialist, Wythenshawe Community Housing Group

• HouseProud history
• Services that are offered
• How to support your staff and colleagues
• Introduction to Rainbow Roofs
• How to support your residents

Jack Mason, LGBTQ+ Housing Pledge Project Co‑ordinator, Stonewall Housing

• Ways housing providers can incorporate inclusive practice into their services
• The LGBTQ+ Housing pledge
• Real examples to illustrating good practice across the sector
• The importance of LGBTQ+ inclusive work, drawing upon research and studies

1:00pm Close

Lili Vetter, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Specialist, Wythenshawe Community Housing Group

Lili Vetter is the equality, diversity and inclusion specialist for Wythenshawe Community Housing Group. She is co-chair of HouseProud North West, a LGBTQ+ colleague group looking to make change for LGBTQ+ people living in social housing, and Rainbow Roofs the customer arm. She is also vice-chair of the Greater Manchester Housing Partnership EDI leads group.

She is passionate about making change in the sector and wants to educate others on the importance of EDI in housing, she was recently shortlisted for the EDI champion award at the Women in Social Housing (WISH) awards and HQN’s Housing’s Next Generation 2024 competition finalist.

Jack Mason, LGBTQ+ Housing Pledge Project Co‑ordinator, Stonewall Housing

Jack (he/him) works as the LGBTQ+ Housing Pledge Coordinator for Stonewall Housing. In this role he supports many different social housing providers on their inclusion journeys. In a previous job, Jack managed LGBTQ+ older people and dementia services down in sunny Brighton, and is interested in the intersections of LGBTQ+ identities, health and ageing.

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