Bridgecast

The place to go to listen and watch our latest news, views and guests on the housing sector. Here you will find all our latest episodes alongside the change to register for our upcoming events.

Get in touch with us if there is anything you want to hear about or even to speak about yourself.

Get in Touch

Bridgecast

The place to go to listen and watch our latest news, views and guests on the housing sector. Here you will find all our latest episodes alongside the change to register for our upcoming events.

Get in touch with us if there is anything you want to hear about or even to speak about yourself.

Get in Touch

Podcast Eight:

Getting on Board

with David Levenson

David Levenson reflects on his career in social housing finance leading him to now being a Board Coach. We talk about the challenges of being on a board, as well as the joys and benefits and why age shouldn’t hold you back when getting your first board position.

Podcast Seven:

Modern Methods of Construction

with Debansu Das

Debansu Das is the Business Development Director of Zed Pods and Chair of the Housing Diversity Network. He joins us to explain exactly how MMC works, the benefits of this type of project and talk through examples of where it has been used. Expect to hear how MMC creates homes, the quality assurance, transportation and asset detail as well as community responses to projects and the huge benefits to tenants living in these homes.

Podcast Six:

A Real Tenants Perspective

with Laura Pulleyn

We speak to Laura Pulleyn, a social housing tenant, on her experience of spending her adult like in social housing. Expect both gratitude for the tenure but also horror at the conditions that she and her kids have had to live in.

Podcast Five:

The Challenges and Ethics of Supporting Every Voice in Social Housing

with Matt Baird

We talk to Matt Baird the Chair of the Social Housing Roundtable. He chats through setting up his own business and his grit and determination to bring colleagues and tenants together. We also learn about his “bread and butter”, effective recruitment into senior roles.

Podcast Four:

Professionalism in Our Sector

with Eve Williams

Eve Williams, housing lecturer, tutor and employee of the NHF is our next guest. On this episode we discuss the need for professionalism, the competency and conduct standard and her experiences of teaching housing.

Podcast Three:

Our Work is Never Done

with Alison Inman

Talking to the relentless and passionate Alison Inman about the state of the sector. Expect controversy!

Podcast Two:

Overcoming Challenges

with Nic Fahey

In this episode we discuss how Nic set up Bridge Housing Solutions, in particular her success in the face of challenges including being told the business wouldn’t work and going into labour on a work call.

Podcast One:

Why Bother to Engage with Tenants

with Barry Malki

In this episode we talk with Barry about whether resident engagement is a tick box or if we can make wholesale change and do something radical with our services when we really listen and think about what is possible.

“Barry is the Director of Communities at Social Squared (S2), a specialist consultancy working with Housing Associations, Local Authorities and their supply chain to develop new strategies for maximising and measuring social impact. He has worked with numerous Housing-focused agencies including CIH, HQN, TPAS and Homes England on subjects such as Social Impact/ESG/Community Investment.

Outside of S2 Barry serves as a board member of Housing Solutions and is a Strategic Partner of Social Value UK & Social Value International; regularly speaking at conferences focusing on engagement topics.”

Upcoming Episodes

If I Ruled the World

with

Lara Oyedele

We discuss with former CIH president and all round housing expert Lara, the things she would change in housing if she ruled the world.

CIH Futures in the Present

with

Evie Copland

We sit down with the one and only Evie to talk about the sector we love and career progression since CIH Futures.