HeyJaredThe Social Housing Round Table
Join Matthew Baird for a free, weekly networking forum discussing anything and everything in Social Housing with a different guest speaker each week.The idea?
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Invitation for Everyone to Build a Safer World for Women and Girls (Especially Men) (opens the original)
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What would change if keeping women and girls safe stopped being treated as their responsibility alone? In this Social Housing Round Table session, Matt Goodwin-Baird was joined by Amy Watson, Founder of Hassl, for a conversation about tackling the root causes of violence against women and girls and why everyone, particularly men, has a role to play. Amy shared the experiences that led her to create Hassl and its approach of inviting people into the conversation rather than relying on blame or sh
The Truth About Bias and Halluciation in AI (opens the original)
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AI is already finding its way into social housing, but how much can we trust what it tells us? In this Social Housing Round Table session, Matt Goodwin-Baird was joined by George McFerran, Director at Wyser, to explore the truth about bias and hallucination in AI and what these risks mean when the technology is used in a tenant-first environment. The discussion looked at how automatic speech recognition and large language models work, why AI can inherit human biases and produce inaccurate inform
Suicide prevention in social housing (opens the original)
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Content warning: this session discusses suicide and suicide prevention. Please take care of yourself when listening. In episode 241 of the Social Housing Round Table, Matt Baird is joined by Andrea Newton, Founder of Confident Conversations and a qualified suicide intervention tutor, for one of the most important conversations the platform has hosted. Matt opens the session with a tribute to Paul Bridge, a friend of the Round Table who ran a suicide prevention session on this platform a couple o
The Future of Housing Professionals: Competence, Capability & Culture (opens the original)
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The Competency and Conduct Standard arrives in October 2026. Around 30,000 people will need a Level 4 or Level 5 qualification. Many organisations are still figuring out who is in scope. And if you came back in 12 months, according to this week's guest, not much will have changed. In episode 240 of the Social Housing Round Table, Matt Goodwin-Baird is joined by John Williams, Head of Sales for Housing and Property at Learning Curve Group, for a frank and wide-ranging conversation about what the
Can Devolution Create Opportunities for Tenants to Influence Housing Strategy? (opens the original)
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Please note that this session experienced some technical difficulties with connectivity. The content and conversation are well worth your time and we appreciate the patience of everyone who joined us on the day. Devolution is reshaping how power is distributed across England. New combined authorities are taking on responsibilities for housing, planning, transport, regeneration, and public services. And TPAS believes this moment represents one of the biggest opportunities for tenants to influence
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