Working Together for Affordable, Warm and Healthy Homes
Date: Tuesday 20th October 2026
Time: Approx. 9:30am – 12:30pm
Location: Kings Centre, Halifax
Join the Calderdale Anti-Poverty Partnership for a morning dedicated to affordable, warm and healthy homes.
Hear from local and national experts, explore innovative work to increase affordable housing options, reduce homelessness and fuel poverty, connect with partners across sectors, and help shape the future of housing and anti-poverty action in Calderdale.
Event Aims:
- Celebrate Calderdale’s achievements in affordable housing, affordable warmth and homelessness prevention.
- Showcase successful partnerships and innovative approaches to tackling housing-related poverty.
- Share learning from local and national experts and contribute to wider policy discussions.
- Explore the role of affordable, warm and healthy homes in reducing poverty strategies across Calderdale.
- Inform future housing, homelessness and anti-poverty strategies across Calderdale.
- Strengthen collaboration and identify priorities for collective action.
Speakers:
- Sarah Richardson – Chair of Anti-Poverty Partnership & Assistant Director of Customer Services, Calderdale Council.
- Heidi Water – Lead for Housing and Climate Change, Calderdale Council
- Lisa Naylor, Head of Built of Zero, Crisis
- TBC, Together Housing
Who this event is for:
This event is for frontline workers, volunteers, managers and community leaders from a variety of sectors, including:
- Staff and volunteers from organisations with and interest in affrodable housing, homelessness and affordable warmth
- Members of key forums of the Anti-Poverty Partnership
- Homelessness Forum members
- Council staff and managers
- Housing officers
- Family Hubs
- NHS & health professionals
- Employment/skills support services/organisations
- Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector
- Local councillors
The programme and details about to book a market place stall will be published in September.
Breakfast will be provided.
If you have any accessibility requirements please email antipovertyaction@calderdale.goc.uk



