The Occupational Therapy Service brings national housing occupational therapy experience to Housing LIN webinar

Lucy Leonard, occupational therapist (OT) and co-director of The Occupational Therapy Service, has been invited to contribute to the latest Housing LIN webinar and blog, focusing on the latest housing report from The Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT). 

Housing LIN (The Housing Learning and Improvement Network), led by Jeremy Porteous, is a sharing network and consultancy that brings together housing, health and social care professionals. It acts as an educational hub to promote innovative housing solutions that enable elderly people and individuals with disabilities. As part of its latest insight, Housing LIN is placing a spotlight on the recent RCOT ‘Building Health into Homes’ initiative and the ways that OTs can ensure that housing is designed, built and adapted to enable people to live successfully. Lucy will be presenting at the associated webinar and providing expert opinion through a blog.

Housing LIN HAPPI Hour Webinar: 21st July 2026, 4-5pm

‘Building Health into Homes: how occupational therapy can unlock the connection between housing and health’ 

To book a free place at this webinar, visit/register with Housing LIN

Lucy and fellow expert speakers will discuss how the Building Health into Homes resources have been developed and share insights from the project’s strategic report and operational and practitioner toolkits. The webinar agenda is: 

• 16.00: Housekeeping and introduction – Sally Razey, Senior Public Affairs and Communications Officer, Housing LIN
• 16.05: Chair’s opening remarks – Jeremy Porteus, CEO, Housing LIN
• 16.10: Lauren Walker, Professional Practice, Royal College of Occupational Therapists
• 16.20 Chris Pratt, Head of Consultancy, Foundations and Dr Rachel Russell, Head of Regional Advice, Foundations
• 16.30: Lucy Leonard, Director and Occupational Therapist, The Occupational Therapy Service
• 16.40: Audience Q&A and panel debate
• 17.00: Close

Lucy is delighted to be supporting Housing LIN as she concludes: 

“What matters now is how we translate that strategic ambition into practice. Through our work with the London Borough of Newham, we have seen the value of commissioning occupational therapy upstream to inform planning and inclusive housing design. Through our partnership with AKW, we are also exploring how independent clinical assessment, specification, technical surveying and supply can be brought together to deliver adaptations more promptly and coherently.”

“I am looking forward to joining Housing LIN, RCOT and Foundations, to discuss how occupational therapists can work at both strategic and operational levels to create homes that support health, independence and participation”.