It's been almost a month since the TSA published for consultation its proposed new Regulatory Framework. The Framework presents significant risks and new opportunities for social housing providers. It is crucial that your organisation gets to grips with these as quickly as possible because the clock is already ticking down towards 1 April 2010, when the new Framework comes into force.

We have already provided training on the TSA and its new Regulatory Framework to board members, Officers and staff of over 100 social housing providers, including to the NHF East and Midlands areas at the beginning of December.

Our training offerings include:

A Briefing covering the key aspects of the new Regulatory Framework, the timetable for its implementation and the most significant issues you need to get to grips with before that happens; and

A Regulatory Workshop designed to help you put in place an effective response to the new Regulatory Framework:

  • embed tenant involvement & scrutiny at both strategic and operational levels;
  • work out how to derive the maximum benefits from the TSA's use of co-regulation;
  • identify the most appropriate means for your organisation to assess its governance effectiveness;
  • explore innovative ways to make an impact in relation to the new local area co-operation standard; and
  • take the ideas you generate from drawing board to implementation.

We now have dates, locations and booking information for the Briefing seminars we will be running over the next couple of months. These are:

  • Birmingham (Birmingham Social Housing Partnership members only) - Wednesday 16 December 2009
  • Bristol – Wednesday 6 January 2010 from 2 – 4pm at Rombourne Business Centre, Aztec West Business Park
  • Manchester - Wednesday 13 January 2010 from2 – 4pm at the Royal Exchange Theatre

If you are interested in coming along to one of these sessions, please contact Joanne Day by email or by telephone on 0121 214 3532 to reserve your place. The seminars are free to our clients and £95 (plus vat) for non-clients.

The new Regulatory Framework is so important and so wide-reaching that many organisations are booking us to deliver the Briefing and the Regulatory Workshop to their Boards and Officers in-house, which we offer at a very competitive fixed fee. This provides a valuable opportunity to introduce and ground the principles of the Framework to the key players in your organisation, allowing them to devise and "take ownership" of your organisation's response to the new regime.

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