Housing leaders to share wisdom and vision at SFHA Conference
6 & 7 June, Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow
Scotland’s housing associations and co-operatives are at the heart of Scotland, working with tenants, councils, charities, government, and partners to create thriving communities.
Join us as we shine a spotlight on leaders from across the housing association and co-operative sector.
Chaired by Scottish Housing News’ Kieran Findley, the session will hear about their achievements, learn how they navigate through pressing challenges, and delve into the questions shaping the industry's future.
This year’s leaders panel will feature:
Sally Thomas
Sally Thomas is Chief Executive at the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA), the national representative body for Scotland’s housing associations and co-operatives.
Clair Malpas
Currently the CEO at the Cassiltoun Group, Clair has worked in the Social Housing sector for 23 years. Prior to her CEO role her career focused on delivering projects that promoted health and employment opportunities; the alleviation of poverty and promotion of financial capability; and the creation of social enterprise.
Tom Barclay
Tom has been the Chief Executive of the Kingdom Group since 1 April 2023. Previously, Tom was Group Director of Property & Development at the Wheatley Group, Scotland’s largest housing & care organisation, leading it to be the largest developer of social housing in the UK for four consecutive years.
Julia Mulloy
Julia Mulloy is Chief Executive at Scottish Borders Housing Association. 
Housing at Scotland's heart
SFHA’s Annual Conference 2023 will spotlight the incredible work of our members, inspire new ideas and create opportunities to collaborate.
Programme highlights include:
- Working towards an end to homelessness
- Investing in the future (teaching students about housing)
- Helping communities thrive
- Engaging the public on net zero
Inspire: free delegate places for young people
Inspire is one of the themes for this year's Annual Conference. In the spirit of creating opportunities for our members to connect and learn from one another, we want to encourage young housing professionals to attend the conference.
A number of free day places will be available again to young housing professionals, apprentices, and graduates if they accompany another delegate. This will enable you to bring a young housing professional from your organisation for free.
Free places are limited to one per organisation and are offered on a first come first served basis, subject to availability.
Please book your place on our website and then contact the events team directly with the name and contact details of the colleague you will bring on events@sfha.co.uk to take advantage of this offer.
Special offers
We have several special offers for this year’s conference:
Day delegates:
Come along for the day, with prices starting at £309 for SFHA members.
Book two places and bring a colleague for free
If your organisation books two day-delegate places, you can bring a third colleague for free.
Members' Suvery
We want our conference to shine a light on the incredible work and impact of the sector. Our short member survey will run until 19 May and give us information to share with the public and with government.