DFG Champions Roadshow Newcastle 2026

Name: DFG Champions Roadshow Newcastle 2026
Start: 2026-02-26T09:00:00+0000
End: 2026-02-26T15:15:00+0000
Location: Crowne Plaza Newcastle - Stephenson Quarter by IHG

Thu, 26 Feb, 9am - 3:15pm GMT

Crowne Plaza Newcastle - Stephenson Quarter by IHG

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Foundations

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The DFG Champions Roadshows return this spring 2026. We'll be visiting Newcastle, Bristol, Manchester, Nottingham and London with the usual mix of good practice, news, conversation, quizzes, exhibitors, jingles, lunch and refreshments plus, as ever, a couple of surprises. Still free to attend and full of ideas to take back to the office.

Please note that the tickets always go quickly, so book now to avoid disappointment.

Agenda

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Registration, coffee and networking
10:00 am - 11:20 am

Session 1: Exterior Adaptations and the DFG

Welcome, introductions and the quiz. How to handle DFG requests outside of the home. Working through case studies to see how to apply the DFG rules for a variety of typical scenarios.
11:20 am - 12:00 pm

Coffee and networking
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Session 2: DFG Quality Mark

Use the DFG Quality Mark cards to work through what you already do, and prioritise what needs to be done to improve delivery – and feedback your thoughts.
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Lunch and networking
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm

Session 3: Housing Without Delay

Quiz Results. Good Practice Case Study. Project update on what we’re learning about strategic OT housing roles, discover the evidence and what it means for practice. Discussing roles where OTs are already making system-level impact in new build design, asset management, hospital discharge and policy development.
3:15 am - 3:15 pm

Event Close

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Foundations is the government appointed national body for Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) and Home Improvement Agencies (HIAs) in England. We sit in a privileged position, working day to day with civil servants and local authorities to turn good policy into real improvements in people’s homes.

Our work spans advice, training, research and hands on support for frontline services. Increasingly, we also play a connecting role, helping practitioners, commissioners and suppliers find each other, share what works and solve problems together. The aim is always the same: make it easier for people to get the right adaptation at the right time.

A big part of that happens through our events. From the buzzing DFG Champions Roadshows to the National Healthy Housing Awards, our gatherings are less about formal speeches and more about honest conversations, shared challenges and lightbulb moments. People come for the content, but stay for the connections.

Foundations is proud to be a trusted space where commissioners, practitioners, suppliers and innovators can meet as equals, united by a shared goal. When the right people come together, homes get safer, lives get better, and independence becomes something everyone can count on.