What's happening now
- New! Regeneration partnership with Inside Housing
- New! Report and parliamentary launch
- Join in! PlaceShapers Year Of Learning
- New! Place-shaping Learning Hub
Join Now!
Join Now!
As a PlaceShapers member, everything is free and open to everyone at your organisation.
Your membership fee, based on the size of your organisation, allows us to support and enable you to fulfil your place-shaping ambitions and help your community thrive. Your membership includes:
Access to a network of place-shaping organisations committed to supporting thriving communities to learn from and be inspired by.
Access to resources, expertise and inspiration to support you in your place-shaping role.
Opportunities to share your story, have your voice heard, and shape policies that will impact on your place-shaping ambitions.
Campaigning and advocacy
Learning programme
Resources
Member networks
Events
Campaigning and advocacy
Your voice, views and case studies shape our lobbying and influencing work, regardless of your size or geography.
The work you do and the difference you make helps us communicate the role of place-shaping housing associations to politicians and stakeholders and make sure your voice is part of national influencing and lobbying through:
Learning programme
Throughout 2025/26 we are sharing insight in a PlaceShapers Year of Learning. This is made up of study visits, webinars, case studies, and new resources across our three place-shaping themes:
- Physical – building homes that meet need, regeneration, improving the environment.
- Social – supporting communities to be healthy, connected and resilient.
- Economic – supporting communities in poverty and to access economic opportunities.
You can access insight from our Year of Learning from our Place-shaping Learning Hub.
Resources
Our Place-shaping Learning Hub contains stories, case studies, blogs and practical advice across our themes of physical, social and economic place-shaping, collected during our Year of Learning.
Our Sustainability Library contains expertise, best practice and inspiration from members and external resources to you in your approach to sustainability.
Our Communications Library is packed contains resources on topical issues, such as best practice in rent communications, communicating with residents on energy efficiency work and damp and mould
Member networks
The Sustainability Network provides support and inspiration to help members develop their approach to sustainability, focusing on their role in place.
The Chairs' Network is a unique space for chairs to be inspired and supported by peers and hear from influential speakers on interesting and topical issues.
The Communications Network comes together to communicate the unique role of place-shaping housing associations and connects communications teams on place-shaping issues via a network of co-ordinators.
The Development Network facilitates conversations between peers and experts on developing and regenerating homes that help create thriving communities and shares insight to inform the influencing work of PlaceShapers.
The Public Affairs Advisory Group discusses the big issues facing the social housing sector, both now and in the future, helps shape our responses to consultations and policy announcements and informs our approach to stakeholder and political engagement.
Events
Our events support you and your colleagues in your place-shaping role. We hold events virtually as well as in-person so as many people as possible can join from member organisations.
- Annual Conference - held virtually each November, over two days with 14 sessions attracting more than 300 members.
- Leaders Events - a peer-led safe space where chairs and chief executives can explore any current and topical issues they may face.
- Webinars - regular meetings on topical issues.
- Study visits - a popular part of our Year of Learning.
Our priorities
Our three-year strategic plan sets out what we are aiming to achieve by 2026 under three key themes.
Our 2025/2026 work plan sets out how we will harness the opportunities of a government committed to social housing and devolution and support members to navigate a complex and challenging environment while keeping a focus on place-shaping.
Communicate
the unique role of place-based housing associations to ensure the sector is understood and valued by politicians and stakeholders.
Connect
with our members and facilitate access to support to help them address the challenges they face in delivering their place-shaping role.
Collaborate
with members and the wider sector to give residents a voice that is heard by housing associations and government.