The 30th UK Shelter Forum was held at Arup offices, London on 14th May 2024. The turnout was great with nearly 100 in-person attendees over the course of the day and 30+ online. There were some really rich discussions around the theme of the challenge of scale in an environment of increasing need and decreasing resources. Thank you once again to our hosts Arup and RedR UK for providing the space, a great lunch spread and snacks and much-needed IT support.

Please find links to all the presentations below as well as any extra information provided by speakers:

UPDATES

• Cash and Markets Community of Practice update – Jenny Weatherall (CRS)
• Urban settlements working group – Eva Suarez (CRS)
• Gaza – Jim Kennedy (Global Shelter Cluster)
• Ukraine – John Wain (UNHCR)

PLENARY – THE CHALLENGES OF SCALE

• What Happened Next? Philippines, Nepal and Afghanistan Review – CARE CENDEP
• Sindh Recovery Platform – Minar Thapa Magar (SHRRP)
• Global Shelter Cluster Research Agenda – Lizzie Babister (GSC/HFHI)
• Ukraine’s Future – Professor Robert Mull (Kharkiv School of Architecture)

BREAKOUTS – THE CHALLENGES OF SCALE

• Breakout 1: Private sector – Dave Hodgkin (Miyamoto)
• Breakout 2: Design – Robert Mull (Kharkiv SoA), Amelia Rule (NRC)
• Breakout 3: Outcomes at scale – Stephanie Loose (UNHCR), Mandy George (GSC), Jamie Richardson (CRS), Lizzie Babister (GSC/HFHI)
• Breakout 4: Lobby Francophone Africa – Luca Ginoulhiac (CRS) + Summary of discussion
• Online breakout – Shelter for Rohingya ‘Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMNs)’ in Bhasan Char, Bangladesh – Iftekhar Ahmed (U Newcastle, Aus), Imon Chowdhooree (BRAC), Tanveer Ahamed BRAC), Marta Guilera i Serra (IOM), Boshra Khoshnevis (IOM), Enrique Sevillano Gutierrez (Craterre)
• Online breakout – Incremental shelter construction approaches in Somalia – Boshra Khoshnevis (IOM), Marta Guilera I Serra (IOM), Enrique Sevillano Gutiérrez (CRAterre)

PRESENTATIONS – MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES

• Evolution of Bamboo Housing in Colombia – Sebastian Kaminski (ARUP)
• Do we have enough capacity for assessing damage? – Mohammed Bashein (RedR)
• The shelter assessment matrix – Professor David Coley (U of Bath)
• Scaling Resilient Housing – Liva Shrestha (Buildchange)
• Improving Fire Safety – Helen Underhill (Kindling) Liz Palmer (SCF)
• RSK shelter meeting needs with limited resources in Nepal – Dr Shaun Halbert

PRESENTATIONS – CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY

• Housing design guidelines for a changing climate – Eefje Hendriks (U of Twente)
• RHU End-of-Life Management – Eva Ferrer (Better Shelter)
• Airflow modelling tool for shelter design – Anna Conzatti (U of Bath)
• Doing more with less – Local Information ‘n Knowledge Xchanges – Tom Corsellis (Shelter Centre)

DISCUSSION GROUPS – CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY

• Discussion group 1: Climate risk – A regenerative vision for the humanitarian and development sector – Juliet Millican (Re-Alliance), Supporting local disaster and displacement response – Ana Ruiton (Mott MacDonald), Agility in crisis and the next generation of circular facilities – EsGlobal
• Discussion group 2: Community /livelihoods – Victoria Maynard (Ind), Elizabeth Wageman (U Diego Portales)
• Discussion group 3: Floods – Hamza Tariq (U Comsats), Minar Thapa Magar (SHRRP)
• Discussion group 4: Melvin Tebbutt
• Discussion group online: Hosting – Gareth Lewis (J’accueille) + summary of J’accueille