Direct Works – 15th October 2025 Seminar Unlocking the Future Workforce – Join Us at the Direct Works Skills Seminar Venue: King's House Conference Centre, Manchester Sydney Street, Manchester Our upcoming Direct Works Skills Seminar, a high-impact event dedicated to tackling the skills gap, apprenticeships, upskilling, and trade careers within our sector. Highlights of the day include: The Real Skills Crisis – What the Data Tells Us Deborah Madden, Executive Director, Nations Engagement, CITB Boosting Retention & Outcomes with Remote Apprenticeship Training Ettan Bazil, Founder & CEO, Help me Fix Upskilling the Workforce – Practical Approaches Jen Radcliffe, Head of Partnerships, Thrive PfP Winning Hearts – Attracting Tenants into Training & Careers Mark Coogan (St Ledger Homes), Doncaster College & Doncaster Council Interactive Round Table: “What Can We Do Differently?” Chaired by the Direct Works Steering Group We look forward to seeing you there. To register your interest, please email: julie.thompson@directworksgroup.co.uk REMEMBER: Events are part of your membership, with no additional costs to attend! View recordings of the event www.youtube.com/@directworks9005  

Direct Works Live Seminar - Raising the Bar: High Performing Repairs Services for Today’s Housing Challenges” Wednesday 11th March 2026 9:30-15:30 Kings House Conference Centre,  Sidney Street, Manchester. M1 7HB View the recording of the event at www.youtube.com/@directworks9005   Time Agenda Item Speakers 9.30 – 10.00 Registration 10.00 – 10.15 Welcome and Direct Works Update Rusell Thompson 10.15 – 11.15 HMS - “Growth, Transformation and Customer Success — The Transformation Story” John Barrow MD and Team – HMS 11.15 – 11.30 Break 11.30 – 12.30 HMS - “How Leaders Make Transformation Stick” John Barrow MD and Team – HMS 12.30 – 13.30 Lunch & Networking 13.30 – 13.15 Engage Me - “From Insight to Impact: Using Resident Engagement, Data and AI to Improve Repairs and Trust” Garry Sneddon 13.15 – 14.00 Independent Builders Merchants Group- “From Merchant to Strategic Partner: Using Supply Chains to Improve Productivity, Reliability and Trust, having a credible, sector-savvy supply chain voice” Stuart Hough MD Rita Lad – Sales Director 14.00 – 14.45 Dwelling Doctors - “Beyond Compliance: Delivering Safe, Defensible and Trust-Building Damp & Mould Solutions” Chris Blackburn Partnerships Manager

This event is in person and will cover the three phases of Awaab's Law, reflecting on phase 1 implementation and how we can all prepare for phase 2 and 3. The agenda is currently being finalised and will be shared approximately by the middle of April 2026, people are already booking their place so don't miss out book early as we only have limited spaces.