Experience

National CLT Network

• Campaigns and Business Development Manager (Job Share)

  • Apr 2021 - Present



Middlemarch Community Led Housing CIC

• Executive Director

  • May 2020 - Present

  Middlemarch Community Led Housing CIC is a social enterprise set up to provide support to community groups to deliver community led housing, we've worked with over 80 community groups now, 24 schemes supported from start to finish, and more in the pipeline. here's our website: www.middlemarchclh.co.uk Middlemarch Community Led Housing CIC is a social enterprise set up to provide support to community groups to deliver community led housing, we've worked with over 80 community groups now, 24 schemes supported from start to finish, and more in the pipeline. here's our website: www.middlemarchclh.co.uk



Middlemarch Associates LLP

• United Kingdom
• Civic and Social Organizations

• Partner

  • Apr 2013 - Present

  Middlemarch Associates provides a wide range of services to the Community Led Housing sector, ranging from advice to community led housing organisations (particularly community land trusts seeking to partner with housing associations through the Wessex CLT Project), support to community led housing hubs and other advisers, training, as hoc consultancy and research. Middlemarch Associates provides a wide range of services to the Community Led Housing sector, ranging from advice to community led housing organisations (particularly community land trusts seeking to partner with housing associations through the Wessex CLT Project), support to community led housing hubs and other advisers, training, as hoc consultancy and research.



Wessex Community Assets

• United Kingdom
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Community Land Trust Adviser

  • Oct 2012 - Mar 2021

  Advice and support to community groups in Devon, Dorset and Somerset wishing to deliver a scheme of community led affordable homes for local people

• Community Assets Adviser

  • Mar 2007 - Oct 2012

  Wessex Community Assets is part of the Wessex Reinvestment Trust group which is a Community Development Finance Institution with the aim of faciltiating a flow of finance into community ventures and social enterprises. WCA aims to do this through supporting communities in purchasing and owning assets (such as affordable housing, renewable energy, workspace and land for food growing), particularly though community share issues.



Community Led Homes

• United Kingdom
• Civic and Social Organizations

• Hub Manager

  • Feb 2019 - May 2020

  Supporting Community Led Housing Hubs across England to set up, grow and become sustainable organisations that can help to bring forward more Community Led Housing projects in their areas. Community Led Homes is a partnership between Confederation of Co-operative Housing, Locality, the National Community Land Trust Network and UK Cohousing. Supporting Community Led Housing Hubs across England to set up, grow and become sustainable organisations that can help to bring forward more Community Led Housing projects in their areas. Community Led Homes is a partnership between Confederation of Co-operative Housing, Locality, the National Community Land Trust Network and UK Cohousing.



The National CLT Network

• Board Member

  • Jun 2013 - Feb 2019

  The National CLT Network is the national body for CLTs. It supports and promotes the work of CLTs and its members. The National CLT Network is the national body for CLTs. It supports and promotes the work of CLTs and its members.



Resonance Limited

• United Kingdom
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate

  • May 2017 - Oct 2017

  Working on projects to develop new ways for community assets projects to access finance Working on projects to develop new ways for community assets projects to access finance



Exeter Community Agriculture

• Board Member

  • Oct 2009 - May 2011

  Exeter Community Agriculture is a community co-operative, a diverse group of people renting 4 acres of land in Shillingford near Exeter. ECA's mission is to help to reconnect people to the land and how food is grown, as well as providing a place for community and recreation. Exeter Community Agriculture is a community co-operative, a diverse group of people renting 4 acres of land in Shillingford near Exeter. ECA's mission is to help to reconnect people to the land and how food is grown, as well as providing a place for community and recreation.



Citizens Advice

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Support Services Manager (South West Region)

  • 2005 - 2007



VSO

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Volunteer - English Language Projects (Pakistan)

  • 2004 - 2004