Our steering group
Steve is a retired housing professional and Chair of the Chorlton Community Land Trust. He is also a director of Chorlton Cohousing, a group seeking to develop cohousing for older people.
An experienced strategic lead officer and Senior Director, Steve provides the liaison with Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
Selina Hanley is a person of lived experience of homelessness, she is a member of a housing co-op and she has the pleasure of sitting on the Greater Manchester Mayors charity as a trustee.
Sasha is the Chief Executive of Irwell Valley Homes, a housing association operating across Greater Manchester. She brings over 25 years’ experience as a senior housing professional working with community led housing organisations.
Phil Randerson brings finance and investment expertise to the steering committee. Phil works in the GMCA’s investment team, which can provide development loans to community led housing projects via the Housing Investment Fund.
Matt Johnson is a founding member of Rockdove Rising Housing Cooperative in Hulme, which was established in 2013.
Our staff
Tom is the director of the hub and brings with him 30 years’ of experience working with community groups to deliver mutual models of social housing across England and Wales.
He is also a voluntary board member and vice Chairman of the Confederation of Co-operative Housing (CCH).
Rachel Summerscales is our Project Officer and has worked in the GM community sector for many years. Rachel is the first point of contact for any individuals or groups interested in finding out how to get involved in Community Led Housing and will know how the Hub can help move you plans along. Rachel is part way through building her own family home (just about at roof level after 5 years!) as part of the Laureates Place CLH scheme, so she has hands on experience of the ups and down of community led housing. You can watch the progress on her house here facebook.com/GreebaArriba/
Contact her on 07570 002033 or rachel.summerscales@gmclh.org any time – Rachel works for the Hub 21 hours flexibly across the week.
Our project advisors
Adrian is a recognised, approved and accredited provider of advice, consultancy, training and research to social enterprises, charities, sector bodies and other organisations.
Josh is an accredited CLH housing advisor who has extensive experience within the co-operative sector, including living in housing co-ops, supporting existing co-ops, and establishing new co-operative housing projects. Alongside his work at Leeds Community Homes Josh is also a community share practitioner and training to become a Barefoot Co-operative Development practitioner.
Vicky has over 25 years experience in developing new homes, regeneration, specialist mixed use projects and community capacity building working for a range of public and private companies. She’s worked with many different communities across the North West developing specialist housing for work/live, eco housing, foyers, refuges and more. In addition to her work in…
Sam is an accomplished community mentor with a extensive background working together with diverse communities. He has over 15 years’ experience working in housing associations, guiding communities through major projects and championing the value of their work. Sam specialises in both developing new community enterprises and helping established community anchor groups to reach their potential.…
Tekla works with community groups and social enterprise organisations across Greater Manchester and supports them with business planning, financial forecasts and preparing proposals.
Initial career in local authority housing management and redevelopment. Qualified Landscape Architect. Chief Officer of Greater Manchester community design practice CTAC (project development, Architecture and Landscape Design) for 11 years. Currently Director of Development for GMCVO.