Our steering group
Steve is a retired housing professional and Board Member of the Chorlton Community Land Trust. He is also a director of Chorlton Cohousing, a group seeking to develop cohousing for older people.
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.
Julie has lived in co-operative housing for over 25 years and played an active role in the Management Committee. She has worked in social housing for over 20 years and was part of ‘Housing Futures’ a Community Led Homes research project.
An experienced Development Director with experience both in the public and private sector, Andrea offers detailed expertise in the public sector development process and the relationship with Homes England.
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
Zoe is a Prince 2 qualified, SFEDI accredited, community business advisor who has provided community led housing advice to groups through Locality’s Early Stage Support programme and through her role as Locality’s Community Led Housing Manager. Zoe manages the start up grant programme and enabler hub grant programme on behalf of the Community Led Homes…
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…
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).
Tekla works with community groups and social enterprise organisations across Greater Manchester and supports them with business planning, financial forecasts and preparing proposals.
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.…
Maria has worked in the social housing sector for over 18 years and brings a wealth of experience in lettings, leasehold management, residents engagement, neighbourhood regeneration, property acquisition, conveyancing and community project management. Skilled in working with residents and community groups, Maria has supported a variety of Tenant and Residents Associations, has led on large scale social and community regeneration projects…
Lee is a member of Homes For Change housing co-op in Manchester. He was a founder of HFC Management Committee and has been a key member for 15 years, involved in all aspects of Co-op management including finance, maintenance, business planning and dispute resolution. Lee became an accredited advisor for Community-led Housing in March 2020.
Julie has lived in co-operative housing for over 25 years and played an active role in the Management Committee. She has worked in social housing for over 20 years and was part of ‘Housing Futures’ a Community Led Homes research project.
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.
Jeff Scales has supported multiple community organisations on their CLH projects including supporting business and financial planning, capital fundraising (loan, grant & community shares), and supporting organisations to become Registered Providers and accessing Homes England funding. Jeff Scales is the Head of Services for Locality in the North and has worked in both the public…
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.
Claude Hendrickson was the project manager on the Frontline community self build scheme in Leeds (1996) which saw 12 unemployed Afro Carribean men and their families build new homes for themselves. He has remained a passionate advocate for BAME groups in terms of housing, self build and training/employment. Claude will bring knowledge and experience of…
Chris is a well-respected senior leader with specific expertise in regeneration & place-making and business development. He has worked at a senior executive level in the public, private and voluntary sectors. A chartered town planner he knows and understands the development process and can apply that to unlocking transformational change to people and places. He…
Andy is an experienced advisor who works across the North of England on Community Land Trust projects. He provides support to community groups to develop their plans choose the most appropriate way to deliver their new homes. He’s also worked with eight Local Authorities on the introduction of the Community Housing Fund.
20 years’ experience of supporting voluntary, community and social enterprises to manage, develop and sustain community facilities, project managed feasibility studies for capital projects and installation of renewable energy. Currently an Investment Officer for GMCVO and a local delivery partner in Greater Manchester for the Resonance Community Developers Fund.
Adrian is a recognised, approved and accredited provider of advice, consultancy, training and research to social enterprises, charities, sector bodies and other organisations.