My role

I lead on our work with community based organisations including charities, housing co-operatives, Tenant and Leasehold Management Organisations and Community Land Trusts. My expertise is in providing specialist governance, regulatory, contractual, charity, board and company secretarial support, to not for profit organisations and social enterprises across the range of structures, nationally, including housing associations, charities and community interest companies.

My experience

Having extensive experience of advising, negotiating and drafting governance and contractual documentation including management agreements, advising on constitutional matters including reviews and compliance, group structures and joint ventures. I regularly attend and support Board meetings, provide and facilitate training sessions and away-days, and deal with governance disputes, including investigations and Board conduct issues. I also often ‘project manage’ matters where a number of issues are on-going at any one time.

My specialisms

  • Governance advice and documentation
  • Negotiating, advising on and drafting contractual arrangements
  • Sector expertise of broad range of community based organisations including registered providers, social enterprises and charities
  • Board meeting support, including conduct issues and disputes
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My latest articles

Charities fortnightly round-up 27 (last one of 2020!)

Our previous round-up began by sharing the news that two vaccines had shown very promising test results. Here we are, not even a month later, and the first vaccines have already been administered!

Charities weekly round-up 12
Charities weekly round-up 12

Whilst many of us are welcoming the recent changes to lockdown, many charities are finding the easing of lockdown more difficult to manage than going into it!

Doing the decent thing…
Doing the decent thing…

Take Mr M, for example – Mr M was a tenant board member of his local housing association. Mr M, being a community minded man, got involved in supporting the vulnerable elderly couple down the road.

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