Gemma White looks at this week's movers and shakers
Castle Vale team
Castle Vale Community housing association has welcomed a new team to deal with an extended repairs service they are offering, which now covers their entire 2200-home estate.

The new team consists of (from left) Emma O'Regan, John Cheney, Graham Pearson, Tracy Smith and Marcia Penlington, who will be responsible for running the expanded repairs programme.

Carol Wildman, director of housing at Castle Vale, said: "This is a well-established and effective team which will now be the point of contact on the estate, benefiting everyone living here."

Alan Kilburn
Alan Kilburn OBE has been co-opted by the trustees of William Sutton Trust to join the housing association's board. Alan's career in housing spans 40 years and he is a former chief executive of the Home group and a member of the inquiry into British housing.

He praised the William Sutton Trust's "new approach in cooperation and joined-up activity".

Lorraine Nicholls
St Helens Housing association welcomes a new events manager to help support its bid for funding to build an innovative retirement village in the local area. Lorraine Nicholls joins the association from her previous role as fund raiser for the Variety Club.

Job of the week

Name
Fiona Coulson
New job
New business manager for St Pancras and Humanist Housing Association
Job specification
鈥淚 am responsible for identifying and appraising new business opportunities, developing new contacts and maintaining existing relationships with local authorities, developers and site finders.鈥�
Previous job
Development Manager at Strutton Housing Association
If you were housing minister, what would you do to improve the housing situation in the UK?
鈥淚 would seek to ensure that housing associations are contributing to the development of the communities they work with, especially those people who are vulnerable and in need of support.鈥�
Favourite book
鈥淧erfume by Patrick Suskind.鈥�
Favourite TV programme
鈥淏ear and the Big Blue House 鈥� it keeps my two-year-old daughter occupied every morning for half an hour.鈥�
Favourite film
鈥淐inema Paradiso.鈥�
Hobbies
鈥淚 play tennis (and once turned down the offer of a game with Vinnie Jones).鈥�
What is your housing situation?
鈥淥飞苍别谤-辞肠肠耻辫颈别谤.鈥�
Any advice or tips?
鈥淚 think the most important skill to learn is the ability to facilitate communication.鈥�

Source

Housing Today