BCLT Chair; Community Member

Patsy has always been interested in housing issues, and believes that having a home should be a human right. Her knowledge of and involvement in housing in Bristol was gained from the 4 years that she chaired Bristol Community Housing Foundation, followed by 5 years as Vice Chair of United Communities.  

When Patsy saw that BCLT was looking for a new Chair, the role interested her as she wanted the opportunity to contribute to the development of more homes and the establishment of communities.  She very much supports the importance of residents having the opportunity to play a part in shaping their home and their community. 

Vice Chair; Community Member

Thomas has a background in architecture and property valuation. He is on the board of Coexist, the community interest company that ran Hamilton House for ten years. 

He considers both financial and non-financial values to be important, with buildings designed to have community values, social value and a sense of place; this in a financially sustainable context. 

Working with the board at Bristol CLT will enable him to contribute his diverse knowledge and contribute to the development of quality, affordable homes.  

Company Secretary; Community Member

Edward is a solicitor specialising in planning, development and litigation.  He is a partner at the law firm Lyons Bowe.

Edward has worked in private practice and in house on large infrastructure energy projects.  He has a wide range of development experience.  

One of the key issues of the moment is the delivery of housing and especially affordable housing.  Edward joined the BCLT to bring his development and legal experience to the trust. 

Community Member

One of Nick’s abiding passions is to end homelessness amongst young people and make sure everyone has a good place to call home.

Nick spent most of his career in local government and has worked in the voluntary and private sectors. In the nearly 30 years spent with Bristol City Council (the last 12 as Director of Housing Solutions) he developed expertise in development, homelessness, private housing renewal, commissioning, strategy & policy work and organisational change.

Community Member

Rob is a chartered consultant Project Manager in the construction industry with J4 Projects. Previous to this he was at igloo Regeneration, where his interest in community led development started. Rob’s particular experience is in brown field site regeneration projects.

Rob was co-opted onto the board at the 2017 AGM, and was voted as a full Community Member in 2018.

Chair of Finance Committee; Community Member

Michael has lived and worked in Bristol with his wife and three children for the past 17 years. For the last five years, he has been contracting in financial services to a number of high street banks; prior to that he was an Independent Financial Advisor and a Mortgage Advisor. 

He has previously volunteered for a number of boards and committees including: Bristol West Indian Cricket Club; Rose Green Sports and Leisure; Bristol Bike Project and Kwaansa. 

Michael is now keen to consolidate his experience to help local folk afford a home.

Stakeholder Member - Tiny House Community Bristol

Rachel is passionate about genuinely affordable housing, social justice and environmentally grounded living. As a founder/director of Tiny House Community Bristol she is spreading the word about Tiny House Movement as one solution to the lack of affordable housing, food insecurity, climate change and loneliness. 

She has joined BCLT to help bring more land and housing into community ownership, where people have true agency over their safety, security and collective futures.

Simon is studying a PhD at the University of Bristol in community-led housing, whilst also assisting with housing policy and research at the New Economics Foundation part-time. Previously, he has worked as a town planner and social housing consultant. Through this latter role, he assisted numerous community-led housing groups, including being a project manager for a North London CLT. 

He is passionate about the role community-led housing can play in empowering communities and helping resolve the housing crisis as well as its role exhibiting innovations to other housing providers to make more participatory and equitable housing delivery and management.