Shelter Scotland has appointed four solicitors to its specialist housing law team. Stephen Humphreys, formerly partner with Shepherd & Wedderburn and latterly litigation consultant with BTO, brings extensive housing litigation experience and social housing sector knowledge acting for landlords. Rona McLeod joins from the Legal Services Agency where she was deputy head of the housing & court team, and brings a wealth of technical knowledge and defender Sheriff Court and Tribunal experience. John Ballantine also joins from LSA where he specialised in actions for defended evictions and other heritable matters, and Alex Hendrikson, formerly housing adviser with the Shelter Edinburgh community team, joins as a second-year trainee assigning from the Scottish Government Legal Service.
13th November 2023
Two new managerial appointments have been made at a Glusburn support facility for people with complex mental health conditions. Sally-Anne Redhead has become registered manager, and Craig Chatburn care home manager, at Malsis Hall. Craig’s role will involve overseeing the day-to-day running of the service’s care home element.
13th November 2023
Rathbones Investment Management has appointed James Ayre as Head of Investment, Charities.
13th November 2023
West Midlands law firm Higgs LLP has strengthened its charity and not for profit team by appointing an experienced lawyer. Tora Pickup has joined the team as Principal Associate.
13th November 2023
Martin Houghton-Brown, CEO of St John Ambulance, has announced that he will step down at the end of March next year, after six years in the role.
13th November 2023
Sepsis Research FEAT has appointed medical engineering specialist Dr Melanie Jimenez to its board of trustees. Dr Jimenez adds another layer of knowledge and experience to the group of medical experts currently on the Sepsis Research board. Healthcare professional Michelle Kabia joined ellenor as CEO in July this year, and has spent more than four decades meeting the needs of the UK’s most marginalised, stigmatised communities. Kabia’s career in healthcare began in the 1980s as a cancer nurse, then for five years, she was a Specialist HIV Ward Manager with the NHS during a time when little was understood about HIV. Her next role was at Turning Point, where she pioneered a hospice for drug users with HIV, and later, she managed Turning Point’s mental health and learning disability services.
1st November 2023
The Housing Minister and Secretary of State have appointed Martin Boyd as Chair of the Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE), where he will champion the rights of leaseholders and park home owners.
30th March 2022
Lee Houghton has been appointed managing director of residential care and supported living service, TLC Care and Support, part of the Enviro Group.
