community interest company that will build innovative housing in Newcastle.
John Goddard OBE is Emeritus Professor of Regional Development Studies at Newcastle University and formerly Deputy Vice Chancellor responsible for the university’s civic engagement. In that role, he was appointed a member of the Council of St Nicholas’s Cathedral and subsequently chaired the board for its Common Ground in Sacred Space project. He was Vice Chair of the Civic University Commission.
Jill Haley is Chief Executive of Byker Community Trust, Housing Association, Newcastle. She is a demonstrated and experienced professional with a long history of working in the civil and social organisation industry, also attaining private sector practice. She has strategic housing, community development, finance, governance, business development and risk management skills. She is a qualified coach, passionate about excellence in leadership, empowerment and customer excellence.
Annette Hastings is Professor of Urban Studies in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow. Annette’s research and teaching focuses on the drivers of urban inequality and approaches to tackling this, with a particular focus on the role of public services.
Kirsty Hayward is STEM Engagement Manager at Success4All, a small educational charity based in the North East of England. Success4All supports children and young people in community centres and schools where it is needed most. Success4All believes that young people learn best from each other and embeds open-ended, young person-led learning throughout all its services.
Patsy Healey (an elected trustee of Glendale Gateway Trust) is Professor Emeritus in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University. She has qualifications in geography and planning, and is a specialist in planning theory and practice. She was Chair of the Glendale Gateway Trust from 2012 to 2015.
Tom Johnston is the Chief Executive and a founder trustee of Glendale Gateway Trust, and active community volunteer. Tom became a paid member of staff for the trust and has been employed by them since 2000, championing community enterprise and ownership projects, including local housing, refurbished retail units and a community resource centre.
Louise Kempton is a researcher in the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies at Newcastle University. Her main interest is the role of universities in local/regional economic growth and innovation. In 2019, Louise was appointed Associate Dean for Research and Innovation in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
David Leat is Professor of Curriculum Innovation at Newcastle University and the University of South East Norway. His original research interest in thinking skills has developed over the last 20 years, through projects on metacognition, Learning2Learn and innovative coaching, to focus on ‘enquiry-based learning’ and ‘community curriculum making’.
Daniel Mallo is an architect and lecturer in architecture at Newcastle University. His practice-led research focuses on socially engaged spatial practice and design activism. In recent years, Daniel has led projects in both the UK and Europe with institutions including KU Leuven (Belgium), Creative Partnerships and Economic and Social Research Council Impact Acceleration Account-funded projects.
Frank Mansfield is an elected trustee of Glendale Gateway Trust. Frank was a broadcast journalist (mainly with the BBC), also teaching part-time at Sheffield University. Having lived in Tyneside, London, Sheffield and Liverpool, he bought a bungalow in Wooler in 1996 and moved there permanently in 2004. He was Chair of the Glendale Gateway Trust from 2015 to 2018.
David Marlow is a development economist and place-making strategist who runs Third Life Economics and is Visiting Professor of Practice at the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies, Newcastle University. After a 25-year senior public service career – eight as chief executive – David currently works on supporting local growth, devolution and place-based strategy in England and overseas.
Jane Midgley is Reader in Urban Social and Economic Practice at Newcastle University. Jane’s research explores responsibility and vulnerability within communities, and specifically the food system, leading to her specific focus on surplus food redistribution and the practices of industry and charitable actors in this process.
Philip Miller is a senior architect at Ryder Architecture. He joined the practice in 2013 and has been involved in a number of key national healthcare projects, including the Emergency Care Centre, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary and The Children’s Heart Unit. He studied at Sheffield and Newcastle Universities.
Mark Pardoe is a Fenham resident with a young family. In 2015, after compulsory redundancy, Mark got involved with the DIY Streets project on Fenham Hall Drive. Mark established a constitution for the group and is secretary. Mark has been a Sustrans supporter since 1996.
John Pendlebury is Professor of Urban Conservation at Newcastle University. John is a town planner and urban conservationist, with ten years’ practice experience in local government, central government and consultancy before re-entering academia. He has had many university roles, including serving as head of school. John teaches and undertakes research on heritage, conservation and planning.
Venda Louise Pollock is Dean of Culture and Creative Arts, and Professor of Public Art, at Newcastle University. She works to catalyse initiatives contributing to research and wider economic, cultural and societal benefit. Her broader research relates to the relationship between art and the urban environment.
Mark Shucksmith OBE is Professor of Planning, former Director of Newcastle University’s Institute for Social Renewal and Trustee of Carnegie UK Trust and Action with Communities in Rural England. Mark’s research addresses social exclusion in rural areas and rural development. He chaired the Committee of Inquiry into Crofting and engages actively in policy and practice.
Sam Slatcher is a community music practitioner and the director of Citizen Songwriters, a social enterprise that encourages social harmony through songwriting. At the time of writing, Sam was the refugee volunteer coordinator at REFUSE. He has a PhD in human geography on encounters in creative community engagement projects in West Yorkshire.
Mel Steer is Vice Chancellor’s Fellow at Northumbria University and previously worked as a researcher at Newcastle University. Her research interests include social policy, social justice, reducing poverty and disadvantage, health and social inequality, and the public and voluntary sectors.
Marion Talbot has worked in a variety of jobs in the statutory, voluntary and private sectors, and has a range of experience at senior management level. She recently stepped down after seven years as a Newcastle City councillor representing West Fenham ward. As a ward councillor Marion was involved in a number of initiatives to improve the environment, health and well-being of residents, especially those who are socially isolated.
Armelle Tardiveau is a lecturer in architecture at Newcastle University, design practitioner, educator and researcher in the disciplines of architecture and urban design. Her multidisciplinary research, involving artists, landscape architects and ethnographers, focuses on participatory design, design activism and co-production in the public realm.
Ulrike Thomas is a research associate in the Centre for Learning and Teaching at Newcastle University. Formerly a primary school teacher, her research interest focuses on curriculum and pedagogic innovation. She is currently working with teachers and community partners to develop projects and resources underpinned by the principles of enquiry/project-based learning.
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