Alison Ward

An accredited Community Led Homes adviser

Counties: All of England and Wales

Biography: Alison Ward has been a community led housing adviser for the Wessex Community Land Trust (CLT) Project since 2010 and is a co-founder of Middlemarch Community Led Housing CIC. Alison was a trustee of the National Community Land Trust Network between 2014 and 2019 and has also worked for the social finance intermediary Resonance on supporting the funding needs of community led housing groups. Alison holds an Institute of Leadership and Management Level 5 qualification in Social Enterprise Support, and Open University Certificate in Management for not for profit organisations and an honours degree in English Literature. In 2003 Alison worked as a VSO volunteer for an NGO in Pakistan, which focussed on providing support to community leaders at the most local level. Alison’s specialism is supporting community led housing groups at group stage, and frequently works in partnership with other advisers to provide support on all stages of the CLH journey.

Phone: 07779 302557

Email: alison.ward@middlemarchassociates.co.uk