Your Own Place is an award-winning social enterprise delivering Money, Housing, Tenancy and Cost of Living support to prevent homelessness.
As a social enterprise and limited company, Your Own Place has a Board of Non-Executive Directors. With terms of only three years, like everyone at Your Own Place they are valued for the experience and passion they bring as well as the skills they offer an evolving and innovative social enterprise.
We are recruiting for 2025
Want to make a difference? Contribute to homelessness prevention? Honour the value of community? Build your skills?
We will be looking for new Non-Executive Directors to join our Board
We are looking for people who care about people and our mission. People who are not afraid to ask questions, who want to understand and will go on a quest to find the answers. We are looking for people who recognise the strength of being a social enterprise and are excited to contribute.
If you’re interested in applying – contact our Office Manager Bianca at officemanager@yourownplace.org.uk for more information
Warren Gannaway – Chair
Warren previously worked for both national and regional contractors providing housing maintenance services to homes across the East of England. He joined the Flagship Group in 2018.
He led Flagship Services in providing repairs, maintenance and cyclical works to the Flagship Group homes, more than 31,000 properties across East Anglia. With Flagship Services and in prior roles he has worked with Your Own Place to provide opportunities and support individuals entering the workplace and has witnessed first-hand the positive impact that Your Own Place can bring to the lives of its trainees.
Warren says ‘so I am very happy to join the Your Own Place Board with the aim to continue, and improve on, the fantastic work delivered by Rebecca and the Your Own Place team’.
Adam Clark
Adam is an experienced senior leader in the social housing sector. Having previously held Director and Executive roles at Broadland Housing Association and North Star Housing. Adam currently works as a consultant supporting the delivery of strategic reviews, improvement and customer experience.
Adam is a chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and a founding member of CIH Futures, a board for young professionals. As a frontline member of staff, Adam was involved in supporting the delivery of Your Own Place early projects and remains focused on that founding purpose.
“For so many people, a good home is a foundation for a good life”.
Outside of work, Adam is passionate about the outdoors and runs a freelance photography business.
Jess Luce-Rackham
We’re delighted that in 2024 Jess, our Chief Operating Officer, joined the Board as an Executive Director. Jess has been with the Your Own Place team since 2018 and brings with her a wealth of strategic as well as operational understanding of the needs of the business, its people and our communities.
Outside of work, Jess is a great lover of getting out in nature, watching sunsets, wild swimming and exploring in her van with Loki the dog.
‘I think (the best part of the workshop) was the highlighting of strengths bit, its really easy to just not be sure. When somebody else who doesn’t know you highlights it all it confirms what you’re good at.’
Our Mission is to prevent homelessness
Our Vision is that everyone has a safe and secure home
Get in Touch:
Please use the contact form to get in touch:
Tel: 01603 611910
Email: ceo@yourownplace.org.uk
23 Johnson Place
Norwich
NR2 2SA
©Your Own Place CIC. We are registered in England and Wales. Company number 08751344. All our profits go to back into the business and in supporting the Your Own Place Advisory Board (YOPAB)
