Our board

Homeless Link is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee. The Board are the trustees and directors of the company.

ROLE OF THE BOARD

The Board is responsible for the overall governance of Homeless Link, including its policy, strategy, direction and forward planning. It is also responsible for overseeing the Chief Executive who, in turn, is responsible for the day-to-day running of the organisation and the management of staff. The Board is also responsible for:

• The financial and staffing arrangements of Homeless Link. They agree the budget, approve the annual accounts and scrutinise the organisation’s management accounts
• Employing the staff of Homeless Link in accordance with all relevant legislation
• Setting the processes by which the organisation will operate, and agreeing the priorities for action
• Supporting and advising the Chief Executive and other senior staff

Homeless link has a new chair

After 5 years in the role, our current Chair, Simon Wilson, will be stepping down from his post in the New Year.  Although we are very sorry to see Simon go, we are delighted that, at their last meeting, the Board formally agreed a resolution to appoint Ann Skinner as Chair from 14 January.

Introducing Ann Skinner

Ann has worked in the voluntary sector, in local government within both Housing and Social Services Departments concentrating on services for vulnerable people. She has, in particular, worked within the homelessness sector, and has spent several years working on the joint commissioning of mental health services within a Social Services and Health environment. Ann became Lead Officer for Supporting People in Lambeth in January 2001 and developed the Supporting People Team taking on the significant developments in the programme through implementation and beyond. In January 2006, the Audit Commission awarded the Lambeth Supporting People team a two star rating deeming the service to be ‘good with excellent prospects for improvement’. Additionally Ann has more recently worked as the Corporate Lead for Partnerships Commissioning with the Local Strategic Partnership in Lambeth to develop strategic commissioning within Lambeth’s Local Area Agreement. In August 2008, Ann took up a challenging regional role in the Social Care and Partnerships Team, Department of Health (London Region) as Programme Development Manager (Socially Excluded Adults).

Although we are sorry to see Simon go, we are very excited to have Ann join us bringing with her expertise particularly around vulnerable adults and social exclusion.

FIND OUT MORE

See the links on the right to learn more about our Board, including who our trustees are as well as information on how to become a trustee or vote in Board elections.