Live, Work and Play: Creating Communities

Season 2!

21: Improving housing quality and creating smarter housing solutions with Matthew Gardiner

This week we have a change-maker who's looking at how homes and technology meet and how new technology can be introduced into the property sector in general. After a 40-year career in social housing Matthew Gardiner is expert in the business of social landlords. He has direct experience of building new homes, managing and maintaining large property portfolios and securing institutional investment into the sector for organisations based in London, Merseyside and Greater Manchester. As CEO a...

S1.21: Improving housing quality and creating smarter housing solutions with Matthew Gardiner

This week we have a change-maker who's looking at how homes and technology meet and how new technology can be introduced into the property sector in general. After a 40-year career in social housing Matthew Gardiner is expert in the business of social landlords. He has direct experience of building new homes, managing and maintaining large property portfolios and securing institutional investment into the sector for organisations based in London, Merseyside and Greater Manchester. As CEO a...

S1.20: Fanyu Lin on developing an A.I.-driven technology platform to help create healthy affordable homes

Fanyu Lin is an award-winning entrepreneur and architect, passionate about impact investing. She is the CEO of Fluxus, a construction technology company and social enterprise committed to improving quality of life through delivering affordable, sustainable and smart homes. In this episode, Fanyu and myself talked about the use of AI-driven technology platforms in affordable homes, the industrial revolution and the reduction of operational and maintenance costs through technology.

20: Fanyu Lin on developing an A.I.-driven technology platform to help create healthy affordable homes

Fanyu Lin is an award-winning entrepreneur and architect, passionate about impact investing. She is the CEO of Fluxus, a construction technology company and social enterprise committed to improving quality of life through delivering affordable, sustainable and smart homes. In this episode, Fanyu and myself talked about the use of AI-driven technology platforms in affordable homes, the industrial revolution and the reduction of operational and maintenance costs through technology.

S1.19: Tom Chance on Helping Meet Local Needs by Developing Homes Through Community Land Trusts

Really pleased to have Tom Chance as a guest on the podcast! He is the Chief Executive at the National CLT Network, a national charity supporting community-led housing. He worked for seven years at the Greater London Authority, where he developed a considerable expertise in housing and planning policy, and a strong overview of economic, policing, transport, environment and public health policy in London. In this episode, Tom and myself talked about setting up and running a community land...

19: Tom Chance on Helping Meet Local Needs by Developing Homes Through Community Land Trusts

Really pleased to have Tom Chance as a guest on the podcast! He is the Chief Executive at the National CLT Network, a national charity supporting community-led housing. He worked for seven years at the Greater London Authority, where he developed a considerable expertise in housing and planning policy, and a strong overview of economic, policing, transport, environment and public health policy in London. In this episode, Tom and myself talked about setting up and running a community land...

18: Peter and Kirsty on Innovating the Property Development Industry through Timber Design and Construction

Recent guests of the Innovators in Affordable Housing Podcast are Peter and Kirsty from Timber Design Initiatives, a company who's raison d’être is to deliver Europe-wide approaches to education, innovation and demonstration of best practice in the use of wood in architecture, design and construction through applied research collaborations with academia and industry. Peter is an architect and director of Timber Design Initiatives (TDI) Ltd. and the author of 'New Timber Architecture in Sco...

S1.18: Peter and Kirsty on Innovating the Property Development Industry through Timber Design and Construction

Recent guests of the Innovators in Affordable Housing Podcast are Peter and Kirsty from Timber Design Initiatives, a company who's raison d’être is to deliver Europe-wide approaches to education, innovation and demonstration of best practice in the use of wood in architecture, design and construction through applied research collaborations with academia and industry. Peter is an architect and director of Timber Design Initiatives (TDI) Ltd. and the author of 'New Timber Architecture in Sco...

S1.17: Building impactful communities with Alan Marcus

Alan Marcus is the Chief Digital Strategy Officer at Planet Smart City, an innovative proptech company designing and building affordable smart projects with social and digital innovations to improve lives. In this episode, Alan and Alex talked about creating community environments which are socially inclusive. Prioritising not the building of the "houses" but the building of communities and providing what the residents want in order for them to have good-quality living.

17: Building impactful communities with Alan Marcus

Alan Marcus is the Chief Digital Strategy Officer at Planet Smart City, an innovative proptech company designing and building affordable smart projects with social and digital innovations to improve lives. In this episode, Alan and Alex talked about creating community environments which are socially inclusive. Prioritising not the building of the "houses" but the building of communities and providing what the residents want in order for them to have good-quality living.

16: Co-living, Urban Regeneration and Building Communities with Matt Lesniak

Matt Lesniak is a co-founder and Head of Impact & Innovation at Conscious Coliving, an impact-driven spatial and experience design consultancy for coliving developers, operators and investors. Matt is also a founding member and current Head of Community of Co-Liv, a co-founder of Coliving Insights and has worked for The Collective on their Impact and Community Experience Teams.   In this episode, Matt and Alex talked about urban regeneration, communities and their holistic vision for coliv...

S1.16: Co-living, Urban Regeneration and Building Communities with Matt Lesniak

Matt Lesniak is a co-founder and Head of Impact & Innovation at Conscious Coliving, an impact-driven spatial and experience design consultancy for coliving developers, operators and investors. Matt is also a founding member and current Head of Community of Co-Liv, a co-founder of Coliving Insights and has worked for The Collective on their Impact and Community Experience Teams.   In this episode, Matt and Alex talked about urban regeneration, communities and their holistic vision for coliv...

S1.15: Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) on Affordable Housing Developments with Richard and Graham

Our first-ever live episode is now in our podcast library! This is an episode we did a couple of weeks back with Richard Lankshear who is the Head of Innovation and Graham Sibley, Senior Business Development Manager of NHBC. In this episode Richard, Graham and Alex talked about all kinds of things ranging from Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) to modular design and build options and how they relate to the affordable housing sector especially as there is a rapidly growing interest among ...

15. Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) on Affordable Housing Developments with Richard and Graham

Our first-ever live episode is now in our podcast library! This is an episode we did a couple of weeks back with Richard Lankshear who is the Head of Innovation and Graham Sibley, Senior Business Development Manager of NHBC. In this episode Richard, Graham and Alex talked about all kinds of things ranging from Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) to modular design and build options and how they relate to the affordable housing sector especially as there is a rapidly growing interest among ...

15: Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) on Affordable Housing Developments with Richard and Graham

Our first-ever live episode is now in our podcast library! This is an episode we did a couple of weeks back with Richard Lankshear who is the Head of Innovation and Graham Sibley, Senior Business Development Manager of NHBC. In this episode Richard, Graham and Alex talked about all kinds of things ranging from Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) to modular design and build options and how they relate to the affordable housing sector especially as there is a rapidly growing interest among ...

S1.14: Rob Stephenson on quality living with mental awareness and social housing

Rob Stephenson, the founder of FormScore and InsideOut aims to help facilitate this change and work to help break the stigma around the discussion of mental health amongst social communities. Through this podcast episode, Rob discussed ways to attain quality living. He raised awareness on being mentally well especially during this time of change due to the pandemic. Rob suggested having a social community and improving work-from-home setup by building a community barrier for work and home ...

14: Rob Stephenson on quality living with mental awareness and social housing

Rob Stephenson, the founder of FormScore and InsideOut aims to help facilitate this change and work to help break the stigma around the discussion of mental health amongst social communities. Through this podcast episode, Rob discussed ways to attain quality living. He raised awareness on being mentally well especially during this time of change due to the pandemic. Rob suggested having a social community and improving work-from-home setup by building a community barrier for work and home ...

S1.13: Andy Redfearn and Rebecca Stockman on affordable shared living scheme

Andy Redfearn and Rebecca Stockman are the directors of LivShare Housing and Consultancy. LivShare provides consultancy services to organisations that want to develop low-rent housing that makes use of sharing economies in a variety of ways. In this episode, Andy & Rebecca spoke about the innovation of affordable shared living. They further talked about the different advantages and effects of co-living from public to private sectors. Lastly, Andy & Rebecca informed us about the need for sh...

13: Andy Redfearn and Rebecca Stockman on affordable shared living scheme

Andy Redfearn and Rebecca Stockman are the directors of LivShare Housing and Consultancy. LivShare provides consultancy services to organisations that want to develop low-rent housing that makes use of sharing economies in a variety of ways. In this episode, Andy & Rebecca spoke about the innovation of affordable shared living. They further talked about the different advantages and effects of co-living from public to private sectors. Lastly, Andy & Rebecca informed us about the need for sh...

12: Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor on reframing social issues and effective communication

Nat Kendall-Taylor serves as Chief Executive Officer at the FrameWorks Institute. He oversees the organisation’s pioneering and research-based approach to strategic communications.  In this episode, Nathaniel shared how we can reframe social issues such as social housing. He used ‘pronoun analysis’ as an example to help reinforce stereotypes and stigmatisation. He emphasised that all choices have a fact and can be used as a strategy.  “All the choices we make: language, images, verbs, pr...

S1.12: Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor on reframing social issues and effective communication

Nat Kendall-Taylor serves as Chief Executive Officer at the FrameWorks Institute. He oversees the organisation’s pioneering and research-based approach to strategic communications.  In this episode, Nathaniel shared how we can reframe social issues such as social housing. He used ‘pronoun analysis’ as an example to help reinforce stereotypes and stigmatisation. He emphasised that all choices have a fact and can be used as a strategy.  “All the choices we make: language, images, verbs, pr...

11: Emma Richman on modernization in Affordable and Social Housing

Emma is an award winning Housing Professional that has had a career in housing that spans over 20 years, she is currently the Executive Director of Operations at Peaks and Plains Housing Trust. Her housing career started with Northern Counties Housing Association. After moving through the ranks, Emma left to join Trafford Housing Trust as Service Lead on properties. She then moved to an ALMO at Six Town Housing, as a member of the Executive Team as Director of Assets on to Great Places Housi...

S1.11: Emma Richman on modernization in Affordable and Social Housing

Emma is an award winning Housing Professional that has had a career in housing that spans over 20 years, she is currently the Executive Director of Operations at Peaks and Plains Housing Trust. Her housing career started with Northern Counties Housing Association. After moving through the ranks, Emma left to join Trafford Housing Trust as Service Lead on properties. She then moved to an ALMO at Six Town Housing, as a member of the Executive Team as Director of Assets on to Great Places Housi...

S1.10: Getting to know more about XUSA Properties with Pete Craig

In this special episode, let us join Pete Craig, the director of SARVA Education with a mission to cultivate the creative genius of children and young adults, interview Alex Impey - the founder of XUSA Properties and the author of Innovators in affordable housing podcast series. XUSA Properties is an innovative company whose aim is to revolutionise the property market through game-changing advances in social & private sector housing. The company invests and develop both residential and m...

10: Getting to know more about XUSA Properties with Pete Craig

In this special episode, let us join Pete Craig, the director of SARVA Education with a mission to cultivate the creative genius of children and young adults, interview Alex Impey - the founder of XUSA Properties and the author of Innovators in affordable housing podcast series. XUSA Properties is an innovative company whose aim is to revolutionise the property market through game-changing advances in social & private sector housing. The company invests and develop both residential and m...

09: Peter Bill on Affordable Housing and Residential Development

Peter is a surveyor-turned-journalist who edited Building magazine for six years in the Nineties, before editing Estates Gazette for 11 years, until 2009. Peter spent 20 years in construction, including a decade with housebuilder George Wimpey. Peter wrote the weekly 'On Property' page for the Evening Standard City section for seven years. He now writes a regular column for Property Week. He is the author of Planet Property: www.planet-property.net. A guide to the £400 billion UK commerc...

S1.09: Peter Bill on Affordable Housing and Residential Development

Peter is a surveyor-turned-journalist who edited Building magazine for six years in the Nineties, before editing Estates Gazette for 11 years, until 2009. Peter spent 20 years in construction, including a decade with housebuilder George Wimpey. Peter wrote the weekly 'On Property' page for the Evening Standard City section for seven years. He now writes a regular column for Property Week. He is the author of Planet Property: www.planet-property.net. A guide to the £400 billion UK commerc...

08: Brian Taylor on Charities and Affordable Housing

Brian Taylor has been in business for over 50 years and has held senior positions in the fish processing industry, oil and gas training, construction and property development both in the UK and overseas. For for the last 20 years, Brian has been the CEO of one of Scotland’s most successful & fastest growing charities. Somebody Cares provides help for thousands of families, pensioners and individuals every year and is believed to be the only organisation in Scotland that does everything f...

S1.08: Brian Taylor on Charities and Affordable Housing

Brian Taylor has been in business for over 50 years and has held senior positions in the fish processing industry, oil and gas training, construction and property development both in the UK and overseas. For for the last 20 years, Brian has been the CEO of one of Scotland’s most successful & fastest growing charities. Somebody Cares provides help for thousands of families, pensioners and individuals every year and is believed to be the only organisation in Scotland that does everything f...

08: Brian Taylor on Charities and Affordable Housing

Brian Taylor has been in business for over 50 years and has held senior positions in the fish processing industry, oil and gas training, construction and property development both in the UK and overseas. For for the last 20 years, Brian has been the CEO of one of Scotland’s most successful & fastest growing charities. Somebody Cares provides help for thousands of families, pensioners and individuals every year and is believed to be the only organisation in Scotland that does everything f...

07: Resolving Affordable Housing Stigmatisation with Dorian Payne

Co-Founder at Castell Group, a Property Development company based in Wales, specialising in Delivering High Quality Affordable, Social and Disabled Housing. Dorian has been actively involved within the Property Sector since he set up a lettings agency aged 16. Since then he has been involved in over 70 property acquisitions. Dorian has collaborated with a variety of private investors and lending institutions to make a bigger social impact, raising millions of pounds in investment with the ...

S1.07: Resolving Affordable Housing Stigmatisation with Dorian Payne

Co-Founder at Castell Group, a Property Development company based in Wales, specialising in Delivering High Quality Affordable, Social and Disabled Housing. Dorian has been actively involved within the Property Sector since he set up a lettings agency aged 16. Since then he has been involved in over 70 property acquisitions. Dorian has collaborated with a variety of private investors and lending institutions to make a bigger social impact, raising millions of pounds in investment with the ...

06: Rich Tinto on Game-Changing Social Impact in Housing

Rich Tinto is the self-styled “Vision Guy” at Tinto Architecture, Interiors and You. Establishing the practice with a view to revolutionising how architecture is delivered has evolved into revolutionising how we deliver true value through the built environment. Tinto’s Vision “To transform the world through place and space” provide a purpose to lean into the ever-evolving world of creating real value for end users of all types of building. The current climate and necessity to create game cha...

S1.06: Rich Tinto on Game-Changing Social Impact in Housing

Rich Tinto is the self-styled “Vision Guy” at Tinto Architecture, Interiors and You. Establishing the practice with a view to revolutionising how architecture is delivered has evolved into revolutionising how we deliver true value through the built environment. Tinto’s Vision “To transform the world through place and space” provide a purpose to lean into the ever-evolving world of creating real value for end users of all types of building. The current climate and necessity to create game cha...

S1.05: Affordable Housing Models with Pieter Zitman

Pieter Zitman, founder of Mix Developments, is an architect and award-winning project manager and housing developer. He has more than 33 years’ experience in the construction industry, designing and delivering residential, educational and healthcare projects. For the past 19 years he has specialised in the residential sector and for the past 12 years in affordable housing. Amongst other accolades, his developments have been presented with 2 RIBA awards, 3 Evening Standard awards, the RICS aw...

05: Affordable Housing Models with Pieter Zitman

Pieter Zitman, founder of Mix Developments, is an architect and award-winning project manager and housing developer. He has more than 33 years’ experience in the construction industry, designing and delivering residential, educational and healthcare projects. For the past 19 years he has specialised in the residential sector and for the past 12 years in affordable housing. Amongst other accolades, his developments have been presented with 2 RIBA awards, 3 Evening Standard awards, the RICS aw...

S1.04: Andrew Van Doorn Talks About The Importance of Social Value on Businesses

Andrew is the CEO of HACT, an innovation agency which provides future-oriented solutions, projects and products for the UK social housing market. He joined HACT in 2003 and has worked in homelessness, supported housing and wider social exclusion policy and practice for 26 years.

04: Andrew Van Doorn Talks About The Importance of Social Value on Businesses

Andrew is the CEO of HACT, an innovation agency which provides future-oriented solutions, projects and products for the UK social housing market. He joined HACT in 2003 and has worked in homelessness, supported housing and wider social exclusion policy and practice for 26 years.

03: Improving A Business' Social Impact with Richard Kennedy

Richard Kennedy is a creative thinker, leader and collaborator with a strong track record in developing effective cross organisational and cross sector partnerships. He is a Director and co-founder of Cornerstone Place, a company focused on delivering mixed use bespoke housing led solutions for charities and social enterprises serving people at risk of homelessness. Richard has a passion for using business strategies and models to create sustainable businesses focused on positive impact and ...

S1.03: Improving A Business' Social Impact with Richard Kennedy

Richard Kennedy is a creative thinker, leader and collaborator with a strong track record in developing effective cross organisational and cross sector partnerships. He is a Director and co-founder of Cornerstone Place, a company focused on delivering mixed use bespoke housing led solutions for charities and social enterprises serving people at risk of homelessness. Richard has a passion for using business strategies and models to create sustainable businesses focused on positive impact and ...

S1.02: Alistair Wickens On Reversing Housing Inequality

Alistair Wickens is the CEO of Goscombe Group Limited. He is the founder behind one of the UK's most innovative housing companies, pioneering ways to leverage home-building as a vehicle to deliver powerful social impact, whilst addressing housing inequality using an innovative funding model originally deployed by TOMS® Shoes.

02: Alistair Wickens On Reversing Housing Inequality

Alistair Wickens is the CEO of Goscombe Group Limited. He is the founder behind one of the UK's most innovative housing companies, pioneering ways to leverage home-building as a vehicle to deliver powerful social impact, whilst addressing housing inequality using an innovative funding model originally deployed by TOMS® Shoes.

S1.01: A Conversation about Darlington's Regeneration with Mark Ladyman

Mark Ladyman is the Assitant Director of Economic Growth at the Darlington Borough Council. In this episode, he shares great insights about Darlington's regeneration, his career, his thoughts on the recent crisis and how public and private partnerships can work more closely together.

01: A Conversation about Darlington's Regeneration with Mark Ladyman

Mark Ladyman is the Assitant Director of Economic Growth at the Darlington Borough Council. In this episode, he shares great insights about Darlington's regeneration, his career, his thoughts on the recent crisis and how public and private partnerships can work more closely together.

01 A Conversation with Mark Ladyman

Mark Ladyman is the Assitant Director of Economic Growth at the Darlington Borough Council. In this episode, he shares great insights about Darlington's regeneration, his career, his thoughts on the recent crisis and how public and private partnerships can work more closely together.