Ashton Pioneer Homes

At Ashton Pioneer Homes, we have adopted this code and comply with it fully. The code recommends a maximum of twelve Board members, whish is the situation at APH. We consider this appropriate to reflect the diverse nature of our business, the communities we serve and our desire for close community and resident involvement, with a third of our Board elected from amongst our tenants.

Our Board membership comprises four elected tenants, four independent members and four council nominees. Together, they create a Board with a wide range of professional and community skills and expertise to support APH's work.

	Warren Bray (Chair)	Council Nominee
	Warren was formally self-employed and is now a Tameside Councillor. He was appointed Chair at transfer. He is involved in many bodies operating in the Holy Trinity/West End areas of Ashton under Lyne.
	Linda Fletcher (Vice Chair)	Tenant Member
	Linda is an active member of RAWTARA, the Tenants Assocation, and a former Tenant Inspector for the Audit Commission. She has been a Tenant for twenty years and a Tenant Director for the past four years. Linda is also Deputy Chair of St Peters Community Partnership.
	Brian Lees (Vice Chair)	Council Nominee
	Brian is a former BT engineer and is Vice-Chair championing the Financial, Audit and Risk management areas of the Company.
	Nayan Joshi	Council Nominee
	Nayan has worked in the housing field for fifteen years. He is a committee member of Holy Trinity Residents Association and also a Parent Governor of West End Primary Scholl.
	Colin McCord	Tenant Member
	Formerly self-employed, Colin was elected as a tenant director in December 2003. He hopes his involvement will makea difference to the place and area in which he lives.
	Gary Fieldhouse	Independent
	Gary, who joined the Board in 2006, is a salesman with a background in Telecoms. Born and bred in Darnhill (a Manchester housing overspill estate), Gary is Vice-Chair of Governors at his children's primary school; an active member of their PTFA and is keenly interested in regeneration and housing needs.
	Donald Garside MBE	Independent
	Donald has lived in Ashton for 35 years. He has recently retired from his "Director of Estates" role at the NHS. His expertise has lead Donald to be on many government working parties involving developing and taking forward policies relating to NHS hospitals and community services.
	Guy Heppner	Independent
	Guy has been a Youth and Community worker for over 30 years and was the Community Initiatives Manager at the Ashton Regeneration Team until his retirement in 2005. He is now a volunteer with St. Peter's Community Partnership.
	David Postlethwaite	Council Nominee
	David was born in Ashton and continues to live here. A former Borough Treasurer of Tameside MBC, he retired in 2007 to spend more time with his bike. He wants to see Ashton Pioneer Homes continue to provide good quality housing efficiently at affordable rents.
	Peter Glenn	Tenant Member
	Peter is born and bred in the St Peter’s Ward and has been an APH resident since the late nineties. He is an active and committed member of the Community and is the Vice Chair of the Ashton Pioneer Homes Residents’ Panel and also member of the St Peter’s Resident Reporters and Gardeners’ Group.
	Lucy Gash	Independent
	Lucy works together with local children, families, communities and organisations (including APH) and, has done so for the last four years at SureStart - St Peter's Children. Lucy works to ensure local people are able to influence, access and enjoy services and activities creating better opportunities for all. I am glad to be part of the APH Board and I am committed to supporting APH to continue the organisation’s successes.
	Beverley McCord	Tenant Member
	Beverley is in her twenties and a single parent to three children. She has lived on the estate since 1999. Before becoming a Tenant Director, she has been and is still involved in the Residents’ Panel and recently become its Chair.

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