Here are the current E16 CLT Board Members, elected by you at our AGM
Paul Regan is a retired Methodist Minister based in the London Borough of Newham where he has lived since 1972.
He is chair of Applecartlive – a story telling and arts charity. He is vice-chair of Church Action for Tax Justice (part of The JustMoney Movement).
He is also on the board of Aston-Mansfield where he was Chief Executive until his retirement in 2005.
I was born and bred in Newham and have lived there all my life, I bought my place in Custom House, only to have the news that it will be knocked down. I joined the CLT because I want to help my local community to be able to stay in Custom House and not to be forced to leave because of the cost of new developments.
I’m a Higher Level Teaching Assistant at St Antony’s Catholic Primary School and a Newham Citizens leader.
I have become a board member as I was priced out of the housing market in Newham, I was born in Forest Gate and lived there up to 12 years ago. Today it is still an issue that I am very passionate about, I believe the local community should have a say in how their community is built and not be displaced at a moments notice.
I have been living in the Canning Town/Custom House area since 2011. My experiences as a Mears tenant & disenfranchised person have prompted me to gain a degree in International Development, followed by further studies. I am a mother of two who has worked in retail intermittently but I have a keen interest in social sciences and community empowerment.
I have lived in Custom House for 7 years now and am the secretary of the E16 CLT. I have 5 children and am a midwife at Newham General Hospital and am studying to become a health visitor. I have been a Mears tenant living in the regeneration area since I came to Custom House and have suffered from terrible housing conditions leading me to be moved to a different property.
I was born in Nigeria in 1953 and I attended Yaba College of Technology and studied Accountancy. Following that I worked in accountancy in Nigeria from 1973 to 1988. More recently, I attended University of London (Birkbeck) and obtained an LLB and studied at Nigerian Law School where I obtained a BL. I was called to the Nigerian Bar as Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
I am a Newham resident, having moved to London over 25 years ago. I initially arrived here to attend university, liked the city, so decided to make London my home. My wife is a teacher in Newham and we have two grown-up children. I have been running my own architectural practice for almost 10 years and I am very interested in the principles of CLTs and how I can contribute towards them.
We are also supported by the following paid and funded support:
Rowan has a public sector planning, urban design and project management background. He specialises in collaborative practice and co-production, with a focus on partnership working between communities, housing associations and local authorities. At CLH London he supports projects to establish a robust vision, governance structure and delivery strategy, together with the relationships needed to take the project forward. Rowan is also managing associate of the charity, Architecture Sans Frontières UK and in studying for a PhD in collaborative practice at Sheffield Hallam University.