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Are you our next CEO?

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Throughout our ten years, Your Own Place has been driven by people, values and impact.

The Board of Non-Executive Directors is now seeking to appoint a new CEO to lead this social business into its next decade.

We know that CEO/founder shoes can feel like big shoes to fill, we also know that when people are given trust and opportunity, they shine. This goes to the core of Your Own Place. You will be supported by an incredible team, a Board of Non-Executive Directors, and have access to a professional coach. You will bring new skills and strengths, vision, personality and drive to a ten-year-old award-winning social enterprise.

If you have had experience of managing a small social business, or charity, or you are looking for your next opportunity to take on a pivotal leadership role, we would love to hear from you #itsyourtime

You will build on our solid foundations and continue its drive towards being a sustainable and impactful social enterprise.

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CEO moving on

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On 31st August this year Rebecca, CEO and founder of Your Own Place CIC, will be leaving to pastures new, leaving behind an organisation that has impacted 1000s of lives in its quest to prevent homelessness – near and far. 

Working as a trading social enterprise, Your Own Place counts all sectors among its friends, customers and partners in delivering services that support people, often on the cusp of losing their home or actually rough sleeping. In equipping people to find their own solutions and to recognise their strengths as a means to taking more support and knowledge on board, the aim of Your Own Place has always been to be a bit different from crisis and more traditional charitable services. 

And this has been the driving mission of Rebecca. Rebecca experienced a career observing short-term, often inequitable fixes that did little to see long-term change for people left behind through no fault of their own. 

Rebecca says ‘I’m proud of the last decade, working against many odds, sticking to my guns, and alongside many wonderful people inside and outside the team to create a culture of compassion and a sustainable social business. I will enjoy looking from afar at what the next decade brings to an organisation that sadly is more needed than ever’. 

For now it’s business as usual and Your Own Place will be recruiting a new CEO from 2nd April. 

Why we’re also leaving X

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It’s time. Your Own Place has made the not-so-difficult decision to leave X, formerly known as Twitter.

Personally, when I started out in 2013, I enjoyed Twitter. It was a place of connection, learning, ideas and positive novelty. We even picked up customers and partners who interacted with our work.

We have seen this be eroded over the last year. In a world of polarised keyboard warriors, it has become harder to find the joy and positivity. Instead we are bombarded by toxic hatred, lies, adverts and bots.

This is not something I want to endure for my own wellbeing or benefit and therefore why would I encourage the team to have to interact with it and indeed those we exist to support?

Furthermore, gaining any analytics about our posts and their reach has been made impossible.

We are leaving with immediate effect and look forward to engaging with you on other platforms and maybe face to face 😉