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.
