Your Own Place

supporting people in transition

Our Board of Directors

Our Non-Executive Directors

Introducing Cara Keen – our Chair

Cara is local to Norfolk, having grown up in a small village outside of Sheringham. After completing studies at Sheringham High School & VI Form, she read Law with French at The University of Sussex in Brighton and spent a year of study in Toulouse, France.

After university she worked in law firms in London, Brighton and then she came back to her home town of Norwich where she trained and qualified as a solicitor. She now practices as a solicitor at Leathes Prior in the Cathedral Close, Norwich specialising in Property Law.

Her areas of expertise include residential and commercial property transactions, leases, tenancies and advising on landlord and tenant matters. In her spare time she loves going to local music events, concerts and festivals, being by the sea and exploring the countryside.

Cara acts as our second signatory on our business bank account.

For 2019 we’re thrilled to welcome Digby Chacksfield

Digby is a dynamic and innovative leader with a proven track record in the development and sustainability of new organisations and initiatives in the enterprise, culture and regeneration sectors. An experienced fundraiser, team leader, manager, networker and educator.  Digby leads Rural Enterprise East and podcasts for social entrepreneurs.
Before that he led the Eastern Enterprise Hub and School for Social Entrepreneurs East.  Digby cares deeply about life in rural areas and is passionate about the transformative and healing potential of people led change and social enterprise to meet the social pressures in society.
Digby’s career has spanned multiple sectors, including business, education, arts and culture, community development and urban regeneration. He has been instrumental in the transformation and leadership of a number of organisations including, charities, social enterprises and public sector spin outs, as well as running his own businesses as a freelance specialist.