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Jimm is a development consultant with over 20 years experience in delivering a variety of complex affordable housing projects both through the housing association sector and in the field of community led development. He has been a provider of services to CLH groups for the past 12 years, specialising in project management, viability support, and problem solving.

Jimm is Director of CoHo Ltd, and is also Development Director at Leeds Community Homes.

Laura specialises in community-led housing and is developing her own cohousing scheme in South Cumbria. She also co-founded a community land trust and, until recently, sat on the board of the UK Cohousing Trust. She advises on legal structures, governance, charity law, contractual and commercial matters.

Emma advises on all the property aspects of community led housing, from initial options or conditional contracts to bespoke leases for individual groups.  She has spent the last few years working with cohousing groups, some of whom have finished their build and some of whom are just starting on that journey.  Recently, she has been working with a number of community land trusts including work with Yorspace to roll out a model of mutual home ownership that can be replicated.  She acts for cohousing groups, community land trusts and cooperatives. 

Peter advises charities, their trading subsidiaries, public bodies, other not-for-profit organisations and social enterprises. His areas of work cover advising charities and social enterprises on:

• Raising social finance, including in relation to share and bond issues and other debt and equity investments.
• Structural transactions such as mergers, reorganisations and joint ventures.
• Operational matters including commercial contracts, data protection, intellectual property, agreements for services, subcontracting and funding arrangements.

Peter is a member of the Charity Law Association. 

Fiona is part of Wrigleys’ Community-Led Housing team and she advises several housing based organisations including community-led housing hubs, cohousing and community led housing groups, housing associations, almshouses and charitable organisations. 

Fiona advises charities and social enterprises on all aspects of charity and company law and governance, commercial arrangements, trading and fundraising, mergers and collaborative working. Fiona heads up Wrigleys’ charity and social economy practice in our Newcastle office.  Fiona is a trustee of VONNE (Voluntary Organisations Network North East) and is recognised as an expert in charity law by legal directories Chambers & Partners and Legal 500.