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A TRULY UNIQUE APPROACH
We offer unique services to those involved in housing, homelessness and advice service delivery and management.
To us, successful services must maintain a balance between local realities, the national framework and the constantly changing world of modern local government. Successful organisations must be prepared to constantly review, improve and refocus their services.
We believe that everyone has the right to a secure, affordable and decent home and must be able to access and enforce their legal entitlements.
We believe that legal services must be presented in a way that service users can understand, and that true social inclusion can only be achieved with a thorough grounding of both rights and responsibilities.
We specialise in all aspects of homelessness, legal advice service provision, project management, training, research and strategy development. We offer help, guidance and advice from front-line operational problems to strategic developments.
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JANE FILBY (Partner)
An Arts graduate with twenty-five years experience in the statutory and not-for-profit sector
Was Shelter’s Area Manager for Devon for over ten years.
Developed and set up a successful new Housing Advice Centre in Cornwall in the 1990s and secured on-going funding for this initiative.
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Has worked very closely with the Local Authorities in Devon in developing homelessness strategies and chaired the County wide co-ordinating group for Homelessness Officers for a number of years.
Has staff support, development, recruitment, disciplinary and grievance experience
Has extensive project development experience with outstanding results, including the inception and development of Plymouth Access to Housing, an independent NFP that has grown and developed over the past 12 years.
Has Strategic management and development expertise
Was a member of The Adviser magazine’s Editorial Board for over 10 years
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BRIAN MOORE (Partner)
Politics and Philosophy graduate with twenty-three years of experience in the provision of legal advice and training, and of driving successful social policy initiatives
Has considerable media experience, broadcasting on both television and radio, and has written for many key publications in the housing field
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Developed extensive legal casework experience including several landmark cases heard in both the Court of Appeal and House of Lords
Has developed and delivered training courses on all aspects of homelessness and varied housing topics to statutory and voluntary organisations, with outstanding results
Has extensive experience facilitating multi-agency work and bringing together disparate parties, and forging effective working relationships and solutions
Has developed training packages for Citizens Advice Bureaux and designed and carried out Training Needs Analyses for advisors in the Not-for Profit sector.
Was a member of Shelter’s strategic Policy Planning Group for seven years, and drove a number of the organisation’s key strategic initiatives during that time. |
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