Fiona is a Rural Housing Enabler and also the Communities Lead at Collaborative Housing. She provides support for parish councils which are seeking to provide local affordable housing and works with community housing groups to take forward citizen-led housing projects. She has over 30 years’ experience in the management and delivery of affordable housing through Housing Associations and Local Authorities. She is an accredited CLH Advisor through the Institute of Housing.

Lisa has two roles at CFO. She manages the Supporting Communities through Covid 19 Fund, providing ‘grants plus’ support to 26 grantees and other community groups and charities in Oxfordshire. Lisa is also the lead for Community-led Planning and Community Review services and training to help strengthen social infrastructure for communities across Oxfordshire, based on ABCD principles and practise. Her portfolio includes 13 years in international development working with partners and community groups in Asia, Africa and Latin America to develop, implement and evaluate poverty/ low-income housing projects and associated projects (water and sanitation, community development, disaster response, land rights and microfinance etc.). She also has a varied background in art and design as a designer in the fashion industry, an art and design lecturer in further and higher education and pursuing academic research via an MA and PhD in Fashion and Technology. A feature of her approach is the use of creative facilitation to support community engagement and social action.