EveryDay Homes Ltd Board Members

Bill Carr
Chair (Retired Senior Investment Manager HCA)

Bill is interested in good design of older persons housing and has helped to promote the HAPPI principles (Housing our Aging Population - Panel for Innovation) to encourage organisations seeking funding from the HCA to innovate and learn from the advice contained in the HAPPI recommendations.

Bill was a rural housing champion and community led housing champion for the HCA. Bill supported the first social housing grant funded housing scheme for the Holy Island of Lindisfarne Community Land Trust and three other community organisations in Northumberland and Gateshead to deliver their first affordable housing schemes. He supported and hosted the North East Community Led Housing Network at its inception until leaving the HCA in 2017.

Since leaving the HCA in March 2018 Bill has established a housing consultancy business. He has co-written four bids to Homes England’s Community Housing Fund and is working with community groups in support of a bid for an Enabling Hub for the South of Tyne area.

Dawn McNally
Non-Executive Director (Group Chief Executive of Age UK North Tyneside)

Dawn, a member of the Chartered Institute of Certified Accountants, Group Chief Executive of Age UK North Tyneside, Regional Representative for the North East on the Age England Association, and Non-Executive Director of the Age England Association.

Dawn is passionate about making more of life for people in later life and a key strand of the new Group 2025 Strategy for Age UK North Tyneside is to offer more housing options and opportunities for people in later life, hence the ambition for EveryDay Homes to become a Registered Provider.

Dawn has strong leadership skills and is experienced in all aspects of governance and strategy development. Dawn represents the North East on the national Executive Committee for the Age England Association which is planning for the future of the Age UK Network.

Neil Bouch
Non-Executive Director

Neil has a wide range of housing experience gained from working in both the North East and North West regions. Neil has worked for The Gateshead Housing Company and Gateshead Council since 2001 and is currently Service Director Neighbourhoods and Localities with Gateshead Council. During his housing career Neil has also worked for the Tyneside Housing Aid Centre, Manchester City Council, Irwell Valley Housing Association, Home Housing Association and ‘Johnnie’ Johnson Housing.

Neil’s first housing job was as a Housing Support Worker and he continues to be a passionate advocate for the valuable role that quality housing and housing support services play in improving the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities. In his spare time Neil is a keen non-league football supporter and volunteer at Heaton Stannington Football Club.

David Dent
Non-Executive Director

David is a Chartered Surveyor with over 30 years’ experience working within the private sector for an international practice before founding his own practice which has grown significantly over the course of the last 15 years.

David has considerable experience in Affordable Housing, specialising in Health and Housing and the provision of Extra Care Housing developments.

David Hannon
Non-Executive Director

David is a housing professional with over 40 years’ experience in social housing, in particular in supported housing, general needs management and development. He has worked with within the Social Housing sector at Operational, Executive and Board level. His experience brings governance and operational expertise. David is passionate about the work of the Social Housing sector and the positive impact it makes to changing people’s lives and the environment for the better.

Satty Rai
Non-Executive Director

Satty has worked across the housing sector for nearly 20 years, Satty is currently working as Member Engagement Manager for the Northern Housing Consortium, helping direct member engagement activity through knowledge sharing events, and using insight to shape policy for housing in the North. Satty has worked on various projects including health and housing, homelessness, poverty and social inclusion and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, to name a few.

Satty is a passionate advocate around making a difference and a strong commitment to outcomes, supporting people and communities to live well and thrive, Satty is also a Trustee for the North East Child Poverty Trust and in her a spare time a very busy parent of two very active boys.

Lee Gilder
Non-Executive Director

Lee is a Director of Cooklaw Solicitors Ltd. He has over 10 years’ experience dealing with all aspects of property law, which includes both residential transactions and commercial transactions. He has a passion for helping people, which is why he became a solicitor in the first place. He has joined the Age UK North Tyneside Group to help drive our strategy forward, using the skills he has developed over the years in the legal profession.