What's a community land trust and what do we do?Bradley Big Local Community Land Trust is a community benefit society. That means we are owned by those who live in the ward of Bradley in Nelson, Lancashire, and our members.
Anyone over the age of 16 can join the Trust and the money we get from membership shares helps us fund our work in Bradley. Our priorities are to help provide affordable homes and services and bring about environmental improvements across the Bradley and Hodge House areas. Being a community owned business gives us access to grants and specific funding and any land we acquire, property we build or rent becomes a community asset. Current work is focussed on our development of four semi-detached houses on derelict land at Beech Street and Hodge House Community Centre, off Regent Street. Each of these projects has a dedicated page on this website. |
Waqas Arshad, Chair of BBL Community Land Trust, and Sara Willoughby, Development Support consultant, show Andrew Stephenson, MP for Pendle, the plans for the new houses on Beech Street in May 2019.
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WHO ARE WE?
Bradley Big Local Community Land Trust is run by a voluntary Board of Directors - all of them live or work in Bradley and dedicate their free time to securing and managing lasting improvements for the community and the area.
Waqas Arshad Chair Waqas is a long-time Bradley resident and actively promotes the area as a great place to live and bring up a family. Waqas is also Chair of Bradley Big Local Partnership and on the board of B.A.S.E.S (Bradley After School Education Service). |
Peter Dewhurst Secretary Peter is a partner in Dewhursts Decorating Supplies shop which has been on Scotland Road for many years. Peter's now retired and brings his knowledge and experience of business and the Bradley community to the Board. |
Marcus Whitaker Director Marcus is a Bradley resident who runs is own audio/sound engineering business providing facilities for a range of stage productions and concerts. After winning a Bradley Soup competition to get money and advice promoting his business, Marcus decided he wanted to give something back to the community. |
We also have some very camera shy Directors:
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Hamid Khan Director A key figure in Whitefield Youth Association, Hamid brings his community engagement skills to BBL Community Land Trust Board. |
Rafida Khaliq Rafida is a long-time Bradley resident with a lot of experience of volunteering locally. You may know Rafida from Ghausia Girls High School and Nelson FC Juniors. |
Ikram Ahmed Director Ikram owns and runs the Ahmed Catering and Al-Noor House on Regent Street. Ikram joined the Board of BBL Community Land Trust to encourage investment in the area and help bring about improvements to services available locally. |
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Our Development Support consultant:
Sara Willoughby provides the Trust with support and guidance in the development, organisation and management of our projects. She also assists in the governance and management of the Trust itself, making sure that we have suitable policies and procedures for all areas of our work and that there are good record keeping systems in place (and that they're kept up to date). Sara is a social housing management professional with many years experience of working in the local area. |
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