For immediate release: Monday 19 March 2007
Jacquie Dale becomes JRF Director of Housing and Community Services
Jacquie Dale has been appointed Director of Housing and Community Services for the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (JRHT) and its sister organisation, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). Jacquie takes up this newly created post with immediate effect.
Joining the JRF in 1997 as Community Development Officer, later becoming Deputy Director of Housing and Community Services, Jacquie was in charge of housing services for the JRHT during last January’s inspection by the Audit Commission. The Commission’s report assessed the Trust as two stars, placing it in the top 25 per cent of housing associations.
Jacquie previously worked for the National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service and for Agewell – a national programme of health activities for older people. She has developed health projects to meet the needs of Asian women and produced a Women’s Health Handbook for a voluntary based health project in Leicester.
Julia Unwin, JRF Director, said: “I am delighted that Jacquie is taking up this important role of providing the residents of the Housing Trust with excellent services. Her appointment ensures we will continue to ground the Foundation’s research and policy work in the reality of the operational work of the Housing Trust, making certain that these two parts of Joseph Rowntree’s legacy work together for maximum impact.”
Notes to Editors:
- The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is one of the largest social policy research and development charities in the UK. It supports a research and development programme that seeks to understand the causes of social difficulties and explore ways of overcoming them.
- The Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust is a charity and registered social landlord with around 2,000 homes in and around York and a range of care services. Both the JRF and the JRHT share the same board of trustees and staff.
- A photograph of Jacquie Dale can be supplied on request.
Issued by Sue Everard, JRF Media Relations Manager:
01904 615958 | sue.everard@jrf.org.uk
