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Laura Moss is a partner in our charities and social economy team.

Laura advises a wide range of charities, establishing new entities, merging existing ones and advising on constitutional changes, trustee duties, vires issues, trustee disputes and more.

As well as core charity work, Laura has a particular interest in social business, working with organisations which have social values and purposes at the heart of their corporate structure.  This includes social enterprises, co-operatives, B Corps and employee-owned organisations.  Her interest in ESG extends to academia, having completed a Masters dissertation on B Corps, evaluating their effectiveness as a means for businesses to hardwire corporate responsibility into their governance and reporting structures.

Emma Ridge is a partner in our community-led housing team

Emma advises on all the property aspects of community led housing, from initial options or conditional contracts to bespoke leases for individual groups.  She has spent the last few years working with cohousing groups, some of whom have finished their build and some of whom are just starting on that journey.  Recently, she has been working with a number of community land trusts including work with Yorspace to roll out a model of mutual home ownership that can be replicated.  She acts for cohousing groups, community land trusts and cooperatives. 

Tom heads up the CLT Network and leads on its strategy and its work to mainstream the community ownership of land. This includes public policy and advocacy work, and building relationships with industry bodies for housing associations, developers, landowners, local authorities and community networks.

Prior to joining the Network, he worked for the Greater London Authority in housing and planning policy, and as head of office for the Green Party Group on the London Assembly. He has also worked for a sustainable construction company, and as a consultant for clients such as the All Party Parliamentary Group for Housing and Planning, World Habitat and various local authorities.

Janet's background is in health and disability work.

After working in the NHS and in later years independently for The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities establishing networks and organising events and conferences Janet retired to South Shropshire.

Janet had a lifelong interest in nature and in 2016 helped to establish Restoring Shropshire’s Verges Project (RSVP) into a county wide initiative. This led onto joining the boards of Middle Marches Community Land Trust (MMCLT) , Marches Meadow Group (MMG) and Shropshire Hills National Landscapes Trust.

Janet is also a local Parish clerk but only for a Parish meeting – the lowest level of the political structure!

Janet currently responsible for conference and events organising with MMCLT but more recently have become very interested in the possibilities around Town and Parish Councils developing bespoke Nature Recovery plans in line with the Local Nature Recovery Strategies being developed across England and the potential of Community Land Trusts to play a role in this area.