ONE of the best-known figures in the north's community sector has been appointed to chair the Clanmil Housing Group, which owns and manages 5,700 homes across the region.
Maeve Monaghan, currently chief executive of the NOW Group, a social enterprise that helps people with disabilities and learning difficulties into employment, takes up her new post at the end of September in succession Paul Fiddaman
Having spent more than 21 years in the community sector, Maeve has previously been chair of the Community Foundation in Northern Ireland and Give Inc, Ireland’s first giving circle.
She was awarded an MBE in March this year for services to people with learning difficulties and was included for three years in the Women in Social Enterprise UK Top 100.
Carol McTaggart, recently appointed group chief executive at Clanmil, said: “Maeve’s insight and experience will be invaluable to Clanmil as we move forward with the delivery of our strategic plan.
“Our focus is providing homes for people to live well. With growing housing waiting lists and the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, more people than ever before are struggling to find a home and to make ends meet. We want to play our part in addressing this growing housing need.”
By 2026, Clanmil plans to provide a further 1,400 high-quality homes. It is continuing to focus on building partnerships that help strengthen the communities it works in and is working with its customers to shape services that they value.
Maeve said: “Clanmil is a great organisation that delivers much needed homes and important services for local people, including those with disabilities, and that matters to me. It is an honour to have this opportunity, and I look forward to working with the board, Carol and her team as we all chart the next phase of the journey.”
During Paul Fiddaman's time on the board, Clanmil invested almost £330 million in new homes, spent £60m ensuring its homes remain good places to live, adopted a new approach to involving customers in shaping its services, and started on a digital journey that will see it transform how those services are delivered in the future.
