Staff Team

“Our team aims to be a positive influence for change for landlords and tenants by our efforts and achievements. We are proud of what we have been able to accomplish by listening and responding to the individual needs of the people that use our services” (Andrew Beeput, Chief Officer).

Here’s what they aim to do for you:

Project Workers’ Team

• “My aim – to support homeless people to find a decent home and to achieve their goals,” Alison Eastwood, Project Worker
• “My aim is to support clients to empower them to become more independent,”
  Sara Foster, Project Worker.
• “Supporting and empowering people to make positive life changes,” Elaine Holt, Project Worker.
• “It is important that the service we offer focuses on what the client needs rather than what we perceive them to need,” Hannah Saddler, Project Worker.
• “I aim to provide tenancy related support to those most in need,” Sara Shorten, Project Worker.
• “To ensure that we are providing a service that focuses on those most at need within our society,” Claire Slade, Lead Project Worker.
• “To see somebody succeed, makes it all worth while,” Louise Wakerley, Project Worker.

Pre-tenancy Team

• “My aim – to contribute fully to the raising of standards of property and management in the private sector and build even stronger relationships with partner organisations in the local authority,” Sharon Betton, Private Sector Partnership and Development Officer.
• “To aspire to keep on providing good advice relating to the private rented sector issues, to our service users and stakeholders. To promote the good work that The Bond Board Ltd has carried out over the previous years,” Christopher Hall, Pre-Tenancy Worker.
• “It is important that The Bond Board provides useful, accurate advice about renting in the private sector to help people into sustainable independent living. It is my aim to assist the Bond Board to deliver this objective and to support the organisation to grow and develop its services to meet the needs of Landlords and Tenants in the future,” Sarah Brennan, Project Officer.

Admin Team

• “I am passionate about my job and consistently strive to deliver a better service and to respond to the need to equip ourselves for change and to keep looking forward,” Sandra Barratt, Business Support Development Officer.
• “I feel it’s most important to deliver exceptional customer service,” Joann Lamb, Admin Assistant.
• “My work needs to be of the highest standard, therefore I’m dedicated and meticulous in all that I do,” Wendy Sykes, Business Admin Worker.

Secondments

• “My Aim – Is to always go the extra mile to provide exceptional customer service,” Sheena Hopkins, Administrator.
• “Aims are to always maintain good office practice whilst providing support and development to members of staff for all tasks and projects,“
  Julie McGuirk, Office Manager / Development / Support.
• “I think it’s important for us to continue to develop the scheme to ensure that we can keep meeting the needs of our customers and adapt so that the service continues for years to come and my aim is to look at new ways of doing this,” Ross Giles, Private Sector Housing Co-ordinator.
• “I develop and manage new projects, and am the key Private Sector Housing / Homelessness team liaison. I currently manage the empty property team, and the mortgage rescue scheme as well as jointly managing the Authority’s Gypsy and Traveller site. I am chair of the Rochdale corporate empty property group,” Beatty Osborne, Private Sector Development Manager at Rochdale Borough Council.