Live, Work and Play: Creating Communities

Richard Kennedy is a creative thinker, leader and collaborator with a strong track record in developing effective cross organisational and cross sector partnerships. He is a Director and co-founder of Cornerstone Place, a company focused on delivering mixed use bespoke housing led solutions for charities and social enterprises serving people at risk of homelessness. Richard has a passion for using business strategies and models to create sustainable businesses focused on positive impact and social change. 

Alistair Wickens is the CEO of Goscombe Group Limited. He is the founder behind one of the UK's most innovative housing companies, pioneering ways to leverage home-building as a vehicle to deliver powerful social impact, whilst addressing housing inequality using an innovative funding model originally deployed by TOMS® Shoes.

Mark Ladyman is the Assitant Director of Economic Growth at the Darlington Borough Council. In this episode, he shares great insights about Darlington's regeneration, his career, his thoughts on the recent crisis and how public and private partnerships can work more closely together.