Angela Gascoigne

Chief Executive, Shal Housing Association

Angela has been Chief Executive at SHAL, a small community housing association based in Somerset since 2014 and a housing professional since 1981 working for local authorities and housing associations across England and Wales. She has led on innovative approaches to anti-social behaviour, support for vulnerable people and systems transformation across multiple services. She has acted as a non-executive director over three decades with organisations working with disabled people, gypsies and travellers, young people and women and was appointed to the Board of the Welsh Probation service. She is a Trustee of Victim Support and chairs the Welsh Committee. She also chairs the National Housing Federation’s Rural Housing Alliance which provides a voice for housing associations’ lobbying and influencing on rural housing. She practices compassionate listening and has introduced restorative process and trauma informed practice at SHAL to support personal and community empowerment and regularly works with people across the USA and the UK to deepen her knowledge and skills.