Prior to retirement John spent 42 years as a senior professional in Housing Associations. A qualified accountant he played a leading role in the first ever stock transfer from Central Lancashire New Town as well as the initial stock transfer from Tameside Council.

Establishing initial Finance, Administration and IT systems in 4 organisations gave a sound understanding of the challenges facing the housing movement.

Recognised as Chair of the North West Finance Group of the National Federation of Housing Associations (NFHA) for 5 years also serving on the NFHA NW Regional Executive committee for the same period.

Gained experience of IT by chairing the SDM User Group for 5 years, of discrimination as secretary of Building Positive Action for 2 years.

Joined the Board of P&NWHA in 2019 being elected Chair in September 2022.

Natalie is a housing solicitor with 27 year’s experience. Although Natalie has experience of a number of different areas of law, she has always been involved with housing law to some extent and in recent years that has become her area of specialism.

Natalie is now predominantly involved in housing litigation and has over the years acted on behalf of Registered Social Landlords and Local Authorities. Natalie joined a small firm of solicitors in Manchester in 1997. They were a specialist housing firm which dealt with both property and litigation work and she stayed with them for 18 years.

Natalie then moved to another small firm in Chorley which specialised in housing litigation. In 2018 we were bought by a large national firm, Capsticks, who specialise in public sector work and are now growing their housing division.

Prior to specialising in the litigation side of housing law, Natalie spent a number of years undertaking conveyancing and commercial property work from buying numerous single properties for Housing Associations through to purchasing complicated commercial sites. Natalie now specialises in litigation and regularly attend court. Natalie is also involved in marketing and business development.

Natalie wanted to use the skills she has gained throughout her career and her knowledge of housing issues and law for the benefit of the local community which is why she applied to become a member of the board. Natalie would like to see the Association continue to develop strategically as an organisation which takes the right decisions to meet the ever-changing needs of the Prestwich community.

Anne is a Chartered Management Accountant with close to 30 years’ experience in the social housing sector. Whilst working for a Gloucester based housing provider, she continues to live in the North West where her career has mostly been based.

Anne has held executive director roles for 19 years as well as a variety of non-executive roles during that time. Those roles have been at organisations of varying sizes, and she understands in particular, the challenges smaller organisations can face.

In her current role at Gloucester City Homes, she is Executive Director for Business Resources and is responsible for finance, governance, IT, and human resources

Prior to specialising in the litigation side of housing law, I spent a number of years undertaking conveyancing and commercial property work from buying numerous single properties for Housing Associations through to purchasing complicated commercial sites. I now specialise in litigation and regularly attend court. I am also involved in marketing and business development.

I wanted to use the skills I have gained throughout my career and my knowledge of housing issues and law for the benefit of the local community which is why I applied to become a member of the board. I would like to see the Association continue to develop strategically as an organisation which takes the right decisions to meet the ever-changing needs of the Prestwich community.

David was a solicitor until retirement and a partner in the firm of Howarth Goodman which specialised in housing association work. He dealt with many housing matters including rent arrears, possession actions, nuisances cases (ASBOs), ‘right to buy’ procedures, tenancy agreements, leases and shared ownership.

From the firm’s Prestwich office, he also handled residential and commercial conveyancing, wills and probate, matrimonial cases, personal injury claims, criminal law and licensing.

Bury born and a local resident, David has good knowledge of the Prestwich area and the Rectory Green site and its history. He was active in his children’s PTA and a parent governor at Prestwich High School for some years.

David was chair of the board of the association prior to the present chair.

Paddy has lived in Prestwich since 1975. A retired primary headteacher, Paddy was a Bury Councillor from 2012 to 2016 and remains politically active locally. He is a board member of Bury and Bolton Citizens’ Advice and is Chair of a primary school in Whitefield.

Paddy believes that providing decent affordable housing is one of the most significant challenges for our country. He believes that Prestwich and North Western Housing Association is playing an important part locally in providing good standard rental accommodation and if the opportunities arise would like to see an expansion of that provision.

Mike has worked in housing for over thirty years starting as an 18-year-old counter clerk for Salford Council. He worked for many local authorities and housing associations since this time.

Mike started as the CEO at Prestwich and North Western in April 2023 and really enjoys working with customers to improve the way we deliver services. It is vital that we do business in a friendly and accessible way and whilst we are happy to launch our new website, we will always be available face-to-face to try and resolve problems for our customers without you having to join a telephone queue for a call centre or talk to a chat-bot!

Mike is really excited that a new Tenants Association has started running Friday morning breakfast clubs. We will support them in their aspiration to run many other social functions in our newly refurbished Community Hub.

We have also started work on our first new housing development in over 30 years at our Whittaker Street site in Radcliffe and these new 2 bedroomed houses will be ready to let at social rents in November 2025.

Finally, we can achieve nothing without an excellent team and Mike says “I am lucky to have such a skilled and caring bunch who make up the Prestwich and North Western Team”.

Julie started with Prestwich & North Western Housing Association in November 2021 and has over 20 years’ experience in Housing , Housing Benefits, Council Tax Benefits and Rent Arrears with Bolton, Manchester (various offices) and Trafford Councils.

Julie is currently studying for her Chartered Institute of Housing Level 3 and pastimes include reading and Zumba.

Jane joined the Association in 2022 and took on the role as Finance Officer carrying out Bookkeeping, Pension and Payroll services.

Jane has over 25 years experience in the Accounting Sector originally starting work at 18 years old for the Royal Bank of Scotland in their Debt Recovery Department and went on to work for other Financial companies, eventually progressing to setting up her own Accountancy firm, SJL Business Services in 2008.

Jane runs her Accountancy business alongside working for the Association. Jane enjoys working here as part of the team whilst interacting with tenants to provide a service that meets their needs.

Gail has been with the Association for over 14 years and is a very familiar face on site who the tenants rely on to keep the estate nice and tidy.

Gail enjoys having a chat with residents and assisting them where she can.

Gails past times include walking and Arts & Crafts.

Penny has worked for the Association for over 11 years, initially starting as Trainee Maintenance Technician, progressing to Maintenance Administrator, then Maintenance Officer. 

During this time she is proud to have served three CEOs and to have been the initial contact during Covid-19 and dealing with the wide variety of issues that were encountered during this time.

Penny is really happy to have witnessed the community spirit that formed between both our residents and the Association during and after this exceptional time.  She is looking forward to continuing to serve the Association and it’s residents to the best of her ability.

There were 152 tenants who had a credit balance on their rent account.

This pleasing year end result is in line with the improvement forecast at Q3.

87% completed within the target response times.