World Habitat is a UK based foundation that works with communities around the world to find, share and grow housing solutions. Every year they run the World Habitat Awards, in partnership with Un-Habitat to recognise and highlight innovative, outstanding and sometimes revolutionary housing ideas, projects and programmes from across the world.

Early in her career she established a community credit union which now has nearly 8,000 members and has lent over £33 million to local people. She has held a number of national and international roles which has enabled her to combine successful national policy-making with community-based work.