Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust is pleased to announce that Simon Henderson has been appointed as its new Chief Executive and Trust Manager. Simon comes to the Trust from Macmillan Cancer Support, where he led the charity’s healthcare buildings and quality programmes. However, he started his professional life as an architect and conservation architect, and he is delighted to return to a place that he knows and admires.
Simon tells us:
“Hampstead Garden Suburb has been a place of international significance for over a century as well as an inspiring and desirable place in which to live. It remains a landmark of good practice in domestic architecture and planning that many modern developments aspire to but very few attain. The Trust’s legal duty is to maintain and preserve the character and amenities of the Suburb, and I will respect and reinforce what already works well.
“But in a time of change, the Trust must also be fit to serve the needs of the future as well as work effectively in the present. We must think beyond today, while ensuring that our stewardship of today is as good as it can be.
“We cannot wait until the future comes upon us before we react. The Trust will therefore approach the evolving needs of the Suburb on an increasingly proactive basis. Over the next few years, we want to anticipate, plan for and then to do whatever is within the Trust’s powers to enable a secure and resilient future for the Suburb.
“While the Covid lockdown has forced us to curtail some of the Trust’s normal activity in order to protect residents and staff, I am pleased that we are still able to maintain a near-normal service in other areas. We will keep the situation under constant review in line with government and NHS advice. Please do look at the Trust website for the latest news, and thank you for your support in keeping the Suburb a special place during this difficult period.”
The Trust itself has now moved to home working, but you can still contact us by email on [email protected] or by phone on 020 8455 1066 (voice mail only).