AMT Convention 2011: Kathleen Dunmore, Three Dragons
By Katie Fewings • Oct 4th, 2011 • Category: conventionKathleen Dunmore is an economist with over 30 years’ experience in housing and construction.
She worked for many years as Social Housing Consultant for the House Builders Federation and before that for Milton Keynes Development Corporation and the Building Employers Confederation.
She co-founded Three Dragons in 1996 and since then has worked for a range of local authorities, landowners and private developers in England, Scotland and Wales. She has particular expertise in provision of affordable housing and was part of the team who developed the Three Dragons Toolkit for the Greater London Authority. The toolkit is now widely used by local authorities to calculate how much community benefit can be provided on large and small sites within their area.
Kathleen is a member of the HBF/LGA Viability of Local Plans Working Group which is currently preparing advice to Ministers to support the National Planning Policy Framework.
When is Kathleen speaking?
Kathleen will be leading the policy workshop ‘Making Localism Pay‘ taking place at 11:40 – 12:40 and again in the afternoon at 14:10 – 15:10 on Thursday 13 October.
- Read more about the workshops and study tours here
What next?
- Read about other speakers at the AMT Convention 2011
- Find out more about the AMT Convention
Katie Fewings is Katie graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2000 with a BA in Modern Languages (French, Spanish & Portuguese).
She honed her organisational skills over nearly four years as PA to the Director of an internationally renowned firm of architects in London before moving to Brighton and taking up the post of Project Manager at the online ethical travel directory, responsibletravel.com. In this role, she organised the annual Responsible Tourism Awards with partners World Travel Market, The Telegraph, Geographical Magazine and BBC World News, and facilitated a programme to develop and support community based tourism with the Washington NGO, Conservation International.
Katie has a strong interest in issues of sustainability and social responsibility, and has set up her own website, Ethical Weddings (www.ethicalweddings.com) to help couples plan the wedding of their dreams without compromising their values. She also co-founded Our Ethical Network in Brighton to give ethically motivated businesses in the city the chance to meet one another, share common problems and explore business opportunities.
Katie is developing AMT's online presence and helping towns to share knowledge and best practice from their successful initiatives through online networking in the new AMT Forums and other social media.
She works Tuesdays and Thursdays and can be contacted on 07876 701 266 or by email at katie.fewings@towns.org.uk.
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