Executive Committee
Adam (Chair of Trustees) – joined the charity in 2016 as a member of the Bradford subgroup, before joining the trustee Board in 2021 and later becoming Chair in 2024. Adam works as a Service Manager at Bradford Council in the Adult Social Care Commissioning Team. Prior to his role in commissioning, he led a Bradford based homeless charity over a number of years and helped to develop a range of services including specialist destitution housing for people excluded from state funded support.
Daniel (Treasurer) –has been the Treasurer and on the Board of Directors since 2016. He is Head of External Reporting & Control at Capita plc, where he leads on financial governance and statutory reporting for a FTSE‑listed organisation. He is a chartered accountant with extensive experience in financial leadership, risk management and strengthening organisational controls.
Jo – joined the Board of Directors in 2018. She has over 20 years of experience in housing management, having held senior leadership positions across the supported housing sector. Jo currently works for a national drug and alcohol charity, where she leads the delivery of therapeutic behaviour change programmes and supported housing services across Yorkshire, bringing significant operational and strategic expertise to the Board.
Staff Team
Senior Management Team
Amanda (Chief Executive Officer) – Amanda joined Abigail Housing in October 2017 as the charity’s Bradford Project Coordinator. She was later promoted to Co-CEO /Bradford Project Manager in June 2021 and took on the CEO role independently in August 2024 when her colleague retired. Amanda has an academic background in community and public health, achieving a First-Class BSc Hons in Health, Wellbeing, and Social Care, and has a Masters (MSc) with Distinction, Leadership in Health and Social Care. She has over 12 years’ experience of working in the refugee and migration sector. Amanda was recently appointed as the Chair of Trustees for Bradford City of Sanctuary (BCoS); this link is already proving beneficial to Abigail Housing’s involvement in a wider systems approach to welcoming sanctuary seekers and preventing homelessness and destitution for this group in West Yorkshire. Amanda is also a trustee of another refugee charity based in Leeds and has been involved with their Board since June 2021.
Melanie joined the charity in November 2025 as a Housing Project Support Worker and in May 2026, Melanie was promoted to the role of Operations Manager. Melanie has 34 years of nursing experience and more recently 6 years’ housing management experience, working for a national housing organisation. Melanie has a master’s degree in business which she graduated in whilst balancing full-time work and home life. Melanie prides herself on her caring and loving nature that enables her to create a safe and trusting environment for her colleagues and team. Her forward-thinking approach assures her focus is always on ways to improve service delivery with the resident’s best interests in mind.
