Unity celebrates 27th Annual General Meeting

Unity celebrates another year of providing housing choice, improving life opportunities and addressing inequalities at our AGM.

Chief guest at the meeting was Scottish broadcaster, journalist and comedian Hardeep Singh-Kohli, who entertained guests with a light-hearted speech about the recent Scottish referendum.

Chief Executive Ali Akbor spoke of Unity’s achievements over the past year including our approach to financial and digital inclusion, our employment and enterprise services, the building of new properties, and providing opportunities for tenants to be involved in influencing service delivery at Unity Housing.

Also at the meeting, Unity’s Chairperson Designate was formally elected as Karen Morley stands down in December 2014 after 5 years of service as Chairperson on Unity’s Board. Shruti Bhargava BSc MSc MBA has over 20 years’ experience with a strong track record of leading on strategic challenges, cross organisation improvement, transformation and change and will assume the role of Chairperson in December.

The meeting was held at Unity’s newly-refurbished Business Centre on Roundhay Road. The site has recently benefitted from over £1 million of investment that was paid for from ERDF funding, Leeds City Council and Unity. Works have included re-cladding the roofs, a new lift, new reception facilities and signage and new data cabling for faster broadband, improving the service we are able to offer current and prospective business centre tenants.

The meeting was preceded by an informal ‘Open Day’ event which all Unity residents were able to attend to find out about the full range of our services. All Unity residents are invited to take advantage of our dedicated Employment Service and opportunities to get involved in decision-making at Unity via one of our Tenant Panels.

If you missed the chance to attend the Open Day and would like to find out more about any of Unity’s services, please contact our Customer Service Team on 0113 200 7700.