Applicant Name: Charlie

Applicant ETH Address: 0x97B59C2EC4Ac59B5A581d028bf495Fd47C96892d

Organization(s) or Affiliation(s): -

Why do you want to serve as an Expert Evaluator for the Localism Fund?

Attracted by the novel approach to inviting in those with expertise and curious to see the operators that come through

🪴 Grant-Making Expertise

Program Design & Management: ****1

Evaluation & Impact Learning: 2

Financial Strategy & Fundraising: 2

Governance Systems & Mechanism Design: 3

Experiences, Highlights & Evidence:

Little experience in web3 grant-making apart from applications. Lots of experience applying for, designing and implementing traditional funding.

2017-22 Built team and partnerships for the creation of a £5m equity fund for citizen-led housing projects in partnership with the Oxfordshire Growth Deal (England). Approval in July 2020. Commissioned long-term modelling June 2022 with Oxford City Council. Still in testing phases in 2025.

2018 - Author “Helping Communities Build: An independent review of our Community Land Trust funds”

2018-20 - Expert Review Panel, Homes in Community Hands, Power to Change