DAVID FAWCETT
CEO
Dave is an experienced social entrepreneur with a passion founded in his faith to help the marginalised in society; a visionary with a track record of building sustainable initiatives that are both people and solution-centred.
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Dave’s ability to bring sustainable ideas to fruition is instinctive. He founded a highly successful marketing agency, established Halifax’s ‘Food and Support Drop In’, set up emergency accommodation solutions in Calderdale and Bradford, chaired Churches Together Calderdale serving tens of thousands in the community, and developed a church for the marginalised in Halifax.
Two key events have been foundational in his heart for reaching the homeless. While studying film at university, a documentary he produced about a homeless man had a profound impact and secondly in 2014, Dave felt God audibly ask him to be a ‘homeless pastor’ and this calling has shaped his life ever since
Over the last ten years, he founded and built one of Halifax’s primary providers for the homeless in the area. Happy Days now supports and houses over 100 residents and has provided over 100,000 food parcels to those in need, even winning the Queens Award. As the CEO, Dave’s highlight was “seeing thousands of lives being supported and witnessing the turn around in people’s lives, families reunited, addictions conquered and people owning their own homes.”
It’s with this wealth of experience that in 2023 Dave stepped away from leading Happy Days to establish a new adventure: ‘The Homeless Pastors’ - a CIC with a national vision to equip and train churches and charities in ministering effectively to the homeless in their towns and cities, with the ultimate aim to help them off the streets, into supported communities and equipped for life.
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David is also CEO of 'Good Deeds Unlimited' a consultancy service that helps charities reach their full potential by providing expert advice on building sustainable foundations. It also equip organisations with expert knowledge on how to better serve the homeless. Visit the website here.
At home, Dave is married to Kate and enjoys nature, playing football, walking his dog and heading off to the wildness of the Scottish island of Tiree.
TOM HARMER
DIRECTOR
Tom passionately believes that people are Earth’s greatest treasure, so as a film maker strives to create films that convey the value and beauty of life. His company Faith + Bones was founded in 2012 after Tom recognised the powerful impact of storytelling through film. He has worked with a variety of clients both in the UK and internationally, and in the charitable and corporate sector, applying storytelling principles to meet specific needs.
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Tom has a love for real life stories and has ventured into his own passion projects over the years. He has developed and screen-written a TV series pilot, created 52Humans - a Covid-19 lockdown project
producing a short film on humanity once a week for almost a year, and more recently worked on a 30 minute documentary called The Sanctuary Seekers of Bradford, which is currently being submitted to film festivals.
Tom has a massive heart for not just his incredible family but those who need support and care. He is a real asset to “the homeless pastors CIC” and we are privileged that he can get involved.
ELAINE SHARP
DIRECTOR
Elaine Sharp has a background based in the Banking sector and her last role before taking early retirement was as Testing Team Manager for Lloyds Banking Group. This position brought to an end 36 years of employment and allowed her to take on new challenges in other areas.
Through a chance conversation she became involved in the early days of a fairly newly formed homeless charity Happy Days and from starting as a volunteer became a part time member of the team supporting the CEO and the senior team in providing Admin support.
After leaving this role to become a full time carer for her mum who later passed away from her short term illness, she reconnected with David Fawcett to help and support him with his new venture The Homeless Pastors. She brings with her a vast amount of experience from Happy Days and how that started and has a methodical and organised approach to everything she does. Being able to sit back and see the bigger picture and offer advice and an honest opinion.