Tom is joint-CEO of Community First Oxfordshire. Tom is a community development and research specialist. He has helped build Community First into the ‘go to’ local organisation for communities seeking high quality support throughout the Neighbourhood Planning process. Tom has brokered on the ground community development worker projects on major developments at Woodstock and Heyford Park and has led on placemaking and community development research for multiple public and private sector clients, including Blenheim Estate, Sovereign Housing Association, Oxfordshire County Council, and Cherwell, South Oxfordshire, and Vale of White Horse District Councils.