Melissa Leung

Programme manager for digital platform and communities, Incommon

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Melissa is shaping the future of the housing sector and helping people of all ages benefit from digital innovation. Through her role at charity InCommon, which brings groups of young people together with their older neighbours in retirement homes, she helps housing professionals across the UK engage older residents in safe, meaningful and impactful intergenerational activities that help boost their health and well-being and reduce ageism.

 

Melissa leads InCommon’s Empower programme, which includes an innovative digital platform that helps housing professionals organise intergenerational activities with local schools. She has gone on to manage the project, building partnerships with housing associations across the UK. So far this programme has supported more than 20 retirement schemes across nine counties.

 

One of her biggest successes is her ability to put scheme managers at ease when using this technology. She takes the time, effort and care to induct each scheme manager and teacher that uses the platform. Her proactive attitude makes her a natural leader, a great team player and one to watch at the intersection of housing and digital technology.