Turning Tides
John Holmstrom is an experienced executive in the housing and charitable sectors, currently serving as Chief Executive at Turning Tides since July 2013. Previously, John was a self-employed consultant for a brief period in 2013, providing expertise to charities and housing organizations, including the establishment of a Healthwatch Helpline and various funding bids. John spent 25 years at Brighton Housing Trust, initially as Housing Advice Worker and progressing to Assistant Chief Executive, focusing on business development, legal advice services, and social enterprise initiatives. Education includes a BA (Hons) in Theology from St John's College Oxford and graduate studies at Lund University, further supporting a diverse professional background that includes experience as a professional musician.
This person is not in any teams
This person is not in any offices
Turning Tides
We are a community led homelessness organisation that puts clients and local people at the heart of our mission to end homelessness. To do this we will be: • Ambitious - homelessness is not an inevitability • A voice for homeless men and women • A place of safety, respect and trust • Kind, generous and warm hearted • Engaging, motivating and inspiring • Inclusive and welcoming • Valuing faith, spirituality and our Christian roots • Led by our clients’ and communities’ expertise and experience Turning Tides started as a group of Christians known as Worthing Churches Homeless Projects in 1992 to help local people out of sleeping rough. The churches gifted buildings and volunteers. We soon began to make a difference! We learned, however, that it was not enough just to find a roof. Often there are complex needs such as mental ill health and the challenges of addiction. Others joined us from the community (of all faiths or no faith) and we became more professional as a strong local homelessness charity. However, local people continue to sleep rough and there is little help for homeless men and women in the surrounding areas of Worthing. Turning Tides remains determined to end homelessness wherever we work - a reality that can only be achieved through finding shared purpose with our clients, other services and the wider community.