Dave is an experienced social entrepreneur with a passion 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 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.

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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.