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Timeline

1971

Sir Michael Day, Chief Probation Officer in Surrey developed vision for SCDT
1971

Bruce Pearce seconded by Probation to lead SCDT
1972

April - SCDT registered as a charity
1972

May – SCDT registered as a company limited by guarantee

Our first logo
1972

First house purchased – Cedar Court in Milford for ex-offenders and young homeless people
1972

The second project launched. Initially named Gadd House, in Farnham, this was an existing working man’s hostel which would later become Hawkins House.
1975

Purchase of Flinthall Farm in Godstone
1976

Bruce Pearce returned to the probation service
1977

PhD research completed by Margaret Norris
1985

Keith Hayward appointed Transform’s first Chief Executive
1985

SCDT organised Surrey conference on homelessness
1985

Started working in Sutton – helping those who were homeless or had mental health issues
1986

First shared houses for young people
1988

Started providing support for those in recovery from alcohol dependency
1988

Started providing housing and support for those with mental health issues in Surrey
1993

Paul Mitchell appointed Deputy Chief Executive
1993

21st birthday celebration
1996

April – Surrey County Council initiated their first strategic contract with SCDT

John Sandy, SCDT Chairman, signing Contract with Sheila Gruselle Chairman of Surrey Social Services Committee at County Hall
1996

May – Capital Challenge prospectus published
1996

June – Michael Calvert awarded MBE for services to SCDT from 1980 to 1995. He sadly died in 2000.
1997

March – First merger with a small Abbeyfield Society in Staines and then conversion of its property Dommett House into flats
1997

April – Capital Challenge delivery begins
1997

25 years celebration with several events
1997

November – Paul Mitchell appointed Chief Executive (Keith Hayward left in September 1997)
1997

December – SCDT won the National Housing Award
1998

January – Dame Penelope Keith become patron of SCDT
1999

October – Rt Hon David Currey MP presented National Partnership awards in Scarborough
1999

December – new logo and brand colours adopted
2001

October – Gadd House in Farnham reopens as Hawkins House for people in recovery from alcohol and drug dependency

VIPs including Patron Baroness Bottomley
2002

April – Purchased housing for 75 people from Thames Valley Housing Association
2002

May – SCDT took on the running of The Crescent
2002

July – First Royal opening by Duke of Gloucester of Barton Court in Woking
2002

August – Started running Pound House and took over from Woking Association for the Single Homeless
2003

October – SCDT took on the running of the temporary accommodation in Spelthorne
2004

November – Royal opening of Simmonds Court in Farnham
2005

Spring – Royal opening of The Crescent in Woking after rebuilding
2005

David Hypher was Chairman of Transform and High Sheriff of Surrey

Pictured with wife Pam
2006

Peter Buckman died having lived at Gadd House in Farnham since 1961
2006

SCDT was given a donation of over £128,000 towards the redevelopment of Rockwell Cottages in Epsom
2006

July – Countess of Wessex appointed Royal Patron
2007

April – Start of the Floating support service in Wokingham
2011

June – Changed name to Transform Housing & Support
2012

40th celebration of Transform hosted by HRH, The Countess of Wessex at Bagshot Park, alongside patron Sir Richard Stilgoe
2013

Purchase of the first house in partnership with the Surrey Drug and Alcohol Action Team
2013

July – Empty Homes bid approved by the Homes & Community Agency
2014

January – Past Chairman of Transform, Dr Genny Lane received MBE for her services to Transform. She sadly died in the autumn of 2015
2014

January – Transform opened its first Winter shelter in East Moseley in a redundant sheltered housing scheme working with Elmbridge, Runnymede and Spelthorne borough councils
2014

September – Empty Homes initiative launched with the first of three properties being improved
2014

November – Paul Mitchell received a lifetime achievement award for outstanding contribution to social care at Surrey Care Awards
2015

January – Transform awarded tender to take on the management agreement for Reigate Quaker Housing Association
2015

November – Surrey-wide Homeless conference organised by Transform on behalf of the Surrey boroughs and districts
2016

June – Opening of Pear Tree Manor in Wallington comprising 16 new flats
2016

October – Merger with Cherchefelle Housing Association
2017

March – Appointment of Mark Austen as Transform Chair
2018

August – Lawrence Santcross starts as Chief Executive on retirement of Paul Mitchell
2020

Covid pandemic lockdown and restrictions begin
2020

Reigate Quaker Housing Association merged with Transform after five years where Transform managed its back office and strategy
2021

March – care services sold to Apex Prime Care
2021

April – Merger with Wey Valley Housing Association
2021

Transform secures Investment Partner Status with Homes England
2021

November – Visit by HRH, The Countess of Wessex to Walton
2022

May – Viccy Johnson left Transform after 33 years with the organisation

Viccy received a long service award from HRH, The Countess of Wessex in 2014
2022

May – Transform celebrated more than 50 years of transforming lives

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Brook Way, Leatherhead,
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Registered charity: 264133

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