Biography
Kalyani Gandhi
Kalyani is an independent consultant specialising in work with older people, aging and ethnicity. She has over 15 years experience of planning and developing specialist housing and support services for BME older people, previously as Director at Eastwards Trust, a specialist voluntary sector agency for South Asian older people in London and then at Hanover Housing Association, a leading national provider of retirement housing. Kalyani holds a BA from Durham University and an MSc from the London School of Economics. She has been a board member at ASRA Housing Association and Springboard Housing Association and now at Abbeyfield UK and participated extensively on national and regional strategic forums for older people including PRIAE, the GLA’s Black Londoners Forum, The Centre for Policy on Ageing, The National Housing Federation Supported Housing committee amongst others. She is also a member the DCLG Housing and Older Peoples Development Group (HOPDEV), and has been Chair of the HOPDEV BME working group, a key reference group to government on Housing and ageing policy and strategy developments. She has continually participated in a number of BME older peoples research projects that identify unmet need and solutions to service delivery.
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