Meet the RISE team at HOMES UK 2025
Introduction
HOMES UK is the largest free-to-attend conference and exhibition of its kind, bringing together thousands of housing professionals on 25 and 26 November at ExCeL London.
The RISE team will be at stand U950 throughout the two days. We’d love to meet you, discuss your retrofit experience, future project plans, and the support that you can access through RISE. Please feel free to drop in at the stand and say “hello”!
Published: November 2025
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Meet the team at stand U950
Kate Watson, RISE Technical Support Lead
Kate Watson is a retrofit specialist with over 20 years’ experience of delivering programmes and projects in the construction sector, including fourteen within domestic retrofit at scale for local authorities and housing providers. At RISE, Kate manages a team of specialist consultants providing support to housing associations and local authorities.
At HOMES UK, Kate will be speaking at the panel session: Unlocking retrofit funding: Lessons from Wave 3, 25 November, 10:15-11am, Warm and Healthy Homes Stage. With Wave 3 of the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund now allocated, this session will bring together housing associations and local authorities to reflect on what worked and what didn’t. Kate will bring insights from her experience supporting Warm Homes grant recipients through the funding application and mobilisation processes.
Natalie Gardner - RISE Support Regional Lead (London)
Natalie is a Housing and Development professional who joined Turner & Townsend in July 2022 within the Sustainability team. Natalie’s experience lies within programme management of housing improvement works, regeneration strategy and environmental performance reporting, and she has previously provided one to one support to potential applicants during the recent Warm Homes application windows.
Sam Grounds - RISE Support Manager (South East)
Sam Grounds is a seasoned housing professional who joined Turner & Townsend in June 2024 as a Senior Consultant within the Sustainability team, contributing to initiatives focused on sustainability, net-zero objectives, and housing improvement.
Lucy Thompson - RISE Communications Lead (Conferences & Website)
Lucy is a Consultant within Turner & Townsend's Real Estate Sustainability Team. Having recently joined the team and working on RISE, Lucy is responsible for overseeing strategic communications, coordinating RISE's attendance at conferences and managing content to enhance brand visibility and engagement.