Dave Eldridge is the London and South-East Regional Adviser for Foundations, the national body for home improvement agencies. Foundations oversees a national network of nearly 200 home improvement agencies and handyperson providers across the country. In his role as Regional Adviser, Dave provides advice on policy and practise with regard to the delivery of Disabled Facilities Grants to local councils, other organisations and to individuals. Before joining Foundations in 2018 Dave managed a home improvement agency in north-east London, having also developed and managed one of the earliest home improvement agencies in the 1980s in east London, where he lives.