Adam Sampson has been Director of Shelter, the country's leading housing and homelessness charity, since January 2003.
After some years at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he was appointed Junior Dean in 1986, Sampson worked in various capacities in the criminal justice system, first as a probation officer in London and then as Deputy Director of the Prison Reform Trust. In the latter role, he researched, wrote and broadcast widely on issues of crime, punishment and social equity. In 1994, Mr Sampson joined the Home Office to help establish the new Office of the Prisons Ombudsman.
After serving three years as Assistant Prisons Ombudsman, he left to return to the voluntary sector as Chief Executive of RAPt, a national drugs charity. During his five years there, the organisation won a number of awards for excellence, and he represented the UK Government on several official foreign visits to discuss drug policies. Sampson worked with homeless people in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and has long had an interest in housing and homelessness. During his time at Shelter, he has broadcast and campaigned for improved housing policies. He has sat on a number of Government working parties, including the Government Task Force on Home Ownership, and has been closely involved in initiatives such as the Barker Review of Housing Supply. He has also been a judge for the RIBA Prize and is both a Fellow and a member of the Advisory Council of the Royal Society for the Arts.
After some years at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he was appointed Junior Dean in 1986, Sampson worked in various capacities in the criminal justice system, first as a probation officer in London and then as Deputy Director of the Prison Reform Trust. In the latter role, he researched, wrote and broadcast widely on issues of crime, punishment and social equity. In 1994, Mr Sampson joined the Home Office to help establish the new Office of the Prisons Ombudsman.
After serving three years as Assistant Prisons Ombudsman, he left to return to the voluntary sector as Chief Executive of RAPt, a national drugs charity. During his five years there, the organisation won a number of awards for excellence, and he represented the UK Government on several official foreign visits to discuss drug policies. Sampson worked with homeless people in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and has long had an interest in housing and homelessness. During his time at Shelter, he has broadcast and campaigned for improved housing policies. He has sat on a number of Government working parties, including the Government Task Force on Home Ownership, and has been closely involved in initiatives such as the Barker Review of Housing Supply. He has also been a judge for the RIBA Prize and is both a Fellow and a member of the Advisory Council of the Royal Society for the Arts.
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