John Wearing
John WearingJohn retired from Anthony Collins Solicitors, after 30 years as a partner, at the end of April 2023, having established their nationally recognised Health and Social Care practice. He now focuses on the provision of commercial and governance advice to senior teams and trustees in the Social Care sector, working with a network of highly respected individuals to deliver advice and support on all aspects of providers’ opportunities and threats.
Zoe McCallum
Zoe McCallumZoe is an experienced senior leader in the third sector, inspiring operational teams to deliver the strategic plan across a multi-site social care organisation. Overseeing quality and compliance, contracts, care, health & safety, volunteers, wellbeing activities and technology, whilst ensuring that the organisation is commercially viable.
She has implemented innovative digital transformations and grown the reputation of previous organisations she has been a part of, partnering with stakeholders, Southampton University, the NCF and the Department of Health & Social Care. With a background as registered mental health nurse with over 30 years’ experience, She is a champion for health and social care and improving the lives of others.
Tracy Paine
Tracy PaineTracy is an experienced executive and Board director within the not-for-profit nursing and social care sector. A retired registered nurse professional with a Masters in Business Management and Gerontology, and former Deputy CEO and founder of Belong care villages – a dementia specialist care organisation.
As a Churchill Fellow with an MBA for services to dementia care, she can provide high quality mentoring for managers and support with dementia design.
Raj Shroff
Raj has over 30 years’ experience in the Care and Support sector starting as a volunteer in a large Direct Access Hostel for homeless men and leaving a Midlands based Housing Association as Director of its Supported Services and Deputy Director of Care and Support.
Raj is a director of a consultancy company working with organisations who deliver care and support services in the public, private and voluntary sector, with an MBA and an Executive Leadership Certificate awarded by Cranfield University’s School of Management.
He is a Non-Executive Director of a CIC supported housing association having previously served on a national learning disabilities charity board, and has been a director of a bond scheme and a trustee of two local homelessness charities.
Commercially focussed, Raj is interested in ensuring Care and Support services are viable and are quality driven for better outcomes for customers. Having managed budgets in excess of £30million pa with hundreds of staffr, he has the ability to see solutions to problems and deliver operationally to strategic objectives.
Raj has a keen interest in enabling colleagues to see the potential for services when they are efficiently resourced and is passionate about futureproofing services.
Sara Beamand
Sara BeamandSara has over 30 years’ experience within the care and supported housing environment, including retirement and extra care housing. She is a director of a consultancy company working with organisations in the public, private and voluntary sector, having previously been the executive director of care and support for a large midlands housing association delivering services to a wide range of customer groups.
She has extensive experience of working within the regulatory framework of CQC as a nominated individual and managing large numbers of registered services.
Since 2018, Sara held the role of Interim CEO of a learning disability charity providing registered care homes and domiciliary care services in the community, and is a non-executive director of a large international older persons Housing Association. She sits on the care and support committee of a national housing association also having served as a statutory appointee to a housing board on behalf of the housing regulator.
Sara has a real passion for the delivery of high-quality person-centred care and support services which deliver excellent outcomes to all individuals receiving services.
Donna Briggs
Donna BriggsSocial Care Coach and Consultant. Former Managing Director of a multi-award winning, ‘outstanding’ well-led and ‘platinum’ Investors in People care provider, with 27 years’ experience of the social care sector (care homes, domiciliary care and supported living) at both operational and board level. Passionate about working in collaboration to deliver transformational change and develop positive, kind cultures aligned to the values and vision of care services to achieve the ultimate outcome, to enhance the lives of people living and working in care.
