Our Board

Councillor Philip Gretton

Councillor Philip Gretton

Philip is the Cabinet Member for Adult and Community Services. Councillor Gretton's ward is Redditch West and he has been a member of the County Council since May 2001.
 
Philip is the co-chair of the Learning Disability Partnership Board (from December 2008), with Ruby Walker.
Ruby Walker

Ruby Walker

Co-chair of the Worcestershire Learning Disability Partnership Board.
 
Ruby is also co-chair of the Health Sub-Group alongside Kate Robinson.
She is also an Expert Member, and is the Administrator for the Regional Forum. 
Tim Holman

Tim Holman

Expert Member
 
Tim is the co-chair of the Workforce 4 Tomorrow sub-group alongside Joe Mairura.
Kate Robinson

Kate Robinson

Health Development Manager
 
Kate is co-chair of the Health sub-group alongside Ruby Walker
Michael 'Chester' O'Neill

Michael 'Chester' O'Neill

Expert Member
Chester is the co-chair of the Chances and Choices sub-group

Sarah Baker

Expert Member.
 
Sarah is the co-chair of the Employment sub-group with Ruth Krivosic
Colin Chapman

Colin Chapman

Colin is the Chief Crown Prosecutor for West Mercia. He is the Hate Crime co-chair alongside Ian Harper

Ian Harper

Expert Member
 
Ian is the co-chair of the Hate Crime sub-group alongside Colin Chapman.
Maxine Foxall

Maxine Foxall

Expert Member
 
Maxine is the co-chair of the Housing sub-group.
Malcolm Clifford

Malcolm Clifford

Expert Member.
Malcolm is co-chair of the Expert Members sub-group 
Sylvia Meyrick

Sylvia Meyrick

Chief Officer SpeakEasy N.O.W
 
SpeakEasy NOW is a self-advocacy organisation that helps people with learning disabilities speak up for themselves. SpeakEasy support the Expert Members at the meetings.
 
 
Peter Pinfield

Peter Pinfield

Peter is a Non-Executive Director of the Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership Trust and was a Labour County Councillor for 30 years, including periods as leader of the Labour group and Chair of Social Services.

Linda Dando

Linda is the Worcestershire Primary Care Trust Representative on the Partnership Board
Liz Lloyd

Liz Lloyd

Worcester Carers Association

Judy Adams

Worcestershire Association of Carers
 
Judy provides support to family carers at the Learning Disability Partnership Board.
Ray Eades

Ray Eades

Parent/Carer Representative.
 
Ray is also a  member of the Doing It Your Way sub-group and the Wyre Forest Leisure Group.
Patricia Hackett

Patricia Hackett

Patricia works for Mencap - Community Development Officer for Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Anne Duddington

Parent Carer.
 
Anne joined the Learning Disability Partnership Board in October 2008.

Chris Parker

Service Manager, Family Support and Children with Disabilities
 
Chris is a member of the Transitions Sub Group, and represents childrens services at the Partnership Board
Julie Campbell

Julie Campbell

Dimensions Housing Association.
Julie is a provider services representative on the Partnership Board
Sarah Foster

Sarah Foster

Training and Development Advisor

Peter Gill

Peter Gill, from Festival Housing is the c-chair of the Housing sub-group alongside Maxine Foxall.

Joe Mairura

Joe Mairura is Community Services Manager with Worcestershire County Council.
He co-chairs the Workforce 4 Tomorrow sub-group with Tim Holman.

Ray Galier

Ray is an Expert Member. He is the co-chair of the Transitions sub-group alongside Sylvia Lacy.

Police Representative

We are looking for a member of the Hate Crime sub-group, to report on hate crime and Police Figures to the Learning Disability Partnership Board.

Ruth Krivosic

Ruth was appointed in June 2009 as Head of Joint Commissioning for Learning Disabilities. Ruth used to work for another Local Authority, in Sandwell.
Ruth co-chairs the Employment sub-group with Sarah Baker.

Jonathan Monk

Jonathan is a Joint Commissioning Manager for Learning Disabilities.
He helps decide where the money is spent within Learning Disability Services.