Tricia Nicoll Tricia has an uncompromising belief in the power of inclusion and the potential of people and their ability to take greater control of their lives. She works directly with organisations, people and families, facilitate co-production, design and deliver events and workshops and provide bespoke training. Tricia is a convenor of #SocialCare Future and a trustee for Keyring. If you want to book Tricia contact us HERE

Steve McGuiness Steve is an Autism consultant and trainer covering subjects of autism, asperger syndrome, autism and asperger awareness training, sensory interation difficulties from a personal perspective. Challenging Behaviour or as he prefers to term Behaviour that Challenges. Advocacy Training. Key note and Conference speaker. As a person on the autism spectrum himself he offers up a first person perspective sessions, with a difference. Steve has worked with many Local Authorities delivering first person perspective…

Dr Clenton Farquharsen CBE Clenton is an Associated Director of the Think Local Act Personal Partnership, a cross-sector leadership partnership focused on driving forward work with personalisation, community-based health and social care. Their unique strength is bringing together people who use services and family carers with central and local government, major providers from the private, third and voluntary sector and other key groups. Clenton is named in Disability News Services’ List of influential disabled people….

Dr Anna Severwright OBE Anna is one of the convenors of Social Care Future, a diverse social movement looking to bring positive change to social care. She lives with multiple long-term conditions and disability, bringing her personal experience of receiving both health and social care to her roles. She strongly believes that care should be personalised, focused on what matters to a person, to enable them to live the life they want. Anna also champions…

Rich Amos About Rich… Rich has orientated himself to take up positions across social care, health, housing and technology enabled lives – all of which are aligned to advocating for social justice and elevating how people, who draw on support, should be enabled to live a life of their choosing. He draws on support himself, and is passionate about contributing to agendas that, through the power of co-production and personalisation, create system level change, by…

William Case CF About Will… William Case CF is a disabled person with experience of being supported to have his voice heard by a community advocate back in 2009. Prior to this, he was isolated within the community and never felt understood. After working with his community advocate, William then embarked on an internationally recognised leadership course called ‘Partners In Policy Making’, which gave William the confidence to advocate for himself and support other people…

Iggy Patel My name is Iggy Patel, I am an Ex investigatory local authority officer and have very good knowledge of Equlities the Care Act and Continuing Health care. I specialise in policy, sec 149 duties, coproduction and case law. I have written a number of blogs and have created and freely shared training resources with advocacy services/training organisations. I consider myself very solution focused with smart planning and reviewing. I am creative and highly…

Isaac Samuels About me… For the past 25 years, I have dedicated my life to reducing the barriers faced by Disabled People and seldom heard groups that are often overlooked. My work focuses on openly and honestly exploring these barriers and supporting individuals in re-telling their narratives in ways that empower and strengthen them. Rooted in sharing personal stories and helping others do the same, I strive to ensure equal opportunities for all, regardless of…