2022 Conference speakers and workshop facilitators

We have an incredible range contributors at this years conference, including our keynote and roundtable panel speakers on day one, and our workshop hosts and facilitators on days one and two.

Keynote speakers

Neil O’Brien OBE, MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Care
People with experience of Shared Lives care and Homeshare
Richard Jones, Chair of board of trustees, Shared Lives Plus

Roundtable discussion speakers

Josh MacAlister, chair of the Independent Review of Children’s Services
Alex Smith, CEO The Cares Family
Steph Downey, Service Director for Adult Social Care, Gateshead Council
Ewan King, CEO, Shared Lives Plus
and Shared Lives and Homeshare Ambassadors

Workshop hosts and facilitators

We have more than 30 workshops to chose from this year, with expert facilitators from the worlds of finance, design, social care, HR, communications, and of course, Shared Lives.

You can find profiles of all our workshop hosts and facilitators here.

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