Alex Fox is CEO of
Shared Lives Plus, the UK network for small community services for older and disabled
people. Shared Lives Plus represents Shared Lives carers and schemes and works
with
Community Catalysts to support social care micro-enterprises. It is also the network for Homeshare
schemes. Alex sits on the National Programme Board for Think Local, Act Personal, the sector-led programme for transforming
care and support. He co-led on prevention for the social care White Paper
engagement process '
Caring for Our Future' and in 2012 was one of NESTA and The Observer’s Britain’s New Radicals.
Alex was Director
of Policy and Communications for The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and he
still sits on the Standing Commission on Carers. Alex is a visiting lecturer at
Nottingham University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He blogs at alexfoxblog.wordpress.com,
@AlexatNAAPS and www.socialcareworker.co.
He enjoys rock climbing and writing.