Richard Parry - Non-Executive Director

Richard brings executive level experience of health and social care systems to the Belong Board, having worked as Executive Director in both the NHS and Adult Social Care in Cumbria and Kirklees and in non-executive roles in both the Third Sector, NHS and with safeguarding boards.

This is balanced by the frontline experience of his early career, when he started out as a care assistant in a care home before going on to qualify as a social worker in Southampton.

He lives in the South Pennines area of West Yorkshire and takes advantage of the opportunities offered by the countryside there.