Sector leader
Chief Executive of the Voluntary Organisations Disability Group
Press citations
2
Topic
1
Adult social care & reform
Last quoted
Sept 2026
“VODG's panel event heard from Sir Stephen Timms, Minister for Social Security and Disability, Jen Craft, MP for Thurrock, Les Warren, managing director of Reside with Progress and Rhidian Hughes, CEO of VODG, to discuss the actions needed to address over 2000 autistic people and people with a learning disability living in locked settings.”
“Despite the best efforts of providers and the broad approaches they've taken to address staff shortages, meaningful progress to address the workforce challenges facing the sector will continue to stall while local authorities can't fully cover the true costs of social care support.”
Chief Executive of the Voluntary Organisations Disability Group · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · Low pay cited as major adult social care staffing challenge ↗
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