Each of our centre teams is headed by an experienced Centre Manager passionate about enabling people to achieve their goals and aspirations. Centre Managers are supported by a team of dedicated tutors, project co-ordinators and assistants from diverse backgrounds including education, health and social care, business and beyond! Centre teams also benefit from the help of local volunteers who share their time and skills for free and add value to our clients’ experiences and learning. For current vacancies see here and volunteering opportunities see here.
To find out more about our centres please go to Reach Southwell, Reach Newark, Reach Mansfield, Flower Pod and Flower Pod Newark.
Our Reach Learning Disability Care CIC is headed by our Registered Care Manager supported by a wonderful management and delivery team. In 2018 Reach Care was rated as Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission – a reflection of the team’s commitment to high quality one-to-one care support. Please see Reach Care page to find out more.
Our Head Office team includes a hard-working bunch of people committed to good governance, financial control and innovative fundraising. We’ll update this page in due course but if you’d like to know more about our team please get in touch.
Steve Shatwell
Chief Executive
Chief Executive since 2007. Ran financial services business for 20 years. Prime carer for brother Richard, who had Down’s syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease. Passionate about supporting people to have choice in their lives.
"I truly believe that with our fantastic staff, volunteer and trustee team we can reach new standards of delivery and support for adults with learning disabilities."
Rachel Lannon
Chair of Trustees
Independent Corporate Business Consultant and Trainer with over 10 years’ experience of supporting multinational companies and statutory bodies to improve capabilities and capacity. Former Global Procurement and Operations Manager at the Eastman Kodak Company. Former JP.
Nick Turner
Deputy Chair of Trustees, Audit Committee
Retired local businessman. Member of Southwell Lions. Verger at Southwell Minster.
Adrian Hartley
Reach Care Director, Voice & Participation Group Volunteer
Father of a son with complex needs. 'Expert by Experience' working with CQC Inspectors. Co-chair of Carers Space Notts. Chair of the Respectful and Inclusive Language and Communication Learning and Action. Member of the Learning Disabilities and Autism Physical Health Steering Group Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System (ICS) (LeDeR).
Pati Colman
Voice & Participation Group Volunteer
Former Complaints Manager, Adult Social Care. Former Investigations Officer, Training Officer, Study Supervisor and Mental Health Social Worker with Nottinghamshire County Council. Chair of the Westgate Group for people with disabilities and their families.
Julie Payne
Founder member of the Westgate Group. 20 year foster carer, former chair roles at local school and Family Care adoption panel. Parent of three sons, one with a physical disability, adoptive parent to two disabled daughters and "mum" to Selma, who also has disabilities.
Bob Gardner
Head of Audit Committee
Bob is a chartered accountant. Now retired, he spent most of his career with three UK public companies in senior roles in finance, business development and general management. He is the father of a daughter who had profound and multiple disabilities.
Paul Evans
Director of Youth & Education at St John Ambulance. Strong background in voluntary sector leadership, education, youth services, homelessness and mental health. Passionate about social mobility, inclusion and services that create real and lasting change in people’s lives. Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and full member of the Chartered Management Institute.
Mark Bramble
Served in in electronics and telecommunications in the Royal Air Force in the UK and overseas. Corporate IT experience for Perot Systems, Powergen, Eon, HP and Boots. Many decades’ experience of voluntary work for charities and civic organisations. Father of a son with learning disabilities.
John Peacock
Reach Care Director, Audit Committee
Retired Partner of intellectual property law firm Potter Clarkson, where he specialised in trade mark law. Previous positions include 'in-house' Trade Mark Attorney at BT and the branding consultancy Interbrand. He sits as a Magistrate in Nottingham and Mansfield.
Richard Whall
Operational and general management in food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics working for Boots, Premier Foods, Princes and Novartis. COO setting up the National Pandemic Laboratory during the pandemic. Held various trustee roles and loves to use his know-how and energy to help those facing difficult life challenges.
Centre Staff
Please see under our Services tab for information about our Reach Southwell, Reach Newark, Reach Mansfield and Flower Pod centres.
Volunteers
Volunteers are very important to us. They come from all walks of life and make a real difference to our clients’ lives. Click here to find out about volunteering at Reach.
Find out about a volunteer’s experience here.