Jon Meech

Jon Meech

Chief Executive Officer at HandsOn London

London, England, United Kingdom
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I have always enjoyed a challenge. Most of my professional life has revolved around managing change, improvement and development of new services. Motto: No such thing as a problem, or even a challenge, just the opportunity for a creative solution!

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Experience

  • Chief Executive Officer

    HandsOn London

    - Present 9 years 6 months

    London, England Metropolitan Area

  • Alzheimer's Society

    Alzheimer's Society

    4 years 6 months

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      Services Manager

      Alzheimer's Society

      - 1 year 3 months

      London, United Kingdom

      Following a re-alignment of roles within London, my responsibilities have widened to include our services in the London Boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth and Southwark

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      Support Services Manager

      Alzheimer's Society

      - 2 years 1 month

      South East London

      Line management of two staff teams undertaking a number of projects within the London Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark. The role includes: Service development and evaluation, Management of Stakeholder relationships, change management, recruitment and development of staff and volunteers. Preparation of funding bids, promotion of Alzheimer's Society.

      I am also facilitator and Chair of the regional employee forum.

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      Dementia Support Manager

      Alzheimer's Society

      - 1 year 5 months

      Responsibilities
      * Operational Management of services in SE London
      * Line Management of support staff
      * Development of Networks
      * Development, implementation and quality assurance of systems and procedures
      * Recruitment, induction and development of staff.

  • Network Manager

    Scout Enterprises

    - 2 years 9 months

    This role was to provide support to the seven Patient & Public Involvement in Health forums for Cornwall and Plymouth. This included liaison with Healthcare organisations, including the NHS, Social Services and Voluntary organisations and to act as Forum Manager. This was a new contract for my employers to provide this service to the PPI Commission. Upon taking up the post, I was fortunate enough to be given a 'blank sheet' to work from. The Commission itself was so new; it had yet to be…

    This role was to provide support to the seven Patient & Public Involvement in Health forums for Cornwall and Plymouth. This included liaison with Healthcare organisations, including the NHS, Social Services and Voluntary organisations and to act as Forum Manager. This was a new contract for my employers to provide this service to the PPI Commission. Upon taking up the post, I was fortunate enough to be given a 'blank sheet' to work from. The Commission itself was so new; it had yet to be set up! As a consequence, premises had to be found, staff and volunteers recruited, budgets set and even roles agreed between the Commission and stake holders. This was a very challenging and exciting time which allowed me to flourish in my role. Principal achievements were the setting up of an effective support network over a widely dispersed area, the provision of specialist localised training and the induction of our volunteers into the decision making arena of local statutory and voluntary agencies.

  • Operations Manager

    St. Petrocs Society Ltd

    - 4 years 7 months

    My role as Acting Operations Manager gave me the responsibility of overseeing the management of four hostels, a day centre, a team of outreach workers, and a rent bond support scheme. Reporting to the CEO, the role included staff supervision, support and budget management. I prepared the society for the introduction of the, then new, Supporting People funding stream and set up the first floating support scheme in North Cornwall.

Education

Volunteer Experience

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    Christmas Volunteer

    Blackfriars Settlement

    - Present 9 years 9 months

    I usually volunteer at Christmas, helping to deliver a Christmas Day to isolated people in the London Borough of Southwark. This is an all day event with lunch, carols and a great atmosphere. I am proud to be part of the happy team that makes this happen for so many local people.

Projects

  • Wrap Up London

    - Present

    This is a great campaign that had been running for four years before I had the privilege of joining Hands On London. The campaign collects donated warm coats for the most vulnerable in our city and distributes them through homeless, refugee, and other charities during November to December each year. Over recent years I have had the opportunity to extend the reach of the campaign where we are now able to collect and distribute in excess of 30,000 coats to those most in need. 1,500 volunteers…

    This is a great campaign that had been running for four years before I had the privilege of joining Hands On London. The campaign collects donated warm coats for the most vulnerable in our city and distributes them through homeless, refugee, and other charities during November to December each year. Over recent years I have had the opportunity to extend the reach of the campaign where we are now able to collect and distribute in excess of 30,000 coats to those most in need. 1,500 volunteers join us to do this.

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  • Personal budget support planning for people affected by dementia

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    Working with local people affected by dementia to co-produce dementia friendly personal budget support planning tools. Local project team of Jon Meech, Amy Harris & Ruth Bright being supported by Ian McCreath (Programme Manager for Personal Choice) and Gillian Bailey (from project partners, Helen Sanderson Associates). Funded by Southwark Council

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