{"id":1921,"date":"2023-03-27T16:03:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T16:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lhwbc.co.uk\/test\/?page_id=1921"},"modified":"2023-03-27T16:03:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T16:03:11","slug":"sam-morris-director-chair-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lhwbc.co.uk\/test\/sam-morris-director-chair-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Morris – Director\/ Chair of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Director of the Lancashire Health and Well-Being Centre. C.I.C., <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CEO for Blackburn with Darwen Carers Service, a Charity supporting unpaid family carers living in the Borough<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wanted to work with children and qualified as a Nursery Nurse in 1988. I went on to further study in 1990 and become a Hospital Play Therapist working within a hospital setting with children and young people providing therapy play to help them deal with evasive treatments and procedures. I became a team leader at Queens Park Hospital in Blackburn and then moved on to a higher-grade role at Preston Hospital. I married in 1994 and went on to have two children, Scarlett 17yrs and Blake 13yrs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I changed direction in 2001 and moved to the Voluntary Sector and was employed as a Young Carers Development Worker. This was a brand new project that needed setting up. I took on the role of Young Carers Manager and grew the service over the next 3 years. I then become a Development Worker for a new Carers Service in 2004, supporting adult carers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past 8 years, I have\u00a0taken the Service into independency, developed new services and projects, secured ongoing statutory funding and grown the team.\u00a0 As CEO, I am responsible for the Strategic and Operations of the service. The Service employs 14 staff and has a Trustee Board. I had the opportunity to set up a Social Enterprise in 2011 \u2013 The Olive Branch Restaurant. Profit from the Restaurant will help sustain the Carers’ Service.\u00a0 I completed a Diploma in Management Studies in 2010. I was a School Governor providing support to the Head Teacher in running the Primary School where my children attended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As well as working full time, I have my own Slimming World Franchise business running a group every Wednesday evening supporting members to reach their targets and dreams. I love spending time reading and watching my family in amateur dramatic productions and of course, eating out is a favourite!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Director of the Lancashire Health and Well-Being Centre. C.I.C., CEO for Blackburn with Darwen Carers Service, a Charity supporting unpaid family carers living in the Borough I wanted to work with children and qualified as a Nursery Nurse in 1988. I went on to further study in 1990 and become a Hospital Play Therapist working […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lhwbc.co.uk\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1921"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lhwbc.co.uk\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lhwbc.co.uk\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lhwbc.co.uk\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lhwbc.co.uk\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lhwbc.co.uk\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1922,"href":"https:\/\/lhwbc.co.uk\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1921\/revisions\/1922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lhwbc.co.uk\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}