4th September 2009

Lifeways Community Care, the UK’s leading provider of supported living for people with complex needs, has appointed a new Project Director to help drive forward future growth.

Garry Cross, 48, has more than 20 years’ experience in senior management roles across the retail and domiciliary care sectors. He will be responsible for overseeing new acquisitions for Lifeways, which is planning to grow its supported living and care home services by a fifth over the coming year.

Following his appointment, Mr Cross said: “Lifeways has a strong service ethic and it is this ethos which attracted me to the job. The team really enjoy their work and I can see the company has excellent potential for growth in order to continue the outstanding work it undertakes across the country.”

Established in 1995, Lifeways (www.lifeways.co.uk) offers specialist care and support to more than 1250 people with challenging needs, including autism, psychiatric or learning disabilities and acquired brain injuries, in their own home or a community setting. The company employs more than 2,750 people.

Chief Executive Paul Marriner added: “Garry will be responsible for the strategic roll-out of decisions made at board level, developing new policies and procedures to ensure we remain the leader in our field. His experience will enable us to move forward as a business, whilst maintaining the excellent levels of support which the users of our services have come to expect.”

Lifeways has recently received a hat-trick of accreditations, having been awarded ISO 18001 for occupational health and safety, ISO 14001 for its environmental management systems, as well as ISO 9001 for quality business management.