ABOUT US
Our Team
''Our Alliance is born, not of fear but of hope. It is an Alliance that advances what we are for, as well as opposes what we are against." ~ John F Kennedy

Lucy Fullard
CEO and founder
Lucy Fullard is founder and CEO of the Parent and Carer Alliance.
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Lucy is an experienced parent carer, mother to three, Shared lives carer and previous foster carer. In addition, she is a qualified advocate and peer mental health supporter.
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Lucy has driven and supported many national and local projects which strive to make positive changes. These include currently working with Professor Luke Clements and writing a chapter for his upcoming book.
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Lucy cares passionately about improving lives for families with disabled children.

Meet Our Team

Louise Arnold
Director
Both of my children developed long term medical conditions meaning they needed support from education, health and social care. The many challenges in getting my children’s needs met, meant that I gladly offered my support to the Alliance to help other parent carers have better support, and feel less alone.

Becky Rowlands
Family Support WorkerÂ
Hi, I'm Becky, I live in the cotswolds with my son who is autistic, and have an ex-racehorse and a puppy. Between them all, they certainly keep me on my toes! I Joined Parent and Carer Alliance after a long fight to get my son support, and I hope that I can use my past experiences to help many families in the future.

Laura
Family Support WorkerÂ
Hi, I'm Laura, and I joined the team a year ago after receiving invaluable support and advocacy services from the Parent and Carer Alliance to help secure my son his much-needed EHCP. So often as parent carers, we find ourselves in the midst of battles that we didn't even know existed until we are faced with them. And far too many families are dealing with multifactorial challenges whilst statutory services repeatedly fail to deliver. This role has enabled me to draw on my own experiences and knowledge from over two decades of parenting children with SEND and utilise this help to empower other parent carers on their journeys.
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Duncan
Social Worker
Duncan Siret is an independent social worker who has worked alongside the Parent and Carer Alliance since the summer of 2018, before then he spent over 30 years, mostly with Gloucestershire County Council, working in children’s social care. He has been a social worker, a team manager, a child protection conference chair, a children’s social care complaints manager amongst other roles. In latter years he worked in quality assurance, a position that involved collecting the views and experiences of parents who receive a social work service.

Jody
Family Support WorkerÂ
I'm Jody and a Family Support Worker here at PCA. Away from work I have two Children with SEN, so I can connect with families on a personal level, as I understand the struggles they face. I have experience in supporting families to advocate neurodivergent children's needs within the education environment. In my spare time I like to get out for walks, pick up a book, or head to the shops. As a Family we like getting crafty, head to a park and build dens, before going home for a hot chocolate in front of a good movie.

Gaynor
Advocate
I am a freelance advocate with nearly 20 years extensive experience in supporting children, young people and vulnerable adults in all areas of children services and family court proceedings. Â I am an experienced and capable practitioner, and I am known for my ability to empathise with clients by listening and communicating with them. Â I am well respected by the judiciary and by professionals in Social Care, Health and Education.