You Care, I Care

My guest today is James Hilton of James Hilton Fitness and Jim’s Gym. We met a year ago and since then I have worked with James and his family to find the best support for his grandmother.  Today James shares with me about his business and his background into the industry and how that helped him to set up Jim’s Gym.  James is based in Stroud and decided to become a personal trainer about four and...

On today’s episode of ‘You Care, I Care’ Janet is joined by Olwen Shaw of Olwen Shaw Style. Olwen and Janet have been friends for nearly 20 years and with Olwen’s interesting career journey it was a no brainer to have her as today’s guest! Olwen started off as a physiotherapist who worked mainly in the respiratory sector moving onto other areas including palliative care which she absolutely loved....

On this episode of You Care, I Care with Janet Shreeve, I sit down with Elaine Hollerhead, owner of DESIGNATE – an inclusive interior design consultancy. Elaine is also an occupational therapist so has seen behind the scenes of the care industry through different roles. Elaine set up DESIGNATE to combine both her love of interior design and her knowledge as an occupational therapy so that people c...

This episode I’m joined by Yusuf Abubaker, the Managing Director of Bosun Care. Yusuf was my very first client and is still a client today. Yusuf started out working in marketing and shares his journey into the world of care and what has kept him in the industry almost 15 years later. After wanting to join the army, and his wife not liking the idea, Yusuf thought about working in the industry supp...

Today my guest is Joey Williams-Pears from Outstanding Compliance and the new support group called Pssst. With all of the new rules and regulations being brought in by the CQC it’s important to have someone like Joey in your corner! She started working in healthcare in 2000 in operating theatres and then spent almost 15 years as an operating department practitioner – a job role that not many peopl...

Today my guest is Vanessa White who is a breakup and divorce coach. After going through her own divorce, Vanessa found that divorce and breakups are known the be the second most traumatic life event after the death of a loved one. Everyday is different for Vanessa as she supports people in all different situations. They could include infidelity, joint finances, co-parenting children, people who fe...

On today’s show I am joined by my friend and colleague Paul Watson. Paul and I have worked with each other for many years and I’m so happy that he agreed to come and talk to me about his time working within the care industry. Paul first interviewed me in 2014 for a job and our friendship has grown from there. In this episode he shares about his journey into the care industry via university as a ma...

In this episode, I talk with Emma Doney from Adorno Care and we talk about her journey to working in the care industry.  Emma’s journey didn’t have the typical start for a care manager as she went to university and studied environmental science and meteorology before becoming a weather forecaster! Emma ended up looking after her grandmother who was eventually diagnosed with Alzheimer’s which led t...

Today I'm joined by my friend Jodie Fraser. Jodie is the founder and CEO of Fraser Allen Estate Management and is with me today to discuss her experience of the care industry. Jodie's grandmother was diagnosed with dementia and with brought a wide range of ups and downs in experiences with her care. For the last five months, Jodie has been a client of mine and we discuss the way things h...

Today Janet is joined by her friend and neighbour who also happens to be called Janet! In this episode the friends sit down to discuss Janets’ experience of the care industry as a parent. Her son is 10 years old and has ADHD and Autism and Janet is sharing her challenges that she has faced as a parent being able to get a diagnosis and support from the professionals. She shares how lockdown highlig...

In this introductory episode, Janet Shreeve, director of Shreeve Care Services, is sharing the journey that led her to set up her consultancy company. Janet realised that the care industry is in crisis and set up Shreeve Care Services to be a necessary support to those that need it. We are all aware that there is an increasing requirement for care and placements to meet people's individual ca...