He is also co-founder and director of United for All Ages, an intergenerational ‘think-do’ tank that brings older and younger people together to create a Britain for all ages. Previously Stephen was chief executive of two national care charities and senior manager in various national organisations.

Stephen has held leadership positions in local government as a councillor and leader of a London borough and in the NHS on various boards in London and Norfolk. He has been a trustee and chair of some twenty national and local charities in the fields of ageing, housing, care, health and families. Currently he is a trustee of Care Rights UK and Tendring Families First and a school governor. Stephen co-founded the Campaign to End Loneliness and Good Care Guide and led mergers to create Grandparents Plus and The Family Mediation Trust.