Lenny Shallcross

Lenny Shallcross is Director of the World Dementia Council. Prior to that, he was Head of Community Engagement leading programmes across the UK to establish Dementia Friendly Communities. This includes the Dementia Friends programme which is the biggest health social movement campaign delivered by 10,000 volunteers that have recruited 2 million individuals through a community, digital and corporate offer. Before working for Alzheimer's Society, he worked in the UK government as a political adviser at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department of Health as well as working in Parliament and for the Labour Party.