Melanie co-founded Walnut Care in 2002. Walnut Care delivers domiciliary care for adults across Lincolnshire. The company is one of Lincolnshire County Council’s lead providers of adult home care in the county and employs over 200 people. Since 2002, Melanie has served as the chief executive of the company. Walnut Care is a family run, independent business and bases its central operation in Langrick, just outside of Boston.

As a passionate advocate for the care industry, Melanie is the Chair of the Lincolnshire Care Association. Before taking up this position in July 2016, Melanie previously served as the Vice Chair of the same association for eight years, since 2008. The aim of the organisation is to represent all types of care providers across the county. Through these roles, Melanie has become a respected commentator on care and health issues within Lincolnshire and more widely in the UK. Melanie has made appearances on a variety of TV and radio stations. Melanie is also proud to serve as a fellow at skillsforcare – a national body which supports care providers in developing, maintaining and retaining their workforce. As the CEO of a small and medium-sized care provider,she is determined to speak up for the small care providers across the country,many of which Melanie believes are delivering excellent standards of care,under challenging circumstances. Melanie aims to use her platform, on a local and national level, to ensure their voices are heard

Eddy has been CEO at Oxfordshire Association of Care Providers since 2014. He has a long career is social care having started a care worker in the 1990s before managing early dementia support services and learning disability services. He has worked for local authorities, Department of Health and the Local Government Association as well as running his own business.