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Oonagh Smyth

Chief Executive, Skills for Care


Oonagh Smyth is CEO of Skills for Care. For seven years she was Executive Director of Strategy and Influence at Mencap leading a directorate of around 500 people across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Oonagh has held roles at the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action and the Northern Ireland Equality Commission, senior roles in Westminster Equalities Partnership and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations. She is a former Co-Chair of the Care and Support Alliance, which is a cross-sector alliance of 80 social care organisations influencing at the highest government levels.

Blogs and articles written by Oonagh Smyth

Looking to the future

14 May 2020

At Skills for Care we have been thinking about the future, while supporting the sector in the here and now. Our CEO Oonagh Smyth looks at what the fu…read more

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Our CEO Oonagh Smyth reflects on how the sector has stepped up to meet the COVID-19 crisis

23 Mar 2020

Oonagh Smyth discusses how the social care workforce has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and praises the hard work of the sector. read more

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