Lord Adebowale

Lord Victor Adebowale is the chief executive of Turning Point, the UK's leading social care organisation, working with people facing alcohol, drug abuse, mental health and learning disabilities. He is also co-chair of the National Steering Group for Black and Minority Ethnic mental health.

Lord Adebowale was born in 1962 and began his career in local authority estate management before joining the housing association movement. He spent time with Patchwork Community housing association and was the regional director of Ujima, Britain's largest black-led housing association. He was the director of the Alcohol Recovery Project and most recently the chief executive of the youth homelessness charity Centrepoint. In 2000, he was awarded the CBE in the New Year's honour list for services to the New Deal, the unemployed and homeless young people. In 2001 he became one of the first of a group of people to be appointed as a people's peer.

Today Turning Point continues to campaign and provide reports for commissioners and the government on issues relating to the most excluded groups in society such as those with learning disabilities, mental health, alcohol or drug related problems.

For further information please visit www.turning-point.co.uk