Our Team
Rory
Registered Care Home Manager
Rory has been our Registered Care Home Manager since June 2015. He has over 25 years’ experience of working in social care and has been a Registered Manager with the Care Quality Commission since 2006.
He has attained relevant qualifications in care, namely: Registered Manager’s Award; NVQs in Care levels 2, 3 and 4; Assessors and Internal Verifiers qualification; as well as awards in Managing Care and End-of-life care.
Rory also holds a BSc (Hons) and MA degree in Social Sciences, and a Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling and is a qualified Counsellor. Rory is currently working towards a Foundation Degree in Counselling.
Victoria
Deputy Manager
Vicky has over 30 years’ experience in the care sector.
Having joined the Royal Cambridge Home in April 2018 as Care Manager, Vicky has since been promoted to Deputy Manager, however, as part of her role she also oversees the delivery of care for our residents.
She has a particular interest in Dementia, both in the inclusive practice and the research element. Vicky is a dementia trainer and both a Dignity and Dementia Champion. She is also trained in Substance Misuse. She holds a Level 3 NVQ in Management and a Level 5 NVQ in Care.
Trustees
Robert Dowler MBE
Robert is a retired Chartered Surveyor who became involved at the Royal Cambridge Home in 1987 and became the chair of Trustees in 2005
He and his wife have lived in Twickenham for many years having raised four children, two sons and two daughters and have one grandson and three granddaughters.
The board of trustees face many challenges in providing the best possible quality of care for our residents and are very appreciative of the hard work and dedication of the management and staff in the day to day running of the Home. All in all it is a richly rewarding experience.
George Fitzgeorge Balfour
George works in a boutique executive search firm assisting a wide range of listed businesses with critical functional hires. He became a trustee of the Royal Cambridge Home in 2008.
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​He is based in the South East and moved from Fulham to Sussex a few years ago where he now lives with his wife and two daughters.
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​He is an enthusiastic but inexperienced carpenter and spends most of his spare time constructing furniture and other occasionally useful additions to the house.
Alan Bott
Alan was the Secretary to the Governors and Bursar of Reed's School, Cobham for many years before his retirement in July 2014. He became a trustee of the Royal Cambridge Home in 2014.
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He lives in Cobham with his wife Jane and has two grown up sons and five grandchildren. He still supports West Bromwich Albion, his home club, but also Chelsea having moved south in 1975.
In January 2015 he was invited become the part-time minister of Twickenham Green Baptist Church.
Colonel Nigel Gilbert
Nigel retired from the Regular Army in the rank of Colonel in December 1999 after 36 years. He then spent 10 years at the Royal Hospital in Chelsea, where he was a Captain of Invalids (Housemaster!) looking after Chelsea Pensioners, retiring in December 2009.
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He is currently Chairman of his Regimental Association and is much involved in travelling the country to meet veterans.
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He has been a Trustee since 2011. He and his wife Maureen live in Yateley, Hampshire. They have a son and daughter and two grandsons.
Kathy Rajan
Kathy worked as a nurse with the NHS and although retired, she is still very much in touch with her medical side and does get asked to assist from time-to-time.
Kathy has travelled extensively worldwide and has lived in New Zealand, Norway, Italy and Abu Dhabi. She has one daughter with young twin girls, which Kathy enjoys being an active Grandparent to.
John Ross
John is now retired after a long career as an investment manager in the City of London. He became a trustee of the Home in 2001 and has recently joined the board of directors.
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He lives in Bromley with his wife and has three daughters, the youngest just finishing university. John's a volunteer at his local English Heritage site whilst enjoying gardening, the theatre, Pilates and the occasional horse race meeting.
He is delighted to be able to help at the much-cherished Royal Cambridge Home.
Richard Williams
Richard is a graphic designer and founder of two award winning international design agencies.
He served on the Design Council and worked with HRH Prince Philip as a judge for the Prince Philip Designers Prize for four years.
On retirement, he became a local, independent Councillor and was elected Mayor of Elmbridge for the year 2023/2024.
Richard is a petrol head; a keen fan of motor sport and owner of a couple of slightly tatty classic Citroens.
He and his wife Agnieszka live in Esher. They have a daughter and a son and two granddaughters and two grandsons
Benefactors
Thank you!
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We would like to thank everyone for their help with fundraising and to all those who provide grants and donations to our Home. As an independent charity this has helped us enormously with the day-to-day running of our organisation and has also meant we have been able to provide an extensive list of activities for all our residents.
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In particular thanks are extended to:
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ABF The Soldiers' Charity - The National Charity of The British Army. Providing help for soldiers, veterans, and their immediate families, for life. The Charity’s support for the Home has been longstanding and generous in its support and help over many years.
SSAFA - Providing lifelong support to anyone who is currently serving or has ever served.​
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Walsingham Care is a local charity, based in Walton On Thames, and was created after the sale of The Home of Compassion in Thames Ditton. We provide financial assistance to older people of limited means who live in the borough of Elmbridge.
Music in Hospitals - A charity whose mission is to improve the quality of life for adults and children with all kinds of illness and disability through the joy and therapeutic benefits of professionally performed live music in hospitals, hospices, day care centres, special schools and care homes.
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Volunteers, Friends and Relatives - Throughout the year our band of generous volunteers support our Home with their time and energy.
Living Wage
The real Living is the only UK wage rate that is voluntarily paid by over 11,000 UK businesses who believe their staff deserve a wage which meets every day needs. The Royal Cambridge Home is a proud member of this scheme and fully endorses the Living Wage ethos.
