Policy and Strategy Advisor
Ben works in the Corporate Strategy Team at Essex County Council providing support and advice on a range of issues. For the past two years Ben has been working to develop and deliver Essex Challenge Prizes - a new and innovative programme of work for the council which seeks to encourage and support innovators to tackle some of the most difficult issues facing residents. For the past six months they have worked with Essex residents living with dementia and colleagues across the local dementia system to develop the latest challenge prize – Challenge Dementia.