Phil Sullivan MBE LIB (Hons) – Chair of Trustees
Phil Sullivan is married and has two adult children.
Gloucestershire is a place he has lived, worked and enjoyed since 1985 when he came to the County to take up the post of Head of Training and Recruiting for the Gloucestershire Constabulary.
He has served in various roles in the Police Service from an advisor to the Government of the Bahamas to Divisional Command at Gloucester City and Cheltenham and Tewkesbury.
On retirement from the Police, he took up a role at Stroud District Council where he was Head of Community Safety. Whilst leading that team, Phil was honoured to receive an MBE. After almost 15 years at Stroud he retired for the second time & was subsequently invited to lead for Gloucestershire’s Police and Crime Commissioner on issues relating to older and/or vulnerable people which he continues to do on a part-time basis.
He is involved in supporting a range of organisations, both statutory & voluntary. He chairs Gloucestershire Neighbourhood Watch for Gloucestershire.
Jim Rollinson (Secretary),
Clive Hooper (Treasurer)
Dilys Warren
Dilys has lived in Stroud since 1990, having moved from Surrey due to her husband’s job relocation from London. In 1993 she began working for NHS Gloucestershire Health Authority and during that time worked on many projects including the setting up of the Primary Care Groups across the county.
In 1999 Dilys joined Stroud District Council as Health and Wellbeing Officer covering roles such as co-ordinator of the Stroud Health and Wellbeing Partnership, the Older Persons’ Forum and co-ordinated some innovative projects such as the ‘Beacon Award for Older People’s Services’ and the Total Place project. In July 2013 Dilys retired from the District Council and is now working with various organisations in paid and unpaid employment. Dilys is also a trustee for Listening Post.
Bill Wragge
After a London degree Bill worked for the NHS for 25 years – managing Hospitals in Manchester, Whitby and the north Cotswolds. The last 20 years were spent with Cotswolds and West Oxfordshire District Councils as their Health and Wellbeing Officer – developing Befriending schemes for the elderly and dementia clubs alongside preventive health projects. Bill has been a Parish Councillor in Bourton on the Water for 10 years.
Barbara Piranty
CEO
Barbara first joined GRCC back in 2002 as the In Touch Older People’s Project Manager and went on to become the organisation’s strategic lead for older people and health and wellbeing within the senior exec team. She led the Village & Community Agents scheme from inception and the Local Involvement Network for five years, after which it became the national independent champion and patient voice for health and social care, Healthwatch. Barbara returned to GRCC in September 2021 as CEO, following four years working nationally with private sector digital company Kooth, developing their mental health service offer for adults.
Barbara says, “The main reason for returning to GRCC is knowing that we are making a real difference and empowering the communities of Gloucestershire through the important enablement work we do. As a Voluntary and Community Sector organisation we have the ability to innovate and work flexibly in partnership across sectors to affect real change and help others to do great things in their communities.”
Nigel Lloyd-Jones
Nigel is a committed road safety campaigner. He Co-leads the Older Drivers Forum for Gloucestershire and leads the Mature Driver Workstream for the Gloucestershire Road Safety Partnership. He became a GOPA trustee in 2024. From 2020–21, he was Priority Lead for Safe and Social Roads for the Office of the Police Crime Commissioner. Previous to this, Nigel had an award-winning 37-year career in marketing communications, including leadership of a Queen’s Award-winning live events agency. Based in Cheltenham, he combines professional expertise, strategic insight, creative flair, and personal commitment to improving safety for mature drivers.
