{"id":1072,"date":"2019-09-04T14:56:46","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T13:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avonleelodge.co.uk\/?page_id=1072"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:10:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:10:38","slug":"1072-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/avonleelodge.co.uk\/index.php\/1072-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Hero&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0|0px|54px|0px|false|false&#8221; bottom_divider_height=&#8221;0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0|0px|27px|0px|false|false&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;on&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_width_percent=&#8221;100%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;6%||6%|12%&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;50px|50px|50px|50px&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; padding_tablet=&#8221;50px|50px|50px|50px&#8221; padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; padding_phone=&#8221;50px|50px|50px|50px&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Montserrat|300|||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#677a92&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Montserrat||||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;50px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; max_width=&#8221;600px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;0px|50px||50px&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;|20px||&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; text_line_height_tablet=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; text_line_height_phone=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; text_line_height_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_font_size_phone=&#8221;36px&#8221; header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; header_2_font_size_phone=&#8221;30px&#8221; header_2_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Our Mission is to Provide a Professional &amp; Honest Approach to Health Care<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Montserrat|300|||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;2em&#8221; link_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; ul_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; ol_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; quote_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Montserrat|300|||||||&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#212d3b&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;40px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; max_width=&#8221;600px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||10px|&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;0px|50px||50px&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Our service is directly supervised by the directors, Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy. They have owned and run Avon lee Lodge since 2005 and have worked to constantly adapt, improve, and refine both the building, staff and service to meet the changing demands of the care sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore acquiring Avon Lee Lodge in 2005 my wife and I started our journey as care providers in 2001 in our own five bedded care home in London. 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