Kevin Smith

I opened Right at Home Basingstoke and District as I saw it as a great opportunity to do something worthwhile within my local community.

Previously I spent more than 25 years supporting the SME Business sector in London and the Home Counties as a member of the banking community. During this time I always focused on achieving a high quality of service in my approach to clients and as a result, many of those clients have since become good friends.

Over the years, I helped numerous businesses grow and their owners achieve their ambitions and I revelled in their success. This lit a slow burning fuse for a desire to run my own business one day. Hard work, long hours and commitment took me to senior management level with NatWest and when an opportunity arose to leave, I seized the chance to realise my own ambition.

I have seen various members of my family need care over the years; this experience, alongside my commitment to quality services and a desire to do something positive within the local community, led me to join Right at Home. Our business is centred on Basingstoke and covers all points from Whitchurch in the west to Hartley Wintney in the east, Herriard in the south and Tadley in the north.

In my new role I have become a Dementia Friends Champion. Dementia Friends is an Alzheimer’s Society initiative that aims to transform the way the nation thinks, talks and acts about the condition. Dementia Friends sessions are aimed at learning more about dementia and the small ways you can help. If you would like me to give a Dementia Friends presentation to a local group, please feel free to get in contact.

I am married with two children; my wife runs her own small business maintaining and repairing lifts and escalators, whilst our two children continue to progress through the education system. When I’m not working I enjoy playing golf – especially when I’m playing well!