Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford

Patel was born on 28 September 1960 in Nairobi, Kenya, to a family of Gujarati descent. His family relocated to the Horton area of Bradford in the early 1960s, and he was educated at the Belle Vue Boys' Grammar School. It was there that he was taken under the wing of two sports teachers, who coached him to become captain of the school cricket team, and as a result he joined the local Manningham cricket club. ==Career==

Lord Patel spent three years as a social worker with Bradford Council, before going on to work with drug addicts at the Bridge Project, and then setting up his own project to work with vulnerable children. In March 2018 Lord Patel was appointed the first chair of Social Work England, the new dedicated social work regulator. ==Awards==

• OBE Awarded Order of British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours (1999) for “Services to Ethnic Minority Health Issues”. • Long service medal (Special Constable) – West Yorkshire Police (1991) • Awarded Plaque of Recognition by the High Commissioner of India and Chairman of the Committee of Honour for “contributions to the enhancement of human welfare and international understanding” Indian High Commission London. (1999) • Awarded Glory of India Award and Certificate of Excellence by the India International Friendship Society London (2009) • Awarded Annual Award of Achievement for services to Education by The India International Foundation: London (2009) • GG2 Leadership Awards - Man of the Year Award for consistent lifetime achievement and contribution to public sector services (2015) AMG Awards London • Yorkshire Man of the Year: Award for lifetime contribution to the County of Yorkshire (2016) Yorkshire Society ==Government==

• Life Peer: House of Lords (Independent) (Labour 2008–2018): Lord Patel of Bradford. (June 2006). • Minister: (Labour) Governments Whips Office House of Lords, Government Frontbench Spokesperson (2008 – 2009) for: Department of Communities & Local Government, Ministry of Justice, Cabinet Office, and Attorney General's Office. • Shadow Front Bench Minister: (Communities), House of Lords (May 2010 – 2012). • Member: Select Committee on the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (2013–2015). • Member: Monitors’ Fair Playing Field Review Implementation Group (2013–2015). • UK Member: UNICEF's Global Task Force on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (2006–2010) – an international Task Force that included every major global charity in the world working on water, sanitation and hygiene to develop a strategy with the aim of meeting one of the Millennium Development Goals. • Senior Ministerial Adviser: to the Secretary of State (Communities & Local Government), (2008) – advising on the impact and effectiveness of the Government's PREVENT strategy for addressing the growth of extremism. • National Strategic Director: National Institute for Mental Health England (2002–2004). • National Director: The Department of Health Delivering Race Equality in mental health care programme (DRE). (2004–2006). • Chairman: of DRE Board (2004–2006) – a major multi-million pound Government national strategy and action plan that was implemented across England and Wales. DRE was one of the largest mental health race equality programmes ever undertaken and was based on Lord Patel's 10 years of action research. • Member: Labour Party Drugs Working Group (non-political advisory appointment) (1989–1990). ==Arms==

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