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The Basildon Olympics Nick Jackson, Locality Manager in Adults Central, shared the news two of the Basildon residential services had planned their own version of the ‘Olympics’! Last Friday, staff and residents from Ashview House and Glenroyd House met at a local Sports Village to compete in a number of events. Also in attendance, with guest appearances were Sophie Thomas (ex-Peripatetic Manager), Bradley Cooke (RFM) and one of the resident’s parents.  All had a lovely time, enjoying a picnic before the activities. We heard that the staff events were particularly amusing, Nick was a contender and even won a trophy… for ‘Cheat of the Tournament’ in the egg and spoon race! Nick Jackson thank you for sharing these with us and congratulations to all. #CareTech #ExtraordinaryDaysEveryDay

A few words of encouragement from Nasir Quraishi, Group Executive Director for Adults & Specialist Services, reminding us all to get our nominations in for the 9th Annual CareTech Care Awards. Remember the Awards are open to everyone within the CareTech Group and nominations can be submitted by clicking the link below: https://lnkd.in/ehaJtRUm #CareTech #CareAwards #ExtraordinaryDaysEveryDay

Staff and residents at Walker Road in Walsall recently embraced #CareHomeOpenWeek by working together to make a difference in their local community. One of Walker Road’s residents (Garry) used to participate in a litter pick organised by a local Rotary Club. Inspired by the positive impact this can have, staff and residents decided that this could be a wonderful way to make a difference in their local area and engage with their local community. The undertaking of a litter pick also tied in perfectly with Walker Road’s commitment towards CareTech’s CARE4, One Planet Living agenda. Staff ordered litter pickers and hoops (to hold the rubbish bags open) and everyone donned high-vis jackets before getting to work. Led by Garry, staff and residents went out on four occasions over the course of Care Home Open Week and managed to collect 7 bags of rubbish just from the streets local to their home. Speaking about the litter pick, Tina Welch (Manager at Walker Road) declared: “What a brilliant time! We had so much fun and really feel as though we have made a difference to the local area, in fact we’ve enjoyed it that much that we are going to keep doing litter picks as a regular activity”. Fantastic work... well done to everyone at Walker Road! #CareTech #CHOW #ChampioningSocialCare #CARE4 #OnePlanetLiving #ExtraordinaryDaysEveryDay

While we’ll be sad to see Jonathan Freeman leave CareTech, we wish him all the very best in his next role, which he will take up from September. Jonathan has been at the forefront of establishing the CareTech Charitable Foundation as a renowned social care charity, supporting grant giving activities which cut across all parts of the sector. Since 2021 he has been our Director of Sustainability at CareTech, receiving national acclaim for the CARE4 Programme.

#CareHomeOpenWeek is upon us and Bushwood Service in Weoley Castle, Birmingham have been out fundraising in the sun and engaging with the local community. The staff completed a sponsored event where they were tasked with finding their way back to their service from a mystery location, collecting donations along the way. The mystery location turned out to be the car park of Walsall Football Club and staff members Richard, Hinda, Danielle, Morgan and Juliette ended up walking a total of 24’212 steps in 4½ hrs to get back to Bushwood just in time for their afternoon shift 😊 Bushwood has very strong ties to their local community and several local businesses supported the plucky staff team with Startright Training donating £100, the local ASDA donating drinks and snacks and the nearby Hairdressers very generously donating the contents of their ‘Tip Jar’. Along the way members of the public and local businesses also donated resulting in over £1000 being raised for a state-of-the-art Sensory Room. Manager Karen Neville was clearly overjoyed, stating “Well done to the staff team. This is the second year we’ve been fundraising during Care Home Open Week and I’m so proud of everything the staff and residents have achieved, they’re amazing!!"   #CareTech #CHOW #ExtraordinaryDaysEveryDay #ChampioningSocialCare

Many of our sites and services are taking part in #CareHomeOpenWeek, from today until Sunday. Our amazing service users and staff are connecting with their local communities by hosting all sorts of activities, from summer fetes to litter picks and charity fundraisers. Pupils at some of our schools and colleges are also showcasing what makes their site special. To get involved with what's happening in your local area, visit https://lnkd.in/e7zbH5mM #CHOW #ConnectingCommunities

Thank you to LaingBuisson Events for hosting us at the Social Care Summit this week. Our Group Sustainability Director Jonathan Freeman spoke at the event to share best practice around operational sustainability. Our key takeaways from the session were: - Involve and empower your service users in sustainability initiatives - Companies must reward the right behaviours to drive change - Future external and internal stakeholders will expect ESG so the sector has to do more in this space. With collaboration between providers, not competition, we can make the most of the opportunities (not challenges!) that sustainability brings. For free resources as mentioned in the session, visit the link below.

We are delighted to announce that we have launched the 9th Annual, CareTech Care awards today!   As always, the Awards are open to all staff across every business in the CareTech family and this is your opportunity to nominate your colleagues for the amazing work they do in ensuring 'Extraordinary Days, Every Day' for the individuals we support as well as the wider business.   Posters with QR codes are already on their way to every service, school and office informing them of this year’s Awards and physical packs will be available soon.   Entry packs can also be downloaded from the CareTech website or completed securely online through the link below:   https://lnkd.in/ehaJtRUm   We look forward to reading all the wonderful nominations and celebrating with our amazing winners later in the year.   Nominations are open now until August 16th so please get nominating today.

Our commitments to the planet, our people and the communities in which we operate are at the heart of our strategy. Jonathan Freeman, our Group Sustainability Director, will be speaking at the Social Care Summit tomorrow. If you’re going along, come and join the Care Homes session in the afternoon to find out how CareTech builds momentum towards becoming a truly sustainable business. https://lnkd.in/eQX_2EFp

Our Managing Director, East Residential Lorna Fearon (Jurowski) explains why our CARE4 Community workstream is critical to our #sustainability strategy. Read our latest achievements in our Purpose Report at https://lnkd.in/erKJjtP3 #caretech #care4 Jonathan Freeman #community #extraordinarydayseveryday