National Care Forum

Great dementia care deserves to be celebrated and this is why we're very happy to be supporting the #DementiaCareAwards and encourage everyone to nominate their inspirational colleagues who transform peoples' lives every day with the exceptional care they deliver. Nominations close on 14th April https://lnkd.in/ddZSVnJ9

We're thrilled to lend our support once again to the #PalliativeCareandEndofLifeAwards 2025! Nominations are open now and close on 28th April so please do nominate your colleagues and those you know who provide exceptional palliative and end of life care to people when they need it the most so they and others delivering this essential care within social care settings receive the recognition they deserve https://lnkd.in/eSmtuuRb

Congratulations to our amazing members Belong who have been crowned Wigan's top not-for-profit care operator with 100% satisfaction rating from customers and their families on carehome.co.uk ! Thank you for so proudly flying the flag for #NFP care and exemplifying the ethos all our members hold dear - care should be for people, not profit

Quantum Carer Wins National Dementia Carer of the Year Award #forpeoplenotforprofit https://lnkd.in/egTJZ3Xg

Mini Shetland Pony, Poppy, delights residents at Purton care home, The Cedars #forpeoplenotforprofit https://lnkd.in/eBb2Cdeu

Friends of the Elderly’s Colchester Care Home Helping Its Residents and Local Community Neighbours to be Engaged, Motivated and Inspired #forpeoplenotforprofit https://lnkd.in/eZnurpdk

Our response to House of Commons voting against amendments which would have exempted adult social care providers from the increase in employer’s National Insurance Contributions: https://lnkd.in/eaK-PPw4

“While we welcome the government’s ambition to support more people into work or to stay in work, the sheer scale of the envisioned £5bn of accompanying cuts is extremely concerning for everyone relying on PIP – a payment designed to help with the costs caused by a disability – and will lead to unintended consequences in terms of access to social care services." Read Liz Jones's full statement on the government's green paper on welfare system reform https://lnkd.in/egEMnkFv

NCF partner Salesforce are hosting a AI focussed webinar for Nonprofits on Tuesday 29 April at 2pm AI for Nonprofits: How to Decide on Your First Agentforce Use Case Most Nonprofits wish they could expand their team so they could help more people, but resources are tight so Nonprofits have turned to AI. Join this webinar on AI for Nonprofits to learn how to choose your first use case with Agentforce and serve more people with the same staff resources. Learn strategies to: - Address a real and straightforward use case, and identify the lowest hanging fruit with high impact. - Learn how to take advantage of all the data you have and hear from a best-practice leader on how to leverage your data foundation. - Define clear objectives and allocate resources for testing, fine-tuning and ongoing monitoring. Bring your organisation into the fold before you begin the work so it is a co-creation. Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/dUG2Y5er

Today the House of Commons will consider the Lords amendments to the National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill. As #ProvidersUnite takes action today NCF are calling on government to work with us to find a pragmatic way forward for the charitable and not-for-profit sector whether that be some sort of exemption for not-for-profit providers or bridging fund. Analysis from The King's Fund paints a worrying picture that people drawing on care face a 'doom loop' if shrinkage of care services and lack of investment in the sector continues. Mitigating action must be taken to recognise the risk on people not being able to access the care they need