The CareTech Foundation supports people affected within the social care sector, works to increase the capacity and ability to deliver care and invests in research and innovation in this area. Alongside championing care workers, those living in care and raising the sector’s profile.
Commissioned feasibility study with a £20,000 grant for viability of a talent & leadership development programme for the social care sector, looking to address recruitment and retention in the sector.
Professor David Grayson CBE (Chair, Leonard Cheshire & ex-Chair, Carers UK & Dame Julia Cleverdon DCVO CBE (Vice Patron, Teach First)
Leveraged funding from Anchor Hanover, Hallmark Care Homes Foundation & Kent County Council.
Open letter to the Secretary of State for Social Care The Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP & Steve Barclay MP.
Working on inclusion into manifestos.
Founding Partner, with group developed to ensure more public understanding, appreciation and respect for social care.
Hosted 3rd annual Care Sector Fundraising Ball, raising £401,942 for the Care Workers’ Charity and Alzheimer’s Society – more than double the proceeds from the last Ball.
1 in 6 MPs visiting during Care Home Open Week – 2,409 care homes participated. Approx. 49,121,589 people heard about the event through TV, radio and news.
Care Sector’s Got Talent had 26 applicants, and the final was viewed by approx. 400 via YouTube
Support of Purple Tuesday across the sector to improve the customer experience for disabled people 365 days a year.