New Funds to Improve Mental Health of Homeless Young People in North East A major new partnership between Depaul UK and the CareTech Foundation will provide more than £23,000 to transform the lives of young people experiencing homelessness in the North East. The organisations will work together to improve the mental health and wellbeing of […]
EY Foundation – Our Future Year 1 Participants Graduate!
Participants graduate from innovative programme to get more young people choosing careers in care On Wednesday, young people celebrated their graduation from an innovative new employability programme. The 16-19 year olds are the first cohort to complete an innovative new scheme targeted at bringing new skills into the care sector with the support of CareTech […]
Recruitment of independent Trustees
The Foundation is recruiting for two new independent members to join its Board of Trustees, supporting its continued growth as leading corporate foundation in the care sector. The roles Following two years of success in developing innovative and impactful partnerships and being increasingly recognised as the leading foundation in the sector, the Foundation is […]
CareTech Foundation Partnering with Birkbeck, University of London’s New ‘ToddlerLab’ for Autism Research
Breakthroughs in the understanding of the development of autism and other behavioural conditions could be made thanks to a new laboratory to study toddlers, funded in part by the CareTech Foundation. Research at the £3.7m Wohl Wolfson ToddlerLab at Birkbeck, University of London will increase the understanding of developmental disorders. The research could lead to […]
EY Foundation Our Future Graduation Event
Every now and then, life offers us a unique opportunity to experience something special. Last Thursday (30 May 2019), was just that kind of opportunity! It was the EY Foundation‘s Our Future Graduation event, where nine young people – having experienced EY Foundation’s workability training, two weeks of work experience at CareTech plc offices and […]
Every Parent & Child Grant Update
In May 2018 the Foundation awarded Every Parent & Child a grant through their Family and Friends Grants programme. The funding supported the Starfish project , which enables children and young people in London with special educational needs and/or disability or those at risk of exclusion to thrive and succeed in education and their communities. […]
Guest Blog – Where’s My Mum Gone?
Monday marked the beginning of Dementia Awareness Week. CareTech Foundation CEO, Jonathan Freeman, kindly shared his thoughts on this issue close to the Foundation’s heart – but also uncomfortably, painfully close to his own heart…. My father died twelve years ago after myriad physical illnesses and conditions, concluding with vascular dementia triggered by a stroke towards […]
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek – The Hardship Grant
In the final instalment of our Guest Author articles for Mental Health Awareness Week, we wanted to ask Trustee, Adrienne Kelbie, to look internally, at the CareTech Foundation. What she offers is a personal reflection on our Staff Hardship Fund. We all feel for someone who breaks a leg or has a heart attack. But […]
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek – Young People Leaving Care
As Mental Health Awareness Week continues, today, we invited someone close to the heart of CareTech Foundation to share their thoughts with us on this week and our partner – Barnardo’s. Today’s guest author is Saeed Atcha MBE, an adviser to CareTech Foundation but he is also a CEO, Social Mobility Commissioner and Trustee, all […]
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek – Building Resilience Among Care Workers
Today, Mike Adams OBE, Trustee of CareTech Foundation, shares his thoughts on Mental Health and our partners Skills for Care. Caring for others can be hugely rewarding. The ability to provide a level of support to enable an individual to have an improved life is massively fulfilling. But, like all jobs, caring can be stressful […]