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Speaking at the CareTech Care Awards 2018, Foundation CEO Jonathan Freeman set out some of the achievements of the Foundation over the last year, showing the Foundation’s new film highlighting examples of the impact that some of our Family and Friends grants and Match Fund grants have made. In the last 12 months, Jonathan explained […]

In a first for the care sector, the CareTech Foundation is partnering with social mobility charity EY Foundation to create programmes which promote careers within the care sector and help care leavers fulfil their potential by moving successfully into further education and employment. Only 6% of young people in care go on to further education […]

The Foundation is delighted that Advisory Board member Saeed Atcha has been appointed to become a Social Mobility Commissioner. Saeed was one of twelve new members appointed to the Social Mobility Commission appointed by Damian Hinds MP, Secretary of State for Education, following a public appointments recruitment process.  The Social Mobility Commission monitors progress towards […]

Today marks the WHO World Mental Health Day, which this year focuses on ‘Young People and Mental Health in a Changing World’, an issue very close to the CareTech Foundation’s mission as well as central to much of the work of our founder company CareTech plc.  We asked two of the CareTech plc team to […]

The CareTech Foundation, alongside its corporate founder CareTech plc, was the headline supporter of the inaugural Care Sector Fundraising Ball held at Park Lane’s prestigious Grosvenor House Hotel on Saturday 29th September.  The sell-out event organised by Hallmark Care Homes in association with Care England raised a staggering £140,000 for Alzheimer’s Research UK and The […]

The Foundation is delighted to announce the appointment of Adriènne Kelbie as its third external trustee, following an extensive external recruitment exercise. Adriènne is Chief Executive of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), the independent regulator for nuclear safety and security in the UK, and Patron of Women in Nuclear UK (WiN UK). Adriènne has […]

The CareTech Foundation is delighted to announce that it has partnered with CareTech plc as the joint lead sponsors for the very first Care Sector Fundraising Ball, which has been established by Care England and Hallmark Care Homes.  This exciting new initiative will bring together some 300 guests at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s […]

The Foundation has announced that The Care Workers Charity (CWC) is the latest recipient of support from its Partnership Grants, which will see the Foundation support two CWC projects aimed at assisting the UK’s care workers. The £120,000 partnership will support 360 care workers and their families with grants of up to £500, helping them […]

The Foundation has created a new Advisory Council to contribute to delivering high quality programmes that deliver meaningful impact to communities in need in the UK and overseas. Advisory Council members will provide the Foundation with additional expertise in the delivery of its objectives, assist in identifying worthy recipients of funding, and champion the projects […]

Six months since the public launch of the Foundation, our Chief Executive Jonathan Freeman has penned below the first of his regular blogs, reflecting on the achievements of the last few months. “It is hard to believe that it has been six months since the public launch of the CareTech Foundation at the annual CareTech […]