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• Councils ‘unwittingly helping drug gangs recruit children’

  16-09-2019 23:30
  Young people put at risk by sending them to care homes up to 100 miles away, MPs warn
  Councils are unwittingly acting as “recruiting sergeants” for drug gangs by sending vulnerable children to care homes miles away from where they live, a parliamentary inquiry has found.Thousands of young people who are sent to children’s homes up to 100 miles (161km) from their homes are becoming magnets for paedophiles and gangs who use children to traffic drugs from inner-city areas to provi
  
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• Gavin Woodhouse investors to vote on settlement offer

  16-09-2019 20:38
  Creditors will decide if they’ll accept 11p in the pound they invested in care home projectInvestors in an aborted Gavin Woodhouse care home project are to vote on whether the embattled entrepreneur’s former business partner is attempting to “buy them off at a pittance” via a new settlement offer.The October vote will give investors the chance of accepting 11p for every pound they ploughed into a single off-plan development in Yorkshire, where the advertised care home nev
  
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• DC Care achieves retirement sale for vendors of Field House

  16-09-2019 17:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  On behalf of Mr and Mrs Virji, we are delighted to announce the recent successful sale of Field House, a high quality residential care home located in the scenic village of Eye, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, registered for up to 49 service users. The property was originally converted from a doctor’s surgery and established as an […]
  
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• The Home review – 48-hour show turns residential care into theatre

  16-09-2019 15:43
  Surrey House, Goldsmiths College, London
  A two-night stay in a simulated care home, recreated with exceptional intricacy, probes the line between care and control I urinate into the cup and wait for the stick to change colour. I hand it to the care worker and fill out the rest of the forms. Induction complete, they leave. I stare out the barred windows of my new room and look at my watch. Forty-seven hours left.This weekend in south-east London, 25 strangers signed up for a two-night stay in a f
  
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• Somerset Care announces appointment of new CEO

  16-09-2019 15:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Somerset Care Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Gary Ridewood as Chief Executive Officer, following his successful stewardship whilst acting as Interim Chief Executive since November 2018. During that time he has delivered against a number of challenging issues and provided strong leadership. Gary originally joined Somerset Care Group in September 2017 as […]
  
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• Children's care homes: tell us your experiences

  16-09-2019 14:55
  We’d like to hear from people aged 18 or over about their experiences of residential children’s homes in the UKConcern has been raised about vulnerable children being moved around care homes in England and Wales, with councils routinely inviting companies to compete for the contracts through an online bidding process.Care workers, teachers, MPs and charities have expressed concern that children’s care homes are in a state of crisis, with private companies taking over the market
  
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• Portsmouth-based specialist care provider secures £2m follow-on funding

  16-09-2019 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Portsmouth headquartered specialist care provider Dolphin Homes has secured a further £2m investment from BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, to support the building of two further care homes in Hampshire. Founded in 1988 and based across West Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey, Dolphin Homes provides high-quality care and support for […]
  
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• Suffolk care home unveils million-pound refurbishment

  16-09-2019 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Haughgate House Nursing Home in Woodbridge has officially unveiled a £1.5m extension at a special celebration ceremony. The home, which is part of the Healthcare Homes group, has undergone a major refurbishment programme to provide a new range of facilities in keeping with the 1920s home, whilst providing modern and comfortable rooms for residents and […]
  
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