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• Penarth care homes sells to local providers in landmark deal

  29-10-2020 09:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of The Waverley Care Centre in Penarth, South Wales, in one of the largest single-asset care home transactions in Wales, supported by Barclays Bank.
  The Waverley Care Centre is one of leading care homes in Wales and has been under the same family ownership since its opening in 1980. The home, which offers care for up to 129 residents, occupies a site of one acre in a stunning position in the town of Penarth clo
  
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• A Catalyst For Change At Stockport Care Provider

  29-10-2020 09:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Borough Care, a not-for-profit provider of care for older people in Stockport, has embarked on a ground-breaking project with Community Catalysts.
  Borough Care will be collaborating with social enterprise Community Catalysts, to create a new way for residents and their families to give feedback on its services.  There will also be the opportunity for them to be directly involved in shaping the care offered by Borough Care in the future.
  A new part-time role has been created and the person e
  
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• Sheffield Foyer gives resident hope for a brighter future

  29-10-2020 08:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  Chris Wilcox
  Thanks to the hard work and dedication of the staff at The Sheffield Foyer, a housing scheme for young homeless people, resident Chris Wilcox has been given the chance to turn his life around and have hope for a brighter future.
   
  Sheffield Foyer is a specialised supported housing scheme run by Guinness Care – an organisation which also works with many older people across the country. The Foyer provides accommodation, training and support to young homeless people, aged 17
  
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• A postcode lottery is stopping children in care from going to university | Debra Humphris

  29-10-2020 08:00
  
  The government must standardise the patchy support that care leavers receive to enable more to fulfil their potentialThere have been far too few care leavers going to university for far too long. The numbers are staggering: just 12% of care-experienced pupils compared to 42% of their peers. It’s not fair that care leavers should have far worse educational and life chances than the general population, especially since we already know the reasons why. The problem starts at school, when child
  
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