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• Portraits of life

  30-03-2021 10:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  When keen artist Marzanna Filipiuk picked up her pencils and sketched one of the ladies she helped to look after, she realised it could be a unique way to bond with her clients and bring a smile to faces of their loved ones.Marzanna, a Home Care Assistant for The Great Care Company based in York, has always had a passion for art so when her employer set up the Extra Mile Fund, she decided to combine art with care and used the fund to buy herself some art materials.The Great Care Company has a ra
  
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• £120m in contracts to house teens in care on offer despite concerns

  30-03-2021 09:25
  
  Analysis shows scale of marketplace for unregulated accommodation despite scrutiny of such provisionPrivate companies competed to earn up to £120m providing unregulated housing for vulnerable teenagers in care last year despite concern that it leaves young people open to exploitation and abuse.A Guardian analysis of a platform where local authorities advertise contracts for tender reveals the scale of the unregulated marketplace, where young people in the care system are placed in accommod
  
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• Colten Care homes have been ‘Zooming’ in on creative companionship

  30-03-2021 08:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  Residents at Colten Care homes across the south have been ‘Zooming’ in on creative companionship to keep spirits up during lockdown.A host of online experiences featuring music, songs, art and poetry have brought smiles all round and even found new audiences for residents’ creativity.Violinist Sylvia Stokes, who lives at Whitecliffe House in Blandford, Dorset, saw her solo version of Amazing Grace highlighted at the celebration launch of Together with Music, a national campaign
  
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