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Championing Social Care announces Care Home Open Week sponsorship
Championing Social Care has announced that Virgin Money, Civitas Investment Management, and Christie & Co will be backing this year’s Care Home Open Week. Care Home Open Week, which runs from 26 June to 2 July, provides care homes with the opportunity to showcase what they have to offer, from their facilities and activities to career opportunities. The week also provides the perfect opportunity for care homes to build and strengthen connections with their local communities and services. Derek Breingan, Virgin Money’s head of health and social care sector, said: “Care Home Open Week is an excellent way to highlight and celebrate the fantastic role that care homes and their staff increasingly play in our communities and society, and Virgin Money
is pleased to continue supporting it as we have done for several years. As an Ambassador for Championing Social Care, I am proud to support its initiatives to advance the visibility and importance of the sector.” Paul Bridge, chief executive of Civitas
Investment Management, said: “Civitas Investment Management is supporting Care Home Open week as part of Championing Social Care because at the heart of what we do is providing excellent homes and places to live where people who require care can enjoy their lives. The work highlighted across the country by the week mirrors our experience of the absolute dedication and commitment of care givers which the most vulnerable people in society absolutely deserve.” Christie & Co MD Richard Lunn commented: “We are excited to partner with Championing Social Care on Care Home Open Week this year, a cause which elevates providers throughout the sector and shines a light on the good work that they do for communities up and down the country. The purpose of the initiative is to encourage greater community engagement and volunteering, and showcasing career opportunities available in care which has so much to offer workers and compassionate individuals.”
Care group serves up tennis opportunities for young players with professional aspirations
Care group Nellsar has officially sponsored Tennis-Talents – a charity committed to helping young tennis players from low- income families to break into the professional game.
Tennis-Talents was launched by senior managers at the South East care group - which runs 13 care homes across Kent, Surrey, and Essex - with the aim of granting funding for young tennis players who are unable to fund the continuation of their amateur career due to financial restrictions.
The funding will be means-tested and will assist players between the ages of 13-21 until they are able to support themselves financially. Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and International Tennis Federation (ITF) performances will be monitored and reviewed over an extended period.
The charity will be accepting applications 10
for funding once a year. Applicants must have a top 1000 Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) or ITF ranking or better – with sufficient evidence to support a future senior world ranking of 300 or higher.
Nellsar MD Martin Barrett said: “Everyone at Nellsar is delighted to witness the launch of Tennis-Talents. As a family-run business, we strive to be at the very essence of our community, which is why we felt compelled to get involved with this wonderful venture that supports some of the youngest and brightest rising stars in the country. Times are hard for everyone, particularly with the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, so we were determined to promote an alternative that enables people to pursue their dreams. Through Tennis-Talents we hope to play a minor role in promoting some of the country’s best and brightest prodigies.”
Care Innovation Challenge returns
The Care Innovation Challenge, a hackathon-style creative weekend of idea generation and prototype trialling, returns in July.
The Challenge is hosted by the Care
Innovation Hub (CIH), run by the National Care Forum (NCF), and supported by Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) through their National Co-production Advisory Group (NCAG). It aims to ensure that people with lived experience help to create solutions to key challenges faced by the care sector. Successful applicants will be invited to
Coventry University on 1-2 July 2023. Over the weekend there will be expert advice and guidance available from CIH sponsors and founding supporters - including RWK Goodman, Marrgo, Care Management Matters, Care Friends, and Borough Care - to help participants develop their ideas. Applications for a place are now open, and creative thinkers, anyone with a passion for making ideas a reality, and people who want to make a positive difference to people’s lives are invited to apply.
The winning team will receive £1,000 in prize money, media coverage, and further mentoring to develop their idea. NCF CEO Professor Vic Rayner OBE said: “We welcome anyone who wants a chance to be part of the future of care. We hope to receive applications from a diverse group of people, including individuals and teams from care providers, undergraduates and postgraduates from universities and people with social entrepreneurial ambitions. “You do not need to be an expert in social care, or have any experience of social care yourself, to apply. You do not need to have any technical skills. You just need to have an intention to improve the quality of life of those receiving care in the UK.”
www.thecarehomeenvironment.com April 2023
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