Hugh Myddelton House Care Home Celebrates World Food Day
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Hugh Myddelton House care home in Southgate come together to celebrate cultural diversity through food, sharing and community spirit.
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NACC Announces Winners of its National Awards 2026
The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) unveiled this year’s winners of its prestigious National Awards at a glittering gala dinner on Thursday 15 October….
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Bridge Manor Care Home Walks 100 Miles for Ella-Rose and Epilepsy Awareness
The team at Bridge Manor Care Home in Wolverhampton is walking 100 Miles in October to support three-year-old Ella-Rose and children and young people living with epilepsy.
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State-Funded Homecare Funding Gap Widens To £2.3 Billion Report Reveals
A new report from the Homecare Association reveals that councils across England continue to purchase homecare at rates far below the cost of delivering safe, regulated and legally compliant care, creating a funding gap of around £2.3 billion just to cover wages at the legal minimum for all working time and other running costs.
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A Space for the Senses: Dementia Care Home Opens New Sensory Room
Residents living with dementia at Chirk Court Care Home in Chirk near Wrexham, have benefitted from the addition of a welcoming and calming sensory space. The home’s Sensory Room, which opened at the end of September…
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CAA Shows Government How the Care Sector Can Help Solve the NEET Crisis
The Care Association Alliance (CAA) today sets out a roadmap to tackle the NEET crisis through careers in care. The number of 16 to 24-year-olds not in education…
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Steven Wright is Crowned as NACC Care Chef of the Year 2026
The winner of the National Association of Care Catering (NACC)’s Care Chef of the Year 2026 is Steven Wright from Caring Homes. Steven was crowned…
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Dementia Residents Turn Back the Years on First-Ever “Memory Train”
Care home residents living with dementia were taken on a nostalgic “trip down memory train” through the picturesque Dee Valley.
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Nottinghamshire Care Home Colleagues Scoop Two Awards for Outstanding Care
Two Nottinghamshire care home colleagues are celebrating after being named among the county’s best care professionals at the recent Proud to Care Awards.
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Brunelcare Celebrates 85 years of Caring for Older People Across the Southwest
Bristol-based charity Brunelcare is celebrating its 85th anniversary on Sunday 18th October 2026, marking more than eight decades of supporting older people and helping them to live fulfilling, independent lives.
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Norfolk County Council Scraps Planned Sale of Norse Care Homes
Norfolk County Council has abandoned plans to sell 20 care homes and the company that runs them, after a review concluded that going ahead would not serve the authority’s interests.
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Milewood Mudders Battle The Elements To Smash Fundraising Target For Suicide Prevention Project
A team of Milewood colleagues battled wind, rain, hail, freezing water and plenty of mud to raise thousands of pounds for a suicide prevention charity.
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Hazel Lodge Care Home Hosts Women’s Health Event
Barchester’s Hazel Lodge care home in Battle has marked Menopause Awareness month, which takes place throughout October by hosting a Women’s Wellness event at the home.
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New Skills for Care Report Identifies Factors Linked to Better Retention of Care Workers and Higher Quality of Care
Skills for Care’s newly-published ‘State of the adult social care sector and workforce in England’ report has identified the combination of employment and development factors most strongly associated with retaining care workers.
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Bournemouth Care Home Teams Up with Local Pizzeria to Make Resident’s Wish Come True
A Bournemouth care home resident has been filled with joy and nostalgia as staff helped to recreate some of his happiest lifelong memories. Staff at…
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