Category: Blogs

The social care sector is all about its people. They are the beating heart of our industry; fantastic and dedicated professionals who care for the most vulnerable in society. As leaders in the care sector, we have a duty to ensure that each and every one of these people feels valued and supported in their […]

Muslims make up 7 per cent of the UK population and 15 per cent of 16-24-year-olds, but only 0.5 per cent of students at Oxford. The COSARAF Foundation joins with St Anne’s to start the process of change Back in 1986, an ambitious over-confident young student from a comprehensive school decided that he would apply […]

Monday marked the beginning of Dementia Awareness Week. CareTech Foundation CEO, Jonathan Freeman, kindly shared his thoughts on this issue close to the Foundation’s heart – but also uncomfortably, painfully close to his own heart…. My father died twelve years ago after myriad physical illnesses and conditions, concluding with vascular dementia triggered by a stroke towards the […]

Mental Health Awareness Week offers a fantastic opportunity to increase understanding about mental health issues, helping to tackle stigma and letting people know where to turn for help. All too often mental health goes unheeded, overlooked and ignored, leaving millions to suffer in silence. At the CareTech Foundation, we’ve been working to change that as part […]

The Department of Health & Social Care recently launched a new recruitment drive to get more people choosing a career in adult social care. ‘Every day is different’ is a Government-backed advertising campaign intended to increase the number of people working as care workers. Over the next six weeks, you should expect to see billboards and posters rightly […]

The number of UK foundations with an explicit statement on diversity issues on their website or in their annual reports can be counted on the fingers of one hand. This is in stark contrast to our US counterparts, where statements on diversity are prominent. But does it matter? We are all well aware of the […]

Six months since the public launch of the Foundation, our Chief Executive Jonathan Freeman has penned below the first of his regular blogs, reflecting on the achievements of the last few months. “It is hard to believe that it has been six months since the public launch of the CareTech Foundation at the annual CareTech Care Awards last November! […]

I accepted the role of Senior Mentoring Adviser to The Careers & Enterprise Company because I believe that the Company has a unique opportunity to use its funding to leverage transformational change in employer-led youth mentoring. In this way, the Company has the potential to significantly multiply the impact of its investment across the mentoring community as […]

From Richard Branson to Steve Jobs, to Yves St Laurent, pretty much any successful business leader will wax lyrical about the mentor who helped them achieve their success. Even Mother Theresa would say how her own achievements were only possible because of her mentor Father Michael van der Peet. Most of us have individuals we […]

The business world regularly tells us that young people aren’t equipped with the skills that they need from their employees. Indeed, the 2015 British Chambers of Commerce survey revealed that 69% of businesses did not believe that secondary schools were properly preparing children for the world of work. But we also know that only in 40% of […]