Blogs and articles

05 Aug 2022 Skills for Care

At Redcot, Friends of the Elderly’s residential care home in Surrey, the residents have been commemorating the last few unprecedented years by burying…read more

04 Aug 2022 Skills for Care

Training provider Access Skills has received award nominations over the past two years for their support for apprentices from diverse backgrounds. The…read more

02 Aug 2022 Neil Eastwood

Neil Eastwood, CEO of Care Friends and author of ‘Saving social care’, gives his perspective on why efforts to reduce staff turnover in the first 12 w…read more

29 Jul 2022 Skills for Care

Future Directions provide live music, jokes and dancing every Friday with their ‘Fun time Friday’. read more

28 Jul 2022 Marie Lovell, Hazel Griffiths and Gary Stark

What does it mean to include people with lived experience in the recruitment process and why is it important? Marie Lovell, Hazel Griffiths and Gary S…read more

27 Jul 2022 Jeanine Willoughby

Jeanine Willoughby and Amanda Ashworth, project managers for workforce capacity and transformation at Skills for Care, look at how recruiting from ove…read more

26 Jul 2022 Oonagh Smyth

Our CEO Oonagh Smyth looks at what we have been doing to make good on our pledge to ask organisers of events to ensure full and equal contribution fro…read more

22 Jul 2022 Skills for Care

Yorkshire-based care provider Complete Care West Yorkshire recently experienced success at their local race for life, raising money for charity. read more

19 Jul 2022 Skills for Care

Kirsty Armstrong, Registered Manager of Kelly Park Caring Agency, discusses how she has worked with local education providers to offer work placements…read more

15 Jul 2022 Skills for Care

One resident recently enjoyed a special birthday celebration at Bernard Sunley, the Woking-based care home run by charity Friends of the Elderly. read more