As we near the end of 2023, on behalf of the Board and Leadership Team, we would like to wish everybody who has been part of Bolton Cares success this year, a very merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Working in care is never easy. Despite the challenges we have faced as a sector, together we have achieved some great things. Some of our highlights are below.
- We recruited 20 new staff for our, flagship Extra Care service Lever Gardens Court.
- The new Jubilee Community Centre and Pool opened for the people we support and the wider community in June. As expected, it is proving a popular community hub for everyone to enjoy.
- CQC have rated our Extra Care and Shared Lives services as good.
- Life Opportunities journey is ongoing. We are continuing to work with our commissioners, colleagues and the people we support and their families to c to reshape and develop our Day Services offer.
- Our Autism Centre has been renamed Our SPACE (Supporting People with Autism in Community Environments) to give it a fresh more modern feel.
- Services in Wigan and Salford continue to flourish and develop offering fantastic support to fantastic people.
- Moments to Cherish newsletter to showcase stories about the amazing people we support was launched this year.
- We continue to deploy exciting and creative new Assistive Technology solutions across our services, to help the people we support to be as independent as possible.
- Rollout of our rebrand which started in 2022 is continuing and we have successfully installed new branded signage across our key sites.
- Across the company we have welcomed over 100 new colleagues into our organisation, including Support Workers, Managers and Back Office Colleagues.
- A new staff partnership forum with representation from across the company launched this year.
- Within Supported Living we have set up forums for the people we support to tell us about their experiences.