Jacob
Hi, my name is Jacob and I would like to share my first experience of skydiving. I decided to go skydiving for my 16th birthday but instead of just jumping out of a plan I decided to jump out of a plane and raise money for cancer.
I raised over £600 and I got a thank you card from the cancer support team where they also said have a fantastic day which I did by the way. The dive was sick, I jumped from 13000 feet on Wednesday 31st August 2022 at the Hinton Skydiving centre. It was a really cool day.
I remember jumping through this cloud that had a circular rainbow round it which was the best bit, everyone was really nice, and I enjoyed it a lot.
PW (Previous YP – Lilac House)
At Lilac the staff were so kind and supportive and made it such a nice home to be in. They helped me when I was struggling and supported me through those times as best as they could. Lilac isn’t just a home it’s a family.
Our Success Stories
"I know that the staff are thinking about me when I am out with my friends, and that makes me feel good." - A child to Ofsted....
"Communication is excellent. We can share information effectively to the benefit of the children, and we work together to ensure that they are happy and safe' - Local police officer to Ofsted. ...
"Children are happy and settled and see the home as their home. They feel valued because they are central to decision-making about their lives." – Ofsted Inspector...
"I know that the staff are thinking about me when I am out with my friends, and that makes me feel good." - A child to Ofsted....
"Communication is excellent. We can share information effectively to the benefit of the children, and we work together to ensure that they are happy and safe' - Local police officer to Ofsted. ...
"Children are happy and settled and see the home as their home. They feel valued because they are central to decision-making about their lives." – Ofsted Inspector...
"I know that the staff are thinking about me when I am out with my friends, and that makes me feel good." - A child to Ofsted....
"Communication is excellent. We can share information effectively to the benefit of the children, and we work together to ensure that they are happy and safe' - Local police officer to Ofsted. ...
"Children are happy and settled and see the home as their home. They feel valued because they are central to decision-making about their lives." – Ofsted Inspector...
News
Christmas Wish-Lists
We are always thinking about our children and young people at Homes2Inspire. At Meadowview and Farrimond House, our wonderful management team Julie and Sarah have been working the team at ‘AMEY’ on a Christmas Appeal. Last year, the home teams participated in a Christmas present appeal with Dunelm, raising money to fulfil wish lists for ......
Homes2Inspire Internship Programme
We are delighted to announce the release of our Interns Film, a celebration of a unique and impactful internship program designed for children and young people in our care. Homes2Inspire are committed to empowering young people and helping them build bright futures. This summer internship is one way we’re making that vision a reality. Our internship ......
Nottinghamshire Residential Reflections
Homes2Inspire are the proud provider of a 10 year contract for Nottinghamshire County Council, providing homes for children who are not able to live with their families. As the contract is coming to end in March 2025, Nottinghamshire County Council want to ensure that any new contract is informed directly by the children and young ......
A Spooky Special Halloween
Layton and Holly’s Halloween Party: To celebrate Halloween, the wonderful Holly House and Layton House hosted a fantastic Halloween Party for their young people! The home teams got to work setting up decorations, including a 10ft inflatable clown and Halloween balloons! Overall, there were around 20 young people and 20 adults, so luckily the buffet ......
Homes & Horizons – Misterton School
We’re excited to announce the opening of our new Misterton School in Somerset! The school is led specialist teaching staff and NHS professionals, the school can enrol 15 children with ten present at any one time! Through our Homes & Horizons partnership, we are dedicated to providing a top-quality environment for our children and young ......
Danetree House takes on Beacon Hill
What better way to keep busy in the summer holidays than to climb up one of the highest points in Leicestershire! Our amazing Danetree House team and our young person got up extra early and took a trip to Leicestershire to walk the Beacon Hills. Beacon Hill is the second highest point in Leicestershire, standing ......
Franklin House – Caring for the Community
Our lovely Franklin House sits in a lovely community. Recently, the young people and adults noticed that a neighbour was in a spot of bother that required some police support. Although this was a worrying time for everyone, the young people stayed calm and allowed the police to support the neighbour. The following day, our ......
Rosendale House
Rosie Rebels – Pretty Muddy 5k In Summer 2024, the amazing team at Rosendale House in Worcestershire, decided to participate in the Pretty Muddy 5k for Race for life to raise money for Cancer Research! Here’s what our Rosendale House team said about the day: The Build Up “Part of our team and one of ......
Celebrating an Inspirational Achievement
At Homes2Inspire, we believe that every young person’s education is a journey, especially when that journey overcomes significant obstacles. We are thrilled to share an extraordinary achievement that exemplifies determination, support, and the resilience of our team. One of our young people at Braidley House has made a remarkable leap in their educational attendance, going ......
Somerset Council wins national award for groundbreaking children’s home partnership
Somerset Council and its partners, Homes2Inspire (part of Shaw Trust) and NHS Somerset are celebrating after winning ‘Innovation in Partnerships,’ a prestigious Municipal Journal (MJ) Award for the trailblazing Homes and Horizons children’s home project. The MJ awards is the biggest annual awards ceremony for local government. The winners were announced during a live ceremony ......
Shaw Trust will be trading at the UK’s first ever multi-charity shop
We are absolutely delighted to share that Shaw Trust will be trading at the UK’s first ever multi-charity shop, Charity Super.Mkt, in Brent Cross shopping centre. This is a really exciting venture for Shaw Trust, and provides a fantastic opportunity to shop the best of charity shop fashion! We would love our local colleagues to visit the shop ......
Inspired by hope
We are delighted to celebrate our 40th anniversary with this unique art exhibition celebrating the creativity of care-experienced individuals at Shaw Trust. They have all been created by care-experienced young people we support in our Homes2Inspire Children’s Homes, our Fostering2Inspire foster families, through our community and school-based careers and wraparound teams and by our colleagues ......
Her Majesty The Queen
Shaw Trust is deeply saddened to hear the news of the death of Her Majesty The Queen, announced today by Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty served the Nation and the Commonwealth selflessly for over 70 years, demonstrating the very highest values of leadership and dedication to her duty. Values to which we aspire. Our sadness is ......
Empowered ehopping experience – Somerset Council Partnership
The Homes2Inspire team have recently facilitated an empowered shopping experience at their furniture provider in Bicester on 22 June, which was attended by three care experienced young people and the Voice of the Child – Participation & Engagement Officer for Somerset. The day aimed to provide the care experienced young people with an empowered shopping experience ......
Letter from Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, has written an open letter to our “brilliant colleagues in social care” recognising the hard work and sacrifice of staff in the sector, like our staff team at Homes2Inspire, are making during the pandemic crisis. The letter is clear recognition of the ......
Homes2Inspire wins Somerset contract
Homes2Inspire, working with Shaw Education Trust, has won a groundbreaking key strategic contract to deliver support to young people in Somerset. The contract reflects who we are as a child to career charity and will be worth more than £60 million over the next ten years. It will provide children’s residential homes, foster homes and ......
Keeping children safe online during Covid19
Homes2Inspire utilise NSPCC training to upskill staff during pandemic I read a really interesting article recently that stated that a third of youth worker’s felt they are not trained to sufficiently to deal with the online risks children face. If you want to read it for yourself you can follow this link here. During the ......
What is working in a Homes2Inspire childrens’ home like?
Some of our colleagues share their stories Our colleagues Bethany, Vanessa and Linda share their stories on working for Homes2Inspire.
Homes2Inspire chosen to run Trevone House Semi-Independent facility for Gloucestershire County Council
Homes2Inspire have been successful in bidding to partner Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) for an exciting new facility to provide care and accommodation for vulnerable young people at Trevone House in Gloucester. Homes2Inspire have been awarded the contract for 7 years at a value of over £13m. The offer will include support services, as well as ......
Ofsted ranks Homes2Inspire in top ten
This month (23 July 2020) Ofsted published data about residential children’s care homes. For the first time Homes2Inspire is ranked in the top 10 largest private and voluntary children’s homes providers, as at March 2020, with 27 homes. Paul Cook, Managing Director of Homes2Inspire, said: “‘Since the acquisition by Shaw Trust in 2017 Homes2Inspire has ......
