How we care, why we do it this way, and what we're learning. Written for the families, professionals and future colleagues who want to understand us properly.
Insights
September 22, 2026
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Once a month an independent visitor judges every children's home in England. How the Regulation 44 system works.
January 14, 2026
Every young person is heading towards adulthood. Our job is making sure they arrive with more than a suitcase.
January 22, 2026
Positive behaviour support in our care for children with learning difficulties and autism, and why behaviour always communicates something.
February 6, 2026
Training
Some of the best people in our homes arrived with no care experience at all. What transfers, and what we teach.
February 22, 2026
Our homes
At ten o'clock a different kind of care begins. What our waking night colleagues actually do all night.
March 6, 2026
How we work with social workers, independent reviewing officers and placing authorities. Colleagues first, contracts second.
March 14, 2026
A child who comes to live with us does not stop having a family, and we never behave as if they do.
March 22, 2026
Children remember how they arrived long after they forget the details. How we prepare for the first two days.
April 6, 2026
Our homes are deliberately small. What that changes for the children living in them, and what it costs.
April 14, 2026
Therapeutic is one of the most used and least explained words in children's care. Here is what it means in practice.
April 22, 2026
