GoodOaks Homecare - Horsham and Crawley

05/12/2025

Today we’re celebrating International Volunteer Day 2025, and what a special one it is! Under the uplifting theme “Every Contribution Matters,” this year also marks the global kick-off of the International Year of Volunteers for Sustainable Development (IVY 2026). It’s a powerful reminder of how volunteers everywhere are driving real progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.

Volunteers bring energy, heart, and connection into our communities. They spark a culture of service, strengthen bonds across generations, and help build a more sustainable future for everyone. Thank you to all our Volunteers in Horsham- Crawley

04/12/2025

We're taking part in Save the Children's Christmas Jumper Day on Thursday 11 December! By pulling on our Christmassy knits and donating, we’ll be supporting children in the UK and around the world to keep safe, healthy, and learning. We’ll be helping them fight for the future they deserve. Just click the Give Now button above to donate £2 (or more if you're feeling generous...) and it will go straight to Save the Children.

We're taking part in Save the Children's Christmas Jumper Day on Thursday 11th December! Every pound we raise will give children in the UK and around the world the chance to grow up healthy and happy and change the future for good.

03/12/2025

International Day of Disabled Persons 03/12/2025.

The 2025 theme is “Fostering Disability Inclusive Societies for Advancing Social Progress.”

Here are a couple of meaningful ways workplaces can get involved:

💡 Host Disability Awareness Training
A simple session can transform understanding, reduce bias, improve accessibility, and show disabled staff their experiences matter.

💡 Recognise Neurodiversity
Conditions like ADHD, autism, dyslexia and Tourette’s are natural variations in how people think. Celebrating neurodiversity helps break stigma and highlight the strengths these colleagues bring.

Small steps create workplaces where everyone can thrive, inclusion grows from everyday actions.

https://diversity-inclusion-speakers.com/news/general-news/how-to-celebrate-international-day-of-disabled-persons/

02/12/2025

It takes a village to care and we’re here for the village.

At GoodOaks Homecare, we believe care is bigger than any one person. It’s a community effort, built on support, trust and connection. Whether someone needs a little help or a lot, we’re here to strengthen that circle of care and make sure no one feels they’re carrying everything alone.

01/12/2025

Did you know?
GoodOaks Homecare offers a free online learning platform that anyone can access through our website!

It’s packed with short, easy-to-follow courses on a wide range of care topics. When you complete a module, you can download your own certificate straight away, perfect for boosting confidence, building skills, or adding to your repertoire.

Learning should be accessible, practical and empowering… and now it’s right at your fingertips.

https://academy.goodoakshomecare.co.uk/

30/11/2025

Did you know?

GoodOaks Homecare offers a free online learning platform that anyone can access through our website!

It’s packed with short, easy-to-follow courses on a wide range of care topics. When you complete a module, you can download your own certificate straight away, perfect for boosting confidence, building skills, or adding to your repertoire.

Learning should be accessible, practical and empowering… and now it’s right at your fingertips.

https://academy.goodoakshomecare.co.uk/

29/11/2025

Did you know?

GoodOaks Homecare is proudly carbon neutral.

We work hard to shrink our environmental footprint in practical, everyday ways: planning efficient routes for carers, reducing unnecessary travel, cutting down on paper, and choosing greener office practices.

28/11/2025

Rewarding the People Who Make Homecare Possible

Many organisations talk about excellence but don’t explain the engine behind it. We do. Excellence comes from people who feel valued, supported and rewarded.

Rewarding our carers isn’t only about pay, though fair pay matters. It’s about recognising effort, celebrating strengths, offering progression, and making sure the emotional labour of caring is seen rather than taken for granted.

When carers feel genuinely appreciated, the care they give is warmer, more consistent and rooted in pride. That’s how we deliver great care: by rewarding the people who provide it and creating an environment where dedication is noticed, not assumed.

27/11/2025

Christmas Spirit Staff Meeting

We kicked off the session with some refresher training to keep everyone sharp and confident for the busy season. Once the serious bits were covered, we shifted into full festive mode.

The team rolled up their sleeves to make their own Christmas ornaments — plenty of creativity, plenty of laughter, and a fair amount of glitter ending up where it absolutely wasn’t planned.

As the afternoon drew on, excitement built while we counted down to our Christmas tree lighting. It was a lovely way for everyone to come together, reflect on the year, and step into the season with a bit of shared magic. Bring on December!

27/11/2025

Developing Our Team: Building the Skills Behind Quality Care

Anyone can claim to offer high-quality care, but not everyone explains their method. For us, the method is development.

Care changes, people’s needs change, and the world keeps throwing new challenges at us. Development means giving our carers the training, mentoring and ongoing learning they need to grow in confidence and skill. It also means supporting that quiet, everyday learning that happens when a carer feels safe to ask questions and try new things.

26/11/2025

Valuing Our Carers: Where Great Care Truly Begins

The difference with Goodoaks Homecare is we can explain in our Mission statement how we achieve excellent care. It starts with valuing the people who deliver that care every day.

When carers are listened to, trusted and supported, something powerful happens: the care they give becomes more thoughtful, more consistent, and more personal. We don’t see our carers as a workforce to deploy, we see them as skilled, compassionate individuals whose insight shapes the service.

It’s not a slogan. It’s the foundation of everything we do.

25/11/2025

Raise money for Save the Children this Christmas. Tell your friends, family or anyone you like. It's going to be the best one yet.