KEYFORT GROUP

26/03/2026

A big thank you to NEFire for providing our Fire Marshal🧯🧯

11/03/2026

Our recruitment manager Lisa, case managers, Jenny and Heidi, and Occupational Therapist, Kyle, at our recent recruitment event. We pride ourselves on working in partnership with local universities.

05/03/2026

We are delighted to confirm that we have recently been inspected receiving an overall rating of “Good” with some areas of outstanding. Please see some of the quotes below:

https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-420923659?referer=widget3

CARING:
KEYFORT NORTHEAST were rated outstanding in the new CQC Inspection Process in “Independence Choice and Control”
“This service is exceptional at maximising the effectiveness of people’s care and treatment by assessing and reviewing their health, care, wellbeing and communication needs with them”.

Well-Led
KEYFORT NORTHEAST were rated outstanding in the new CQC Inspection Process in “Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders” “This service is exceptional at maximising the effectiveness of people’s care and treatment by assessing and reviewing their health, care, wellbeing and communication needs with them.” Care Quality Commission

Thank you to everyone who was involved in the inspection and for everyone's continued hard work

19/02/2026

Our case managers Heidi and Jenny have recently been on a course for the Josephine and Jack Project

Josephine and Jack are a unique approach to supporting people with learning disabilities to talk about relationships and s*x.

For many people with learning disabilities, having the opportunity to talk about relationships, having a partner, s*xuality and personal choice can be very difficult.

12/02/2026

A little bit more about the alternative education support we provide.

We provide tailored and flexible education for young people who don’t always thrive in a mainstream school environment. Our approach is all about building confidence, re-engaging learners while also supporting their well-being and mental health – one young person at a time.

At KEYFORT, we combine academic learning with hands-on, practical experiences, including:
🎯 1:1 and small group tuition
🌱 Outdoor learning & wellbeing sessions
🛠️ Life skills & practical activities
🎨 Creative projects
🤝 Mentoring & confidence-building sessions

We meet young people where they are, we help them grow academically and emotionally – while also supporting them to gain confidence for their post 16 future.

28/01/2026

Wow, what a January!

Thank you to everyone who contributed in helping to make this an amazing month!

🌟Two new and improved Care Planning and Rostering systems incoming🌟

🌟We had the chance to show CQC all of the amazing work we do in a routine inspection🌟

🌟We found out from Northumbria Uni that we are their biggest Psychology placement provider🌟

🌟Expansion in our services throughout CQC and Alternative Education Services🌟

16/01/2026

Our HR team has been at St James Park keeping up to date on the latest changes to employment law

01/01/2026

Happy New Year to all the People we Support and their families, to all those who support our services and of course our AMAZING staff teams who have continued to work over the festive period. Wishing you and your families a healthy and happy 2026 🙌🏽

24/12/2025

Well that's a wrap!!

We would like to take this time to wish you all a Merry Christmas and thank you for all your hard work this year!

We look forward to seeing you all in the new year.

The office is closed from 24th December until 5th January.
During this time there is a team of on-call co-ordinators to assist in the event of an emergency. Please be aware there is only one on call coordinator on call at a time for each region.

Thank you everyone!

19/12/2025

Thank you to Gateshead Foodbank for letting us volunteer, we will definitely be making another appearance

10/12/2025

🎅🏼🎄🎅🏼🎄🎅🏼🎄🎅🏼🎄🎅🏼🎄🎅🏼🎄🎅🏼🎄🎅🏼🎄🎅🏼Today we spent some time at The Great North Children’s Hospital at Newcastle’s RVI completing our KEYFORT Toy Drop Off. Special thanks to Kelly Geleman for organising this and a huge thanks to the amazing KEYFORT staff team for the generous donations of Pyjamas, Toys and Crafts for Children staying in Hospital over the Christmas period.
Community spirit at its absolute best ✨

21/11/2025

Final day of the safeguarding week - "Celebrate the Safer Cultures"

On the last day of Safeguarding Adults Week, we want to shine a spotlight on examples of good practice, so that we can illustrate what we mean by “safer cultures”.

If you would like to share any of your success stories please let us know.

Let's change the conversation! For Safeguarding Adults Week 2025, we're focusing on prevention. Rather than learning lessons from safeguarding instances,…