The CareTech Foundation has released its annual report and impact report for the fiscal year 2022-23. The Foundation’s added new partnerships over the period, including:

• Youth Leads UK – This leadership programme will be delivered to 72 care-experienced young people in Greater Manchester and the Northwest. The programme started in January 2023 and runs until December 2025, offering positive activities to support growth, boost life skills and self-confidence. 32 young people have joined the programme.

• The Motivation Charitable Trust – This partnership aims to help people with mobility disabilities in Kenya by developing national wheelchair services, raising care standards, and improving quality of life and inclusion. The outcomes will be a model wheelchair service developed at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, training for future carers, and an improved referral, fit and follow-up system. So far, 234 care sector workers have received World Health Organization wheelchair service training, 12 community artisans have been trained for wheelchair repairs, and 39 people have been fitted and issued with a wheelchair.

The Foundation’s community grants programme extends support to address local community issues and assist CareTech staff members’ families and friends encountering significant challenges. During this reporting period, the Foundation has awarded nearly £95,000 in community grants to 48 local initiatives.

Through the Foundation’s Match-Funding Grant Fund, 54 CareTech employees were supported in their charitable fundraising efforts, with more than £20,000 in funding. The Foundation’s Staff Hardship Fund grants also provided 232 grants totalling over £174,000.

CareTech Foundation’s chief executive Jonathan Freeman said: “The African proverb has it that ‘to go fast, go alone but to go far, go together’. This rings so very true for the Foundation. The Foundation’s success is entirely down to the efforts of all those who have served as trustees since we were first established, all of those who have worked for the Foundation, our incredible partners and the countless others who have supported our efforts. And, of course, these successes come from the vision of our founders at CareTech Limited in establishing the Foundation in the first place, the company’s incredible generosity throughout and the myriad staff members of the company who have lent their support and encouragement to our efforts.”

CareTech supports the Foundation with an annual financial investment of 2.5% of its pre-tax profits. This commitment is reinforced by in-kind contributions offered by the company’s staff.