Registrations are now open for Championing Social Care’s Care Home Open Week 2024 and the Great British Cycle Relay.

Care Home Open Week 2024 will take place from 24-30 June with homes and other care services across the UK taking part in the sector’s leading engagement event. Open Week will be supported, once again, by the Great British Care Cycle Relay which will cover the 300 miles from Manchester to London.

Registrations are open via the Championing Social Care website. Activity packs and other material are also available to download. Riders can also register to take part in the Care Cycle Relay.

The aim is to shine a positive light on the work of the care sector by encouraging homes to open their doors to the public, VIPs and local decision-makers.

In 2023, over 5,000 care services took part in Care Home Open Week.  That’s around a third of the total number of homes in the country. More than 150 MPs visited homes during the week and the event had support from government ministers and the Royal Family.

This year, the organisers plan to make it an even bigger event, encouraging an even broader range of care services to take part.

2023 saw also saw the inaugural Great British Care Cycle Relay which took place in the same week as Care Home Open Week. The relay runs from Manchester to London stopping at care services along the way to highlight how they are at the heart of communities up and down the country. Each leg of the relay will be around 20 miles in length and cyclists can join the relay for as many legs as they wish.

Both events will begin with high profile launch events on 24 June. Venues and additional details will be announced soon.