Care Development East

14/01/2026

Coming Soon at Care Development East

We’re getting ready to launch our new online 1-hour Adult Safeguarding Awareness workshops, delivered by our CEO, Gemma Bloomfield.

These sessions are being developed to be accessible, practical and relevant for frontline staff, supporting confidence around safeguarding responsibilities.

Launch dates and booking details coming soon – watch this space.

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14/01/2026

Office Relocation Sale – Everything Must Go!

We’re relocating and have a selection of well-maintained office furniture and appliances available for sale.

📍 Collection only from Needham Market, IP6
🗓️ All items must go before 2 February 2026

Care Development East is moving into a new phase. As we leave our office base, we’re selling our furniture and equipment while continuing to deliver our services in a more flexible way.

👉 View items for sale here: https://caredevelopmenteast.co.uk/news-events-training/news/office-clearance-sale

If you’re interested in any items, please email - info@caredevelopmenteast.co.uk

Our registered office address is now Crane Court, 302 London Road, Ipswich, Suffolk.

We’re still here, still supporting the sector, with more updates and events coming soon. If you have any questions or need support, do get in touch.

12/01/2026

Recruitment and retention support
Creating a positive workplace culture seminar
Tuesday 24 February | 10:00 - 15:30 | Online

Retaining great people starts with a workplace where staff feel valued and supported.

This online seminar explores how everyday culture shapes team stability and what you can do to strengthen it.

⇨ Book your place - https://tinyurl.com/yt9d7zm3

07/01/2026

Get the insights you need to plan and grow your care services – free from DHSC

Want to understand local population needs and what services your local authority plans to commission?

Get Adult Social Care Data (GASCD) is a new, free digital service for CQC-registered care providers.

Developed with input from providers, it provides instant access to data and trends for your area, region, and across England. Among other things, use GASCD to: Compare your bed occupancy with local averages, explore disability prevalence by area, and see what services are in demand.

Look out for an email from DHSC on Tuesday 6 January (subject line: Get adult social care data with DHSC’s free service). It will invite nominated individuals to register for early access from 28 January 2026. Later in the year, you’ll be able to add team members too. Any questions, contact getadultsocialcaredata.team@dhsc.gov.uk.

07/01/2026

Please join us for our World Cancer Day event on Saturday 7 February 2026.

With prostate cancer affecting so many people, we will be offering free PSA tests. Booking is essential and can be made via the link below.

We will also be joined by two skin cancer nurse specialists from Ipswich Hospital, who will be providing free skin checks on a first come, first served basis.

In addition, a range of other health-related organisations will be attending to offer information and support.
This event is sponsored by Cancer Support Suffolk, and East Suffolk Prostate Cancer Support Group - to book go to chaps-uk.org/book-event-main

We look forward to welcoming you.

07/01/2026

RDN Strategic & Wider Care Settings Funding Calls 2026/27

📢 NHS and wider care settings across the East of England are invited to apply for two new NIHR Research Delivery Network (RDN) funding calls to support delivering research and enabling service users to take part in studies.

💡 Funding available:
• Strategic Funding – for long-term projects to strengthen research (deadline 15 January)
• Wider Care Settings Funding – to build research capacity or support community-based research (deadline 23 January)

👥 Open to NHS trusts and wider care settings, including GP practices, pharmacies, care homes, schools and prisons (eligibility applies).

Find out more -

Enhance research delivery in health and care with our funding streams. Learn about strategic and wider care settings funding and apply by January 2026.

05/01/2026

💻 Are you prepared for your CQC assessment?

Join Skills for Care's popular one-day interactive seminar for services who want to discover practical ways to prepare for their CQC assessment.

Learn what you will be expected to evidence and how to demonstrate your service meets or exceeds what the CQC expects.

📆 Several dates now available through January to March
🔗Find out more

01/01/2026

30/12/2025

Free Mental Health resources from MIND - https://www.mind.org.uk/workplace/my-staffs-wellbeing-at-work/

26/12/2025

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22/12/2025

Learning shouldn’t be complicated.

CDE Learn gives Suffolk’s care workforce easy access to free online courses - anytime, anywhere.

Whether you’re at home, on shift, or in between tasks, your next skill is just a click away.

Discover more here - https://care-development-east.learnworlds.com/

22/12/2025

LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER

Lorraine from Oak Tree Coaching is kindly hosting a free, live reflective Zoom session tomorrow:

Date: Tuesday 23rd December
Time: 10:00–11:15am (75 minutes)
Format: Live on Zoom (not recorded)

This is not training or a webinar — just 75 minutes of calm, protected space for people working in care to:

✨ Pause and breathe
✨ Reflect on everything they’ve carried this year
✨ Gently set intentions for the year ahead

To attend, simply email or text the word PAUSE to 07513 871326 or lorraine@oaktreecoaching.org, and the Zoom details will be sent over.

A huge thank you to Lorraine for offering such a meaningful gift to our sector.