Oakland Care supports communities through the ‘Support a School’ campaign

A ‘Support a School' campaign which has been launched by leading care home provider, Oakland Care, has seen seven schools across London and the South East benefit from sustainability initiative grants and volunteer support.

Earlier this summer, Oakland Care wrote to schools in the local communities surrounding its ten care homes, inviting applications for support with meaningful and impactful projects.

Off the back of this, seven school applications were selected, with grants of up to £1,000 awarded in tandem with volunteer support from members of Oakland Care’s local care home teams, head office, and supply chain partners who helped to undertake project activity over recent months.

This has included at Gildredge House School, near Beechwood Grove care home in East Sussex, where local team members have helped create a new, vibrant, wetland area for pupils to enjoy.

Meanwhile at Forty Hill Primary School in Enfield an overgrown wasteland space has been transformed into an allotment for the school to grow fresh fruit and vegetables.

Elsewhere at Horizon Primary Academy, near Birchwood Heights care home in Kent, Oakland Care have helped to establish a new outdoor reading area for children with special educational needs, and across the county at Hildenborough CE Primary School, by Hyllden Heights care home, a much-needed new school pathway is being built.

Grants has also gone towards other ‘green’ projects, including the creation of a bike shelter at Lambourne Primary School, close to Lambwood Heights care home in Essex, which will help to support and promote sustainable travel.

This activity comes in addition to the wide range of sustainability efforts which have been undertaken by Oakland Care as part of their annual Greener Month, a four-week marathon of events and activities focused on positive environmental change that have been delivered during the month of September over the last several years.

The ‘Support a School’ campaign is the first step towards the launch of Oakland Care’s ‘Caring for the Community’ initiative which will launch in 2026. This initiative will see Oakland Care extend grant funding and volunteer support to other groups and businesses in its local communities.

Aaron White, Assistant Director of Corporate Services & Sustainability at Oakland Care, said: “We’re delighted with how successful the ‘Support a School’ campaign has been. We feel a strong sense of responsibility to support our local communities, and this initiative has provided us with a valuable opportunity to give back to others.

“It has been great to not only facilitate, but offer a helping hand, in delivering several excellent projects for seven schools and their pupils. Many of our team members and residents also have family ties to the schools which have benefitted from the initiatives locally, which has been very special and brought about much pride in Oakland Care.

“We look forward to building on this campaign in the community with the launch of a new, exciting, initiative in the new year.”

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