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05/08/2010Avante Summer Getaway 2010
Avante's Great Summer Getaway was held at Aylesford Priory on the 28th July 2010.
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26/07/2010£8 million Investment in Care
An £8 million state-of-the-art residential care home in Medway has been officially handed over to Avante Care & Support, part of one of the largest social care providers in the South East.
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26/05/2010‘International Dementia Conference hailed a Major Success’
Over 200 people packed Canterbury Christ Church University’s Laud Centre this week to hear from speakers from around the world at the inaugural Dementia Services Development Centre – South East International Dementia Conference.
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26/05/2010Avante Partnership’s ‘Customers’ provide a Ringing Endorsement
The results are in and it’s clear! Avante Partnership’s customers; those people who receive the care and support provided by Avante Care and Support and Stepahead Support rate the services they receive as ‘Excellent’.
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08/04/2010Dementia Strategy Development Workshop is no April Fools joke!
On 1 April, Avante Care and Support's Directors, managers and senior operational staff spent an important day together under the guidance and leadership of two of the country's leading dementia experts to begin the development of our 3 year dementia strategy.
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08/04/2010Management Conference March 2010
On 25th March, almost 50 of Avante Partnership’s managers and senior staff gathered at the Bridgewood Manor Hotel in Chatham for a one day Management Conference.
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06/04/2010Avante Partnership Merges with Care Partners Trust
We are pleased to announce that with effect from 1st April 2010, Care Partners Trust are now part of Avante Partnership.
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01/02/2010Avante Partnership appoints new Trustee
Kent based charity, Avante Partnership has strengthened its Board with the appointment of Richard Davis as a Trustee.
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26/01/2010New Training in Dementia for Health Professionals
Avante Partnership's involvement in the south east's Dementia Services Development Centre is a positive response to the National Audit Office's report that the government was still failing to prioritise dementia care and training within the NHS.
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18/01/2010"The Big Freeze"
Over the last few weeks, the south east has seen some of the worst weather conditions of the last 30 years. Throughout this extremely difficult time, our staff across ‘Avante Care and Support’ and ‘Stepahead Support’ have continued to provide high quality care and support services to over 4000 vulnerable people in Kent, Medway and south London.
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16/12/2009STOP PRESS "Wear It Pink" Fundraising tops £3000
After a fantastic fundraising effort, staff and service users from right across Avante Partnership finally raised £3020 for Breast Cancer Campaign’s ‘Wear it Pink’ day held last month. A series of fundraising events were held in offices, homes and services that put the ‘fun’ into fundraising!
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15/12/2009Champagne Celebration for New Home
The residents and staff from Shaws Wood and Lennox Wood recently celebrated being the winners of the competition to name the Avante Partnership’s new care home being built in Chatham.
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11/11/2009Avante Partnership Contributes to ‘The Big Care Debate’
Over the last 6 months, the Government has been seeking views on its Green Paper ‘Shaping the Future of Care Together’ that sets out its thinking on the establishment of a National Care Service.
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11/11/2009Avante Partnership goes PINK!!!
On October 30th, staff, service users and families across Avante Partnership and its operating entities Avante Care and Support and Stepahead Support went pink, in support of Breast Cancer Campaign’s ‘Wear it Pink’ day!
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11/11/2009Avante Partnership’s Chief Executive elected to University Governing Body
Avante Partnership’s Chief Executive elected to University Governing Body
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09/11/2009Avante Partnership signs new Dementia Agreement
Kent based Avante Partnership, a leading south east provider of care and support to older people has signed a 3-year partnership agreement with Canterbury Christ Church University and national charity For Dementia to form ‘The Dementia Services Development Centre – South East’. The Development Centre will be one of a network of six dementia services development centres across the UK.
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12/10/2009An end of an era and new beginnings at Dovedale, Welling
Staff at Avante Care and Support's Dovedale care home in Welling gathered together on 2nd October to celebrate the end of an era.
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26/08/2009Avante’s care in Canterbury leads the way
Avante’s residential care home The New Close which is set in picturesque countryside on the outskirts of Canterbury and has leading edge, comfortable facilities for elderly people who no longer are able to live at home independently.
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26/08/2009Stepahead Support project in Thanet awarded Big Lottery Grant
Disadvantaged young people and their families in Kent will have access to sports clubs, parenting skills and healthy eating workshops as part of the Breakthrough Plus project, made possible by a Big Lottery Fund grant announced today.
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