On Saturday 12 November 2022 we held our 2022 AGM and Autumn Open Meeting online. Thanks to everyone who attended.
We were delighted to be joined by Debby Ounsted CBE, a member of the Archbishops’ Commission on Reimagining Social Care, which was due to publish its new vision for social care in early 2023. You may recall that we made a submission to the Commission last year.
Debby is an experienced non-executive director in the social housing and charity sectors. She is currently a Director of Funding Affordable Homes, a new social investment fund that builds affordable and specialist supported housing across the UK, and of its Registered Funding Affordable Homes Housing Association. She is also Chair of the Mercers’ Charitable Foundation and of the Mercers’ Livery Company’s Social Investment Advisory Group as well as serving on its Philanthropy Committee. She is a former Chair of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust, and has been a board member of various housing associations and charities concerned with disability and specialist housing. She has previously served as Chief Executive at Octavia Hill Housing and of Habinteg Housing Association, which first developed the Lifetime Homes design concept. Debby was appointed CBE in 2013 for services to the charitable sector in the UK.
We also followed up on our previous meeting in March, at which we looked at how we can support healthy living, and in particular weight management, in Camphill communities. As always, there was also time for an informal discussion on matters affecting our family members and friends living in Camphill communities.
The full report of our meeting is available here.
More about the Archbishops’ Commission report
The Archbishops’ Commission report argues we can reimagine care and support for our times by rethinking attitudes, rebalancing roles and responsibilities, and redesigning the system, all underpinned by a National Care Covenant in which we agree and embrace our mutual responsibilities. It is an impressive piece of work, well-written and free of social care jargon, and it is wonderful to see Esk Valley Camphill Community featured as an example of what can be achieved.
You can read the final report on the Archbishops’ Commission website. You can also watch a recording of the launch event, which was attended by our trustees Mary Pearson and Godfrey Davey.
