A CARE charity that was threatened with closure during the summer has bounced back and is now thriving.

North East Dartmoor Care, a community-owned not-for-profit charity that looks after adults in their own homes, was threatened with folding because of care staff shortages, but is now growing again!

A spokesperson for the charity said: ‘Our feedback has always been extremely positive: we enable many people needing care to remain in their own homes and in their own community, thus freeing up beds in hospitals.

‘Under our new Partnership with Karrek Community CIC we have a temporary registered manager and support to help NEDCare get back on its feet, to develop and grow the service for the communities in which it works.’

They said Devon County Council has been working with NEDCare and Karrek so that existing clients continue to be cared for.

‘Meanwhile, new people have come forward to work as support staff, attracted by the positive outlook and a job which is rewarding, working in a great team and a beautiful area.

‘However NEDCare are still seeking more staff – they offer competitive salaries and travel expenses and excellent working conditions.’

Paul Ashton, director of Karrek, said: ‘We recognised that we share NEDCare’s values and ways of working, focused on helping people, and we wanted to work with our own successful experience to stop it going under.

‘We are confident that Lily Danning (the new manager) will do a great job in leading NEDCare into a new phase.’

Jenny Bates, co-chair of trustees, said: ‘NEDCare has shown what a caring, person-centred service can look like. The last five years have provided huge benefits for our communities, and we are seen as a model of what should be done everywhere.

‘We are delighted that because of this new Partnership, we will be able to continue. We hope too that anyone who likes the idea of working with us, will get in touch.’

For more information, see www.nedcare.org