On Friday 23rd June 2017, New Directions Chairman Jeff Tune was highly commended at an awards ceremony held in Cardiff. The Cardiff Business Awards recognise outstanding achievement in business and celebrate talent, ambition and innovation from across Wales' capital city. This is the third year the awards have celebrated the best of Cardiff business. The event held at City Hall in the capital celebrated 19 awards in total and was attended by over 400 guests who enjoyed a three course meal and entertainment from former X Factor contestant Lucie Jones. The evening was hosted by television personality […]

So here we are racing towards the end of May, almost reaching the mid-point of the year and so much has happened already. Our media is consumed by all things general election, and we are only too aware of the spotlight on the social care manifestos from the main parties. Then of course everything stopped for a week when we were faced with the devastating news from Manchester. As a parent, a daughter and sister I felt immediately a devastating grief for everyone involved. Wonderful, vibrant Manchester blighted once more by the horror of a terrorist attack. Of course as a nation we will […]

Faced with the prospect of writing a ‘blog’ post for our social media accounts, I thought yes…I can do this. I am full of commentary about life, football and all things Swansea (my new work place home). I love my job (most of the time), I am passionate about the things that matter - Cardiff City FC, West Wales and of course, I love a challenge. Last year I travelled across Europe (dipping in and out when work permitted) following the quite frankly marvellous rise and rise of the Welsh Football Team. From the night we ‘Stunned the World in Lille’ (Telegraph) to our gracious exit […]

In February 2017 New Directions Social Care welcomed a new member to their team. We met with him recently to find out more about how he will add to the team and what his favourite pizza topping was…all very important matters in our community. Tell us about your background prior to join our team… I previously worked as a Team Leader for Gwalia in supported accommodation for people who have suffered with substance abuse. What made you change your focus from within the sector delivering such a vital service to supporting recruiting the best people for the social care environment? I […]

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The social care arena is a sector fraught with twists and turns in legislation, funding and governance. To some it can appear to be a world of complicated processes and more often than not it is under a heady spotlight. For New Directions Social Care, we see a community, we see support and we see a coming together of very unique people who make a difference every day. In 2015 we decided to step outside the warmth of the Welsh borders and put down some roots in South West England – Bristol to be precise. I came here full of hope, but with trepidation about how the sector differed from that […]

Leading business services organisation New Directions have been announced as ‘finalists’ in the ‘Best Company’ category at the Cardiff Life Awards. This is a second successive year of shortlisting for the organisation who had a 2016 in which they won a flurry of awards and became Wales’ first supply agency to be announced ‘Gold Status – Investors in People’ status. Speaking about the shortlisting, Group Head of Communications and Marketing - Ruth Dalton said ‘I have worked as part of this team now for over five years. I have watched the growth and change within the business. […]

2016 has just been signed off by the mass media as a ‘terrible year’ a year of loss and endings. Arguably every year brings with it some loss and some endings, but what about the great things 2016 gave us? For our team, we became even more of a tight-knit unit and family. We welcomed back Kirsty to Bristol after her brief experiment with a new family. We took in Rebecca from our extended family over in New Directions Education. And we all grew. Yasmin got married (hooray, a beautiful bride), Liam’s girls continue to run circles around him, Emma carried through a weight loss regime that […]