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Keith Burley MD of Blue Eleephant Childrcare goes to London Parliament

Visit to Parliament

Last week, I had the privilege of visiting Parliament and gaining a deeper understanding of how government operates — a complex and multifaceted system. During my visit, I spent time with Mr. Ian …

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Cody with MD of Blue Elephant Childcare Sponsored by Blue Elephant

Cody Trace Racing

🏁 Blue Elephant Childcare is Proud to Continue Sponsoring Cody Trace Racing! 🏁 We’re thrilled to announce that Blue Elephant Childcare will be supporting Cody Trace for another season of karting! 🏎️ …

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Blue Eelephant Team at the Children’s Homes Quality event

Love-led Practice

🌟 What an inspiring day celebrating love-led practice and championing the very best in children’s residential care! 💙🐘 Our Blue Elephant team had a brilliant time at the Children’s Homes Quality …

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Stars of CYP Awards Blue Elephant Highly Commended

The Children & Young People Awards 2025

What a fantastic night 🏅🍾🥂 We were incredibly lucky to have many, many nominations for the Stars of CYP Awards in Manchester! We won two ‘Highly Commended’ awards, one for Blue Elephant as …

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The dyanmic nature of working in Blue Elephant Childcare

Working in Blue Elephant Head Office is always a bit of a roller coaster and information overload. We deal with the day-to-day running of the business, including sorting out wages, HR questions, …

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Image representing family settings to support Blue Elephant Childcare blog called The fostering Dilemma

The Fostering dilemma

The general thinking in social care is that all children should be raised in a family setting, surrounded by loving parents and siblings, as well as extended family members. This is obviously correct …

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Blue Elephant Car at Bideford's Soap Box Derby

Bideford Soap Box Derby

🏁 We’re racing into the weekend! 🏁 Blue Elephant Childcare is proud to be taking part in the Bideford Soapbox Derby! 🐘 Our team (and soapbox!) is ready to roll- bringing speed, smiles, and a little …

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Blue Elephant team show leaflets promoting B-Herd App

Childcare B-Herd App

The B-Herd app is the inspiration of Lucy Squire, our Operations Manager, after speaking with her son via text message. Lucy says: “I was at home and got into a text conversation with my son who was …

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Blue Elephant team stand by the Pilton Community College sign

Pilton College Visit

A few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of visiting Pilton College to speak with their Health & Social Care students about careers in Residential Childcare 💙 It was fantastic to meet such a …

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