Our Achievements

October 1992
• 17 homes transferred from Buckinghamshire County Council (BCC) and The Fremantle Trust  is formed

1993
• A further 23 homes are transferred from BCC -  Fremantle now 1000 staff and 1000 residents

1994
• The Minister for Health visits homes in Aylesbury

1995
• A 3 year programme of investment in building refurbishments is started

1996
• Fremantle's Workskills Project is launched, providing work experience for people recovering from mental health problems as an alternative to more traditional forms of day care

1997
• Fremantle establishes a Quality Audit system to listen to views of service users, staff, families and other professionals about the quality of care provided

1998
• Investors in People award achieved
• Cotswold Cottage learning disability home opened

1999
• Sancroft Hall, Harrow Older People's home opened, first home to have specialist Asian Elder care groups
• Fremantle's own NVQ Assessment Centre is established

2000
• The NVQ Assessment Centre is awarded an ESF grant

2001
• Fremantle is announced as Edexcel Employer of the Year
• Eleven homes in the London Borough of Barnet are transferred to Catalyst Housing Association, Fremantle is contracted to provide care services to 370 residents with 400 staff

2002
• Fremantle now runing 55 homes with 1500 staff

2003
• Two brand new homes opened in Barnet to replace old properties
• A new home at Farnham Common, Bucks is started
• Fremantle's first Supported Living flats started

2004
• 2000 people using Fremantle services
• Project Care agreed between Fremantle, BCC and Housing Solutions Group.  A 10-year project whereby all of the old services in Buckinghmshire for older people and people with a learning disability would be re-provisioned with brand new buildings to facilitate even better personalised care and increase supported living services for people with a learning disability. 

2005
• Fremantle establishes a Dementia Care Development Group and training in Dementia Care Mapping
• Apthorp Lodge inBarnet completed, another new home and Day Centre replacing older buildings
• Lady Elizabeth House Extra Care opened for 29 tenants
• A user led Health and Safety group is started in supported living schemes
• Training in person-centred planning introduced for all staff

2006
• Meadowside, Barnet home and Day Centre opened replacing older buildings
• Building work starts on the first new Project Care home in Bucks
• Fremantle celebrates 10 years of its Workskills Project
• Dementia Care Champions appointed in every Older People's home

2007
• Fremantle wins Buckingham Ambassadors Award for Quality and Skills
• Ten years of Investors in People
• Cherry Garth is Fremantle's first care home to introduce a nursing service
• Fremantle achieves ISO 9001:2000 quality accreditation
• Lewin House, Aylesbury, first new Project Care Older People's Home with nursing opens in November
• Three new Project Care buildings underway
• Introduced a new Manager Development Programme
• Fremantle's Apprentice Scheme started in Barnet

2008
• Two new Project Care homes open, The Heights, High Wycombe a care home with nursing and Icknield Court, Princes Risborough
• Fremantle wins contract for six learning disability homes in Bedfordshire for 38 people, quality audits carried out, improvements identified and plans put in place to increase quality
• Apprentice Scheme introduced in Buckinghamshire
• 93% of Fremantle homes are Good or Excellent, compared with 71% nationally
• Three Barnet homes awarded 5 stars in the Scores on the Doors pilot scheme in Barnet
• First new Project Care Supported Living service opens at Beechlands Court, High Wycombe  providing 16 individual flats

2009
• Three new Project Care services open: 
  • Carey Lodge Older Peoples' home, Wing
  • Aylesbury Supported Living service for people with learning disabilities
  • Cressex Supported Living service for people with learning disabilities
• New supported living service opens in Bedford at Kingsbrook Court
• Fremantle establishes FreBank in-house staff agency to reduce and eventually eliminate any reliance on external agency staff
• Fremantle launches a Dementia Care Fourum in Buckinghamshire - membership open to staff from any Buckinghamshire home
• All services in Bedfordshire now achieve Good rating (all had either adequate or poor ratings when Fremantle took over)

2010
• My Time launched in Bedfordshire - new person-centred activities and educational service
• Fifth new Project Care Older People's home opens, Sir Aubrey Ward House, Marlow 
• New supported living service opens in Milton Keynes, Perrydown, replacing old communal service with new individual flats
• Fremantle Trustees sign National Care Forum (NCF) Quality First commitment
• Fremantle adopts the Gold Standard Framework for end of life care    
• Fremantle and Talkback launch Nclude, a joint Social Enterprise project for people with learning disabilities in the Aylesbury area
• As part of Project Care we have successfully moved over 700 people from old services into new modern accommodation and new types of service
• We now support more people with a learning disability individually in their own homes