Blackwood Homes and Care

08/10/2026

A real person, just a video call away.
At Blackwood, we believe everyone should feel supported to live life to the full.
Our CleverCogs Connect service provides access to qualified, registered support workers through a simple video call, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
From medication reminders and everyday reassurance to knowing someone is there when you need them, CleverCogs Connect is helping people feel more confident, supported and independent in their own homes.

Find out more about CleverCogs Connect and how it could support you or someone you care about on our website - www.blackwoodgroup.org.uk/digitalservice

10/09/2026

Looking for a rewarding career in care? Come and meet us in Ayr!
Blackwood Homes and Care will be recruiting Support Workers to join our team.
Come along to chat with us, find out more about working at Blackwood and hear about the opportunities we have available. 💚

📍 St. Leonards Court, Ayr, KA7 2PN
📅 Tuesday 15th September
🕑 Start time: 10 a.m.

We’d love to meet you!

31/08/2026

🎉 Well done, Raeden Court!

A huge well done to everyone at our Raeden Court Care Home in Aberdeen following a fantastic Jumble Sale!

With just a couple of IOUs still to come in, the team will have raised just under £225 – a brilliant result. 👏

A big thank you to everyone who donated, helped out on the day, and came along to support the team and make the event such a success.

27/08/2026

Career progression doesn’t always start with having all the experience. Sometimes, it starts with believing you’re capable of more, and being given the opportunity to grow.

Halley joined Blackwood as a Support Worker while completing his master’s degree. Today, he’s a Housing Officer, having built his experience through a secondment, on-the-job learning and a CIH Level 3 qualification supported by Blackwood.

His story is a great example of what Our People means to us. We want Blackwood to be a place where people feel supported to develop, encouraged to take the next step and given opportunities to build rewarding careers.

Because when we invest in our people, nurture their potential and support their ambitions, they bring that growth back into Blackwood – strengthening our teams and the support we provide to our customers to live their life to the full.

For Halley, it’s about being somewhere that encourages him to keep moving forward:
“I want to stay and grow with an organisation, especially when it’s one that supports your development and wants to see you grow.”

👉 Read Halley’s full story and find out how he went from Support Worker to Housing Officer:
https://www.blackwoodgroup.org.uk/latest-news-and-blogs/nurturing-our-people-halleys-career-journey-at-blackwood-3183

26/08/2026

It was an emotional day at Blackwood as Chloe, our brilliant Career Ready intern, came to the end of her summer placement with us.

Over the past few weeks, Chloe has experienced so many different sides of Blackwood – from Housing, Care and Finance to Governance & Assurance, People, Marketing & Communications, Digital and CleverCogs Connect, as well as getting out into our services, meeting customers and colleagues and seeing first-hand the work we do every day.

Chloe brought such a bright, sunny energy to everything she did. She originally thought her future might be in nursery education, but her time at Blackwood has opened her eyes to a different path. After telling us Housing was her favourite part of the placement, she’s now considering it as a future career, exactly what opportunities like this are all about.
Chloe finished her placement with an incredibly impressive presentation to colleagues and our Chief Executive, confidently sharing what she’d learned and even offering her own ideas for the future of Blackwood. We loved hearing her perspective; the future of our sector is in young people like Chloe.

A huge thank you to Chloe, her teacher for her support, and our Organisational Development Manager Fiona Ralph. And a special thank you to Career Ready and the funding by Allia C&C that makes placements like Chloe’s possible, giving young people the opportunity to build their confidence, discover new possibilities and experience careers they might never otherwise have considered.

Thankfully, it’s not goodbye! Chloe will continue to work closely with Blackwood when she returns to school, and we can’t wait to see what she does next.

18/08/2026

Andrea gets a call first thing in the morning. Another at 8pm. And every time, she knows someone's there.

That's CleverCogs Connect - daily welfare calls, medication and appointment reminders, all from one screen. Andrea puts it best: "the people on it are absolutely amazing."

Watch her full story on our youtube page, and find out what CleverCogs Connect can do:

Our round-the-clock support service offers peace of mind, with a carer always just a tap away.

13/08/2026

At Blackwood, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We couldn't deliver our services without them, and we have so many brilliant people with different experiences and stories, all working to deliver high-quality landlord and care services and help our customers Live Life to the Full.

First up, meet Israel 👋 Swipe through to find out a little more about him, how running and cycling keep him going, and the headspace he finds along the way. 🏃

11/08/2026

Some days, a video call can mean the world.

CleverCogs Connect gives our customers daily welfare calls, medication and appointment reminders, all from one screen. For Catherine, it's a lifeline.

Watch her full story on our page. Find out what CleverCogs Connect can do: www.blackwoodgroup.org.uk/digitalservice

30/07/2026

Today is International Day of Friendship. And at Blackwood, we know that friendship isn't a nice extra. It's part of what keeps people well.

Connection matters. Having someone to call, someone to laugh with, someone who notices when you haven't been around — that makes a real difference to how people feel day to day. For the people we support, relationships and community are just as important to independence as the roof over their head.

Today's a good excuse to reach out to someone you've been meaning to catch up with.

08/07/2026

July is Talk to Us Month, run by Samaritans. The idea behind it is simple: a conversation can make a real difference.

You don't need the perfect words. Often, just asking someone how they're really doing, and properly listening to the answer, is enough. A colleague. A customer. A friend. Family. A quick check-in can mean far more than you'd think.

So this month, reach out to someone. Put the kettle on. Ask how they are, and mean it.

And if you ever need someone to talk to yourself, Samaritans are there day and night, for free, on 116 123. 💚