Families secure future of UK children’s care home after uncovering management failures

Charity Commission inquiry into William Blake House in Northamptonshire resulted in rescue plan A group of “accidental activist” families have succeeded in their efforts to secure the future of their children’s care home after uncovering serious alleged management failures that took the charity to the brink of bankruptcy. The families launched a campaign after discovering that William Blake House, a residential learning disability care home charity in Northamptonshire, owed £1.5m in unpaid ta...

By Patrick Butler Social policy editor