1st Homecare Voted Top 20 Small Home Care Group for the 7th Consecutive Year.
1st Homecare make the Top 20 Small Home Care Groups for the 7th year running.…
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Friends of 1st Homecare Newsletter – Winter 2025
Friends of 1st Homecare Newsletter – Winter 2025 December 9, 2025 Feel free to download…
Homecare Association Tech Conference
Homecare Association Tech Conference November 28, 2025 As outgoing Chair of the Homecare Association I…
Three Guesses to Work Out What’s Happening!
Three Guesses to Work Out What’s Happening! November 10, 2025 Last week we booked a…
Outstanding CQC Rating for Leighton Buzzard Branch
Outstanding CQC Rating for Leighton Buzzard Branch October 22, 2025 We are delighted to have…
Trekking for Alzheimer’s Society
Trekking for Alzheimer’s Society August 4, 2025 On Saturday 2nd August, one of our Directors,…
Dept. of Health and Social Care Visits 1st Homecare
Dept. of Health and Social Care Visits 1st Homecare June 23, 2025 We were delighted…
We’ve Done it Again – Six Years in a Row!
We’ve Done it Again – Six Years in a Row! June 16, 2025 We are…
Friends of 1st Homecare Newsletter – Summer 2025
Friends of 1st Homecare Newsletter – Summer 2025 June 12, 2025 Feel free to download…
Homecare Association Conference
Homecare Association Conference May 15, 2025 Yesterday our two Directors Annabella and John Rennison went…
Friends of 1st Homecare Newsletter – Spring 2025
Friends of 1st Homecare Newsletter – Spring 2025 March 11, 2025 Our Spring 2025 Newsletter…
A Big Win for 1st Homecare
A Big Win for 1st Homecare March 10, 2025 On Friday 7th March, at the…
Providers Unite
Providers Unite February 27, 2025 Our CEO, John Rennison, went to Westminster on Tuesday with…
Home Care Awards – National Finalists
Home Care Awards – National Finalists December 20, 2024 Great to hear that we have…
Friends of 1st Homecare Newsletter – Autumn 2024
Friends of 1st Homecare Newsletter – Autumn 2024 December 5, 2024 Feel free to download…
John Rennison, CEO, is appointed as Chair of the Homecare Association
John Rennison, CEO, is appointed as Chair of the Homecare Association October 19, 2024 I’m…
Friends of 1st Homecare Newsletter – Summer 2024
Friends of 1st Homecare Newsletter – Summer 2024 September 13, 2024 Feel free to download…
Five Years Running!
Five Years Running! June 20, 2024 Top 20 Homecare Group in the UK for five…
Care Leaders’ Conference
Care Leaders’ Conference May 31, 2024 I was delighted to be asked to attend the…
Friends of 1st Homecare Newsletter – Spring 2024
Friends of 1st Homecare Newsletter – Spring 2024 May 10, 2024 Feel free to download…
Supporting the Care Workers’ Charity
Supporting the Care Workers’ Charity May 9, 2024 We are delighted to say we have…
1st Homecare Leighton Buzzard raises money for Macmillan Cancer Support
1st Homecare Leighton Buzzard raises money for Macmillan Cancer Support May 1, 2024 On April…
Great Tommy Sleep-Out
Great Tommy Sleep-Out March 7, 2024 Our CEO, John Rennison and his 12 year old…
Home Care Awards
Home Care Awards March 4, 2024 We are delighted to announce that we have won…
Friends of 1st Homecare Newsletter – Winter 2023/2024
Friends of 1st Homecare Newsletter – Winter 2023/2024 February 7, 2024 Feel free to download…
Homecare Association Conference
Homecare Association Conference January 25, 2024 John Rennison, our CEO, attended the Homecare Association’s Annual…
Live-in Care Manager Sinead raises nearly £1000 for Dementia UK
Live-in Care Manager Sinead raises nearly £1000 for Dementia UK November 29, 2023 We are…
Friends of 1st Homecare Newsletter – Autumn 2023
Friends of 1st Homecare Newsletter – Autumn 2023 November 2, 2023 Feel free to download…
We are a finalist in the Great British Care Awards
We are a finalist in the Great British Care Awards September 20, 2023 We are…
New Branch Opening – Chilterns 1st Homecare is up and running!
New Branch Opening – Chilterns 1st Homecare is up and running! September 19, 2023 We’re…
Friends of 1st Homecare Newsletter – Summer 2023
Friends of 1st Homecare Newsletter – Summer 2023 August 1, 2023 Feel free to download…
We’ve Done it Again!
We’ve Done it Again! July 24, 2023 For the 4th year running we have been…
Kings Langley Celebrates!
Kings Langley Celebrates! July 24, 2023 Kings Langley is celebrating both a milestone year and…
Friends of 1st Homecare Newsletter – Spring 2023
Friends of 1st Homecare Newsletter – Spring 2023 April 29, 2023 Feel free to download…
Data Protection
Data Protection March 2, 2023 Behind the scenes we do a great deal of work…
Friends of 1st Homecare Newsletter – Winter 2022
Friends of 1st Homecare Newsletter – Winter 2022 December 12, 2022 Download a PDF of…
Our Latest Recruit….
Our Latest Recruit…. November 7, 2022 Our well-meaning dog, Benji, has agreed to help out…
John Rennison speaks at the UK Care Show
John Rennison speaks at the UK Care Show October 18, 2022 Our CEO, John Rennison…
Friends of 1st Homecare – Summer 2022
Friends of 1st Homecare – Summer 2022 May 18, 2022 Download a PDF of the…
Aid to Ukraine
Aid to Ukraine May 5, 2022 We have recently been approached by a Leighton Buzzard…
Covid Update
Covid Update January 25, 2022 We are still battling on! In January we have had…
So Proud of Our Team to Receive Unsolicited Praise Such As This
So Proud of Our Team to Receive Unsolicited Praise Such As This November 11, 2021…
Friends of 1st Homecare
Friends of 1st Homecare November 1, 2021 Please have a look at the attached newsletter…
Board Appointment
Board Appointment October 14, 2021 A few months ago I decided to put my name…
New Live-In Care Service
New Live-In Care Service September 29, 2021 We are delighted to announce our new Live-in…
Friends of 1st Homecare Newsletter
Friends of 1st Homecare Newsletter June 16, 2021 During my travels throughout the area we…
2nd year award as Top 20 Home Care Group in the country
2nd year award as Top 20 Home Care Group in the country June 15, 2021…
One Year of Lockdown – A letter of thanks to all staff
One Year of Lockdown – A letter of thanks to all staff March 23, 2021…
Trudi at 100
Trudi at 100 November 17, 2020 How fantastic to see Trudi in Abingdon, with a…
Digital Roll-Out Across All Branches
Digital Roll-Out Across All Branches November 12, 2020 This month we completed our digital implementation…
10 Years Service for Emma
10 Years Service for Emma November 10, 2020 Many congratulations to Emma for having achieved…
Digital Progress
Digital Progress October 15, 2020 This week we launched Access Care Planning in our Leighton…
Michelle Achieves 10 Years Service in Oxford
Michelle Achieves 10 Years Service in Oxford September 29, 2020 Many congratulations to Michelle in…
Ten Years With 1st Homecare
Ten Years With 1st Homecare September 21, 2020 Sue is one of our original clients…
Personal Decision Making in a Post-Virus World
Personal Decision Making in a Post-Virus World August 15, 2020 My previous blogs have commented…
Letter to Clients – 26 June 2020
Letter to Clients – 26 June 2020 June 26, 2020 I hope you are all…
Coronavirus – The Numbers That Still Really Matter
Coronavirus – The Numbers That Still Really Matter June 19, 2020 Great to see that…
Let’s Celebrate…
Let’s Celebrate… June 9, 2020 As a welcome distraction from all the virus related issues…
Coronavirus – The Numbers That Really Matter
Coronavirus – The Numbers That Really Matter May 29, 2020 It seems to me that…
Coronavirus – After 8 Weeks of Lockdown
Coronavirus – After 8 Weeks of Lockdown May 14, 2020 I thought I would provide…
Coronavirus Update – 7 April
Coronavirus Update – 7 April April 7, 2020 In line with Government guidelines we are…
Coronavirus Update
Coronavirus Update April 2, 2020 Update I last wrote to you on 18 March which…
Coronavirus – Some Good News
Coronavirus – Some Good News March 19, 2020 Although some carers have had to self-isolate…
Our New Carer Video
Our New Carer Video February 21, 2020 Have a look at our great new video.…
New Management Team
New Management Team February 21, 2020 We held the first meeting of the enlarged group,…
Electric Bikes For Carers
Electric Bikes For Carers February 21, 2020 This week we started trialling electric bikes for…
Extra Care Housing in Abingdon
Extra Care Housing in Abingdon February 21, 2020 We are delighted to announce that Oxfordshire…
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Familiar Faces
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When someone depends on care, reliability matters.
We ensure that with solid care planning, stable teams of carers, careful rota management and efficient communication with families. Your loved one will receive the care they deserve, when they need it.
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When someone you love receives care at home, communication is essential.
At 1st Homecare we prioritise clear, open communication, ensuring families always know who to contact and feel confident in the care being delivered.
Family Values
Choosing a care provider is one of the most important decisions a family can make.
As a family-run organisation, we are guided by the same values families expect for their own loved ones: respect, reliability and genuine commitment to the people we support.
Our Care Quality Commission Ratings
CQC is the independent regulator of Health and Social Care in England. Their mission is to ensure that people have access to safe, caring, effective, responsive and well-led care services. They monitor, inspect and regulate these services to make sure that they meet fundamental standards of quality and safety. They publish what they find and give each provider performance ratings.
In 2025, 1st Homecare Leighton Buzzard was rated Outstanding by the CQC.
