Care staff

Meet The Care Team

All of our care team are committed to delivering high quality care and ensuring children have a fun an enjoyable stay with us. The care team is led by our Head of Care, Paul Rankin and is supported by two Deputy Heads of Care, Senior Care staff, Care staff and Night carers. Our care staff undertake a thorough training programme, including a Diploma in residential care.

Our dedicated team of 40 staff, are energetic, dynamic, experienced and knowledgeable. Cherry Trees offers a strong professional development programme which ensures our staff team are equipped to effectively care for the complex children and young adults that we care for. We work in close partnership with other organisations to help us to continually improve and learn from others. We are very fortunate to have a stable staff team which ensures we are able to offer high, quality, consistent care. Many of our staff have been at Cherry Trees for over 10 years, offering a consistent environment for the children.

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Giving respite to parents and siblings resources

Life at home for a family that has a child with disabilities is exhausting, challenging, and often non stop Respite is essential for families to cope, knowing that they can recharge ready to provide continued care at home.
Giving respite to parents and siblings

Life at home for a family that has a child with disabilities is exhausting, challenging, and often non stop Respite is essential for families to cope, knowing that they can recharge ready to provide continued care at home.
WE DID IT!

Thanks to all our amazing supporters Cherry Trees walks away with a cash grant from Affinity Water.
CHERRY TREES MONTHLY SURREY ADVERTISER COLUMN - 4

As the summer holidays come to a finish for another year one Cherry Trees parent recounts the realities of booking a foreign holiday abroad for her family. Navigating busy airports, foreign restaurants and getting onto the beach become different territories for a traveller with disabilities. She shares her tips to aid bookings for other families in future.

Why we’re here

Cherry Trees is here to provide respite care to families for their children with disabilities and we support every child's stay with voluntary income to ensure this happens.
Volunteer for us

2019 is a big year for our charity with increasing numbers of families coming to us for support, a calendar of exciting events and work on raising our profile underway. We have six new volunteering opportunities we need help with - could it be you ? Our volunteers are the lifeblood of Cherry Trees and without their tremendous support and our donors Cherry Trees would not exist. Voluntary support enables us to keep investing in our respite care which families so desperately come to us for.
Our house & fun times

We pride ourselves on providing exceptional home from home care, with a range of exciting areas in the house and garden for children to safely play in, have fun and develop lasting friendships.
Vision, mission and values

Our Vision, Mission and Values.
Making a difference
Help us by giving regularly

Can you be a Cherry Champion? all it takes to be a Cherry Champion is to give a regular amount each month from just £5 you can make a difference to families with children that have disabilities.
Support our children's stays

Every donation no matter how small or large is making a difference to every family that needs respite care for their child with disability. Your donation helps to keep families together. Thank you so much for your support.
Q&A

Here are some of our frequently asked questions. If you can't find the answer you're looking for, please feel free to give us a call on 01483 222506.
Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100

The entry ballot for 2019 is now closed. We are delighted to announce we have 19 riders taking part on behalf of Cherry Trees. If are one of our 19 riders check out the page for training support. Not one of our riders, but fancy possibly riding for us next year ? Register your interest here for 2020.
Patrons

Our valued Patrons are wonderful supporters of Cherry Trees and we are very grateful for their continued support.