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.

Latest

Paula D'Oust

PA to Head of Care & Bookings Co-ordinator
Hold a CHERRYTASTIC Tea Party

Can you hold a small or large Cherrytastic tea party so that children with disabilities can come along to Cherry Trees and enjoy a stay for a couple of hours tea visit all the way up to a 16 night stay, so parents can receive most needed break in order to keep caring for their child or children. Your help will make a huge difference.
Anna Reid

Events & Communications Assistant
Hannah Matthews

Events Co-Ordinator

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

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.
Facilities and activities

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
Become a Cherry Champion

Can you be a Cherry Champion? Become Cherry involved with us and make a difference to families with children that have disabilities.
Supporting Cherry Trees

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.