Take a look at just some of the membership benefits you receive as a NCF Member!
Keeping up to date and informed
We manage a plethora of information for you such as:
Opportunities to meet with decision makers from government departments, CQC and across the adult social care sector.
Members also get a free subscription to Care Management Matters – the leading magazine for care providers.
The NCF Members Weekly Update is our essential weekly round–up of what’s happening in the social care sector. It includes regulatory news, the latest research & reports, innovation, digital technology and events.
Learn, Share, Network and Connect
Don’t reinvent the wheel or struggle alone. Our members and our central team share their knowledge and insights through NCF Forums, events, publications and surveys.
Real time Q&A service
Regular meetings with expert speakers
Opportunities to visit member’s services.
NCF Communities of Practice Forums focus on HR, Marketing & Comms, Practice and Quality, Digital Technology, Finance and Governance. The groups meet quarterly and members can connect via a real time Q&A service.
NCF Events include two major conferences per year – our Annual Conference in the Spring and our Managers Conference in the Autumn. Members can connect in between at our Regular Members Calls, Communities of Practice meetings, and AGM. The events feature keynote speakers on critical issues, practical workshops and networking opportunities. Early bird and group discounts are available for NCF events.
Innovation and intelligence
NCF Publications cover critical issues such as: current legislation, regulation, quality issues, workforce issues, recruitment and retention, pensions, VAT, funding, supplier services, service developments and best practice. As a member, you can access these resources for free.
Monitor trends and benchmark your services – for FREE. As a member, you have free access to findings from national surveys on benchmarking reports and rewards in the workplace. This includes an online tool to privately benchmark your pay and rewards packages with organisations of your choice.
Organisational development
Not For Profit Badge
Access specialist support: NCF Consult connects you to expert support in fields such as coaching and mentoring, preparing for CQC inspections and supporting organisational transformation.
Free promotion of your services: Promote your services and news stories on our channels and have your dedicated member page on our website. And we will share your news through our busy news and social media channels.
Advocacy and Lobbying
Exclusive access to our weekly policy briefings.
See our Six Essential Pillars to building a national care service.
We represent you by playing pivotal roles as Chairs, Co-Chairs, and speakers to represent our members at 25+ roundtables, ministerial meetings and advisory groups.
See more on our policy voice page.
Partner benefits
NFP Badge Exclusively for Members
NCF’s NFP badge has been developed to help people better recognise social care services operated by not for profit providers, as well as being part of a membership organisation that works together to offer great care. This has been developed exclusively for NCF members to display. The new badge is in response to a survey carried out with 1,500 adults in England in which 75% of respondents said they preferred not for profit organisations or local authority provision over that offered by other provision.
Contact Sophie Dumville, Membership Lead for more details on how to use the logo.
Anthony Collins Solicitors offer NCF members a reduced rate on legal fees, a fixed price package for housing with care and care home property development projects. Sign up to receive their e-briefing.
Free subscription to Care Management Matters magazine
Cohesion Care Character– use the tool to hire your next two hires for free.
Fulcrum Care is a specialist consultancy dedicated to helping care providers across the UK achieve excellence in compliance, quality, and service delivery. With expert knowledge of CQC, CIW and Care Inspectorate requirements, Fulcrum Care provides practical, hands-on support for registration, mock inspections, crisis management, governance, and ongoing regulatory improvement.
HC-UK Social Care CPD Conferences – NCF members receive 20% discount with code hcuk20ncf
Institute of of Health and Social Care Management (IHSCM)
1 year free membership for 1 person from each NCF member organisation.In addition, a discounted membership rate of £100 (plus VAT) per year for another leader/manager from each NCF member organisation.
(IHSCM membership is on a rolling basis per person. Full membership – £156 per annum or £13 per month)
Take a look at the NCF Partners pages to see how they can support your organisation
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