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About Us
The SCA Mission:
“SCA exists to deliver better lives for people through social care, health and community services which is strengthened by working together with our customers, communities and partners for the common good.”
SCA is a group of social enterprises delivering care, transport, dentistry, training and advice services. As a social enterprise we reinvest our profit to ensure that we can continue to re-invest in our services and our local communities maximising the benefit to our members.
Our Values:
1. We place our customers and communities at the heart of what we do, aiming to make a real and positive difference with people, often those disadvantaged in their access to full opportunities.
2. We are a Social Enterprise, investing in our communities, looking at new and innovative ways of delivering social impact and bringing people together for the common good.
3. We are flexible and responsive and seek out opportunities to learn how our services can be improved and remain competitive.
4. We act with integrity and mutual respect, valuing each and every one we come into contact with, ensuring we are inclusive and promote diversity and cohesion, and respecting our environment.
5. Our employees, volunteers and communities’ skills are our greatest asset. We value the ideas and creativity of every individual in every role and effective team working and collaboration. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity, rewarding excellence and supporting development.
Our History:
SCA was established in 1991 as a not-for-profit Industrial and Provident Society – Southampton Care Association. Under the leadership of Brian Strevens it delivered the community transport service in Southampton and then diversified, developing a care division in response to the Community Care Act. The care division grew and started delivering day care services and home care services and moved into East Hampshire, New Forest and Bournemouth / Poole areas.
Over the twenty years since its inception SCA has grown to deliver dentistry and training in addition to care and transport. In 2002, in response to the Care Quality Standards, SCA launched the Quinn Centre, an educational charity set up to deliver training in the health and social care sector. In 2005 SCA diversified into dentistry, SCA Trafalgar, and secured support from PCT’s to open two new NHS dental practices. SCA Trafalgar now has six dental practices in Portsmouth, Southampton and the New Forest.
In 2008, SCA went into partnership with the Fenwick Hospital League of Friends and with a Pathfinder grant refurbished the community hospital and re-opened it as a community enterprise with the aim of providing health and wellbeing services to the local community.
In 2010 SCA launched its Institute of Social Enterprise, followed by the Social Franchising Centre in 2011. This division provides consultancy, advice and guidance to the third sector.
