Gill Ashcroft, Founder and CEO of Exceptional Care and Think Tank Academy, is a successful businesswoman with a difference. Her entrepreneurial drive started early with investments in property, retail ownership, and even running a public house. With a yearning to give back, she had a calling to do something in the Care industry, specifically for children. She became one of the youngest ever responsible individuals in the care sector. She opened her first home in 2014, and with the support from her team, she grew the business to ten children’s care homes, helping hundreds of children turn their life around. At just 26, she had the highest position you could have in the care sector (private), which was an outstanding achievement. Care and compassion are in her DNA; donating and supporting charities, food banks and underprivileged families, raising money through competitions to win experiences, empowering families and mentoring businesswomen to success. Gill is a living example of the power of women and their impact on society.  

Exceptional Care is a therapeutic children’s care provider for children aged 8-17 from complex backgrounds who display challenging behaviour and EBD. The service is an independent social care organisation with multiple residential units across the whole of the North-West. Gill maintains a high standard in her homes and has achieved multiple awards. Exceptional Care has plans to grow to 13 homes. Gill strives to initiate policy change in order to improve the sector.

Think Tank Academy is the UK’s leading accredited training and qualifications provider in Health & Social Care with a mission to empower providers to deliver excellence in care.  Their online and virtual training offer a unique learning experience. They create bespoke packages to enable providers to get their staff inducted, trained and are approved by The CPD Certification Service, to give providers and regulators confidence in the product. With Think Tank, we are looking to conquer the public and private sector and take the business international to.

Additionally, they offer free courses to support women who have suffered domestic violence at home, to provide positive behaviour support, safeguarding, mental health first aid, drug awareness, first aid, trauma and more.  

For more information:

www.exceptional-care.co.uk

www.thinktank-academy.com