Social Care in Action

Who we are

Social Care in Action (SCA) Group is a successful, not-for-profit group of social enterprises focused on health and wellbeing. We have over 25 years experience, working in local communities and meeting the needs of local people.

SCA Group delivers care, health, transport, dentistry, training, counselling and advice services. We also run Fenwick, a health and wellbeing centre in the New Forest, and Cobbett Road Library in Southampton.  As a social enterprise we reinvest any profit back into our services to ensure that we can continue to support our local communities.

With a turnover of £10m, we provide services to over 100,000 people in Central Southern England, focused in areas of disadvantage and providing rewarding jobs for our 250 staff and 80 volunteers.

Our services are a mix of publicly commissioned services and those directly purchased by local people.

We involve our communities in setting our priorities and evaluating our impact. We listen carefully to their ideas on what we should do next. We take an enhanced quality and governance approach.

The SCA Mission:

“We exist to improve individual lives, the communities we serve and wider society.”

Social enterprises exist to tackle social problems, improve communities, people’s life chances and the environment. Social enterprises reinvest profits back into the business or local community, so when they profit, society profits.

“Together our group of social enterprises aim to become a leading social enterprise providing innovative, high impact solutions to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities across Southern England.”

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.