Our story

Michael and Sharon successfully ran Kemble Care for over 15 years. In 2009, their son Peter took over the day-to-day management, allowing his parents to starting thinking about ‘the slow life’.

They now spend much of their time working in the garden of their home in the hills of Herefordshire, although they will always be emotionally attached to Kemble.

In 2014, we set up our sister company Kemble Training, which specialises in providing top-notch training for health care providers.

Sharing a roof with Kemble Training has made an important difference to the quality of training we can offer our staff. The company has grown quickly and today, Kemble Training provides introductory and specialist training to care specialists throughout the UK.

Early 2018, we took a decision that transformed our business. After nearly 25 years of successful partnership with the Herefordshire Council, we decided to become a solely privately funded provider. This change in focus created a fantastic opportunity to take a fresh look at what we want to mean to people, and how we can make a difference.

In the spring of 2018, we introduced the 'Kemble PA', a revolutionary approach to Visiting Care, where the client builds a strong one-on-one relationship with their most trusted carer, who takes the lead in organising the client's support. The model turned out to be immensely popular among both our carers and our clients, and quickly became our key approach to delivering Visiting  Care.

After 11 years of running Kemble, Peter decided it was time to focus on his young family and handed over the baton to Dominic, his brother - Sharon and Michael's youngest son.

Dominic had recently moved back to Herefordshire from London with his wife and baby and continues to run the family business with support from the side-lines from his brother and parents.