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Palm Cove Society
Palm Cove Society is a social enterprise which provides temporary supported housing for refugees and vulnerable individuals, it was established in August 2007. They started with one house with space for three women and currently have over 50 rooms. Although they started by providing accommodation and support for only women and children, they now also support single men and unaccompanied refugee children.
The business was started by Yvonne Hall and Gerard Stocks who spent a year researching their idea and formulated a new model for providing support of this kind. Their idea of providing accommodation in shared houses was considered as unworkable by many in the sector who believed that is was not possible to house people from different religions and countries together. Palm Cove Society have proved this to be wrong and by providing accommodation in one area with a central office they have successfully created a strong community among their clients and a system that allows a high level of support to be provided.
They are unique in this sector providing primary care, guidance and support on lifestyle and health related issues to all its clients in addition to providing accommodation. Palm Cove promotes lifelong learning through collaborative involvement with local training and development facilities. Their clients are encouraged to engage in training and employment and Palm Cove has close relationships with the Light of the World which provides English language training.
The company strives to provide added value services to their customers and it provides meeting rooms to Social Services and Housing Benefits allowing them to meet with a number of their clients in one place; saving them time and money. From July 2008 the Refugee Education and Training Service has been based from Palm Cove’s offices on one morning a week allowing them to work with Bradford clients more effectively.
"The Business Enterprise Fund team are approachable, knowledgeable and innovative professionals who proved to be the catalyst that turned our vision of Palm Cove Society into a reality. They helped us create a strong foundation ensuring future sustainability through their excellent business management and dynamic mentoring facilities." Yvonne Hall - Director Palm Cove Society
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