December 30, 2025
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30 December 2025

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🎓 Funding Available for Oliver McGowan Training

From January 2026, all CQC‑registered providers must ensure staff complete 
learning disability and autism training.

LDSS funding covers WMCA’s 
member‑rate courses, but support for 
Oliver McGowan training ends 
March 2026.

WMCA is launching a new Care Certificate‑based package with Oliver McGowan training — places are limited.

Open to all, with member discounts available.

     

📢 January Conference — Limited Places - Don't miss out!

Places for our January Conference are filling fast — book your place to avoid missing out.


Start 2026 with fresh inspiration, valuable networking, and practical insights to strengthen your services.

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Are You Getting the Most Out of Your WMCA Membership?

As a WMCA member, you enjoy benefits like discounted DBS checks and exclusive support services — all designed to help you deliver outstanding care.

Don’t miss out on the full value of your membership!

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Click for a full list of upcoming events

     

For all the latest news and updates relevant to the social care sector, check out the "News and Info" section of our website.

   
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Need Help completing the DSPT?

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West Midlands Care Association is your local Better Security Better Care support organisation, offering free online resources, workshops, and one‑to‑one support to help CQC‑registered providers complete the DSPT. Click the button for more info.

     

Completing the Data Security and Protection Toolkit for the first time

6 January 2026

3.00pm - 4.00pm (Online)


The DSPT is an online self‑assessment tool for adult social care providers in England. It helps keep information safe, protects against data breaches and cyber attacks, and covers both paper and digital records.

     

BSBC Funding Extended — Free Digital Support Continues

We’re pleased to have secured further DHSC funding through the Better Security, Better Care programme , allowing us to continue offering FREE local digital support to adult social care providers.

This includes resources to strengthen your data protection and cyber security, plus a series of four digital‑risk workshops  (see below) starting in the new year and running weekly.


Read more here about our upcoming digital plans.
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Digital revolution in care saves millions of admin hours


Four in five care providers now use digital social care records, supporting nearly 90% of people who draw on care.


This shift is saving millions of caring hours, boosting productivity by reducing paperwork and errors, and driving the wider goal of joined‑up, community‑based care.

     

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West Midlands Care Association  enquiries@wmca.care  01384 943000

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