About Mulberry Care

Mulberry Care homes has been under new management since December 2018. The company is owned and operated by Philip McVay and Amanda Knowles who both have extensive experience in the field of specialist residential care for young people with complex needs who display challenging behaviour.

Working together since 2002, Phil and Amanda share a vision that understands the impact of adverse childhood experiences, benefits from relevant research and acknowledges the importance of relationships, positive role models and support networks. It is from these roots that Phil and Amanda took up the opportunity to create a care leaver pathway from children’s home to independent living. Mulberry Care Homes and Future Horizons Support Services, established by Phil and Amanda in 2008, work in partnership to deliver improved life chances for children in care and the adults they become.

Meet the Team

Amanda Knowles MBE

Amanda was just 18 years old when she became a housemother in a local authority children’s home. She has been working with care experienced children for 43 years as a caregiver in various settings including children’s residential care, fostering, social work and supported accommodation for care leavers. She is a firm believer in the therapeutic approach to care and education and has developed a simple working definition to help other care givers understand what this means in practice. In 2017 supported by The Consortium for Therapeutic Communities and The Care Leavers Foundation, Amanda organised the first Your Life Your Story Event to amplify the voices of care experienced adults and caregivers through story telling. Whether writing for cathartic reasons, for the record or to become published, Your Life Your Story offers a living learning experience that unleashes the power of relationships and the untold story.

Anita Yewdall

Anita Yewdall joined Mulberry Care in April 2020, having spent over 30 years on her social care journey, stating off in children’s learning disabilities and adult mental health. Most of her passion is in supporting children and young people in residential care and in young peoples supported living.

Anita has met all the the requirements to be registered with Ofsted as a Registered Manager. Anita is passionate about the work she does and thrives to inspire those around her with positive and proactive role modelling and sharing her knowledge and skills with the team she leads at The Whitehouse. Promoting a therapeutic model and the building of authentic relationships with young people will support their journey whilst in recovery and will enable them to understand their life story, but also actively promote them to aim for their goals and aspirations.

About Mulberry Care

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Amanda Knowles MBE

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