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    Welcome to our special 30th Birthday Celebration Hub! This is a dedicated space where we’ll be marking three decades of supporting children, young people, and adults across the UK.

    Celebrating 30 Years of Keys!

    This year, Keys is turning 30, and we couldn’t let this milestone pass without a big celebration! Over the past three decades, we’ve supported thousands of children, young people, and adults across the UK, creating opportunities, changing lives, and making a lasting impact. This celebration is for all of you—our incredible colleagues—who make it all possible every single day.

    To mark the occasion, we’ve created this 30th Birthday Celebration Hub, packed with fun activities, competitions, and ways to get involved. Whether you've been part of the journey for years or have recently joined the team, this is your chance to celebrate everything that makes Keys special.

    What’s Happening?

     

    • 30-Day Advent Calendar: Each day throughout our birthday month, a new door will unlock with a surprise! Click on every door to discover exclusive content, fun activities, and exciting giveaways. Plus, if you unlock all 30, you’ll be automatically entered into our grand prize raffle!

    • Keys Group 30th Birthday Playlist – What’s a party without music? We’re creating the ultimate Keys Group playlist, and we want your input! Submit your favourite uplifting, feel-good songs, and we’ll build a soundtrack that reflects the energy, passion, and spirit of Keys Group.

    • Share Your Keys Group Story – Over the years, so many amazing moments have happened at Keys Group. Whether it’s a heartwarming experience, a funny memory, or something that has made a real impact on you, we’d love to hear your stories!

    • Birthday Cake Competition – No birthday is complete without cake! Show off your baking skills and enter our Keys Group Cake-Off. Whether you're a master baker or just love decorating, submit a picture of your best birthday cake creation for a chance to win a special prize!

    • Get Involved & Win: Every time you click on an advent calendar window, you’ll automatically be entered into our birthday raffle. The more days you unlock, the more chances you have to win—and if you complete all 30, you’ll be in the running for our grand prize!

    This is a moment to celebrate the people, places, and progress that have shaped Keys Group over the last 30 years. Thank you for being part of this journey—now, let’s make this birthday one to remember!

    Your Journey is Our Journey

    This isn’t just a celebration of Keys Group—it’s a celebration of all of us. Whether you're part of Keys, Accomplish, or Peak, this 30-year milestone belongs to everyone who’s been part of our journey.

    From our beginnings in 1994 to becoming one of the UK’s leading providers of specialist education, care and support, we’ve grown, evolved and come together through mergers and partnerships—stronger and more united than ever.

    Along the way, it’s the stories of you—our teams—that have made the biggest impact.

    Whether you’ve been here since the early days or only just joined, we’d love to hear about your journey. What brought you here? What moments have stood out? What people have made a difference in your time with us?

    Share your story below—big or small, funny or heartfelt—and help us build a collection of memories that show the heart of Keys Group and all the people who make it what it is today.

    Not the best when it comes to writing? Feel free to share your journey in any way you wish, whether that be through photos, a poster, written or rapped.

    Your journey has shaped our journey. Let’s celebrate it together.

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    30 Years of Keys

    Keys Group 30th Birthday Playlist

    What’s a party without music? We’re creating the ultimate Keys Group playlist, and we want your input! Submit your favourite uplifting, feel-good songs, and we’ll build a soundtrack that reflects the energy, passion, and spirit of Keys Group.

    Listen to Playlist

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    Birthday Cake Competition

    Submit your Birthday Cake to our Keys Group Competition. Entries must be submitted by 30th June.

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    Keys Group Timeline

    • 1994 - Keys Group is created

    • 2005 - Keys Acquisition

      FSS Limited and Annvale

    • 2006 - Keys Acquisition

      Stepping Stones Children’s Services Ltd

    • 2007 - Keys Acquisition

      Active 8 Care Limited

    • 2007 - Keys Acquisition

      Broadwood Residential Limited & Broadwood Educational Services Limited – incorporating fifteen homes and four schools of the former Sedgemoor Group

    • 2008 - Keys Acquisition

      Fenland Care Services Limited

    • 2008 - Keys Acquisition

      New Horizons Childcare Limited

    • 2008 - Keys Acquisition

      Quality Time Care Limited; 12 place residential school

    • 2009 - Keys Acquisition

      Keys Childcare Ireland Ltd

    • 2010 - Keys Acquisition

      Malvern Achievement Services Ltd – incorporating Family Assessment Centre Crown House

    • 2010 - Keys Acquisition

      Care UK

    • 2015 - Keys Acquisition

      Prospects Care

    • 2016 - Accomplish is created

      Formally known as Tracscare.

    • 2017 - Keys Acquisition

      Embrace Care

    • 2017 - Accomplish Acquisition

      Your Lifestyle (Mental Health) 

    • 2018 - Keys Acquisition

      Leaving Care Company / Aspirations Specialist Residential and Crossways Care

    • 2018 - Keys Acquisition

      Project Kira - Kingdom Care

    • 2018 - Keys Acquisition

      Project ACE - Alliance Care

    • 2018 - Accomplish Acquisition

      Freedom Care (Autism & Learning Disability) 

    • 2018 - Keys Acquisition

      Project Queen - Direct Care

    • 2019 - Keys Acquisition

      Project Copenhagen - Build a Future

    • 2020 - Keys Acquisition

      Project Paris - Unique Care Homes and Artemis

    • 2020 - Accomplish Acquisition

      Westhope (Autism & Learning Disability) 

    • 2020 - Accomplish Acquisition

      Malvern (Mental Health, Autism and Learning Disability)

    • 2020 - Keys Acquisition

      Project Adelaide - South West Care Solutions

    • 2020 - Accomplish Acquisition

      Homestyle Care Ltd (Autism and Learning Disability) 

    • 2020 - Accomplish Acquisition

      Project Jasmine: Transparent Care (Mental Health & Learning Disability) 

    • 2021 - Keys Acquisition

      Project Sunflower - Southern Adolescent Care Services Ltd

    • 2022 - Keys Acquires Peak Activity Services

      Consisting of 4 schools and 6 activity centres.

    • 2022 - Keys Acquisition

      Project Bird - Considerate Care Ltd

    • 2022 - Keys and Accomplish Merge

      Newly Forming Keys Group, with Accomplish, Keys and Peak as its brands. 

    • 2022 - Accomplish Acquisition

      Recovery Care Limited (Supported Living)

    • 2022 - Keys Acquisition

      Project Toby - The Ryes College

    • 2024 - Keys Acquisition

      Project Clover - OFG Residential Business

    • 2025 - Keys Acquisition

      Project Duke - Embleton View School