Bluebird Care Franchise

No. 29 of the UK's Top 100

Bluebird Care is now one of the largest providers of home care services in the UK, providing high quality, person-centred care home care – not only to older people but also to people with learning and physical disabilities. Care can range from hourly visits right through to live-in care. Their broad range of home care and support services is a key differentiator; being one of few providers that aim to be inclusive of all individual and community needs

Franchise owners manage and develop their businesses, ensuring that a caring and experienced team are recruited and highly trained to deliver the highest standards of home care and support to their customers.

Franchise fee	£37,500
Minimum investment	£35,000
Total investment	£100,000 - £115,000
Royalty fee / Management fee	6%
Contract period	n/a
Financing	Yes, through bank agreements

The initial franchisee training course provides the detail, knowledge and assurance to set up and run the business, and understand the care sector. Courses for the franchisee's staff give them the solid understanding of their roles within the business and assist greatly in ensuring the franchisees have highly qualified staff trained to deliver the very best home care and support to their customers. A unique award-winning e-learning training package for care staff is available to all franchise offices.

A dedicated onboarding manager works with the franchisee from their initial start-up and throughout their first year in running the business to act as mentor, sounding board and business coach – that extra helping hand to help find premises, develop the business plan, employ a care manager, register with the relevant regulatory body, and more. The franchise support centre combines a central team and a field-based team designed to give critical business support throughout the business lifecycle, from finance, business systems, IT, marketing and PR to field-based business development and quality assurance support. The Bluebird Care marketing team support franchisees to best establish a local brand awareness and equip franchisees to manage their public relationships with key stakeholders, both offline and online.