Care Campaign for the Vulnerable’ s (CCFTV), mission is to champion transparency, dignity, and safety in care – especially for people living with dementia. Over many years supporting both families and providers, CCFTV has seen how financial pressures can impact the quality of care being delivered. While most providers are deeply committed to delivering high standards, the reality is that limited budgets and increasing operational demands often create significant challenges.
That’s why we choose to align with organisations who not only understand those pressures but actively offer solutions to address them. One such organisation is ERA Group.
ERA Group has over three decades of experience helping organisations across a wide range of sectors, including care, identify areas of overspend and inefficiency—allowing resources to be redirected into the areas that matter most. Their approach is rooted in independence, integrity, and a commitment to delivering real outcomes. This aligns directly with CCFTV’s own values of accountability, transparency, and driving positive change across the sector.
In care, every penny counts. Providers often want to do more, whether that’s implementing safety monitoring, increasing dementia training, improving food quality, or enhancing staff-to-resident ratios, but face difficult decisions when budgets are tight. ERA Group works to alleviate this pressure. Through comprehensive cost reviews, they help organisations uncover unnecessary spending, outdated supplier contracts, or inefficient processes, and support them to renegotiate or restructure where appropriate.
Their work spans multiple spend categories: food, telecoms, energy, waste management, print services, consumables, and more. ERA’s consultants don’t simply produce reports; they stay involved from start to finish, ensuring savings are not only identified but implemented, monitored, and sustained. Their support continues beyond the initial audit, with regular performance reviews, invoice monitoring, and contract management.
Crucially, ERA’s work never involves compromising on care quality. Their aim is to create efficiency without cutting corners – freeing up valuable funds that providers can reinvest directly into frontline care. This is exactly the kind of support CCFTV believes strengthens the care sector from the inside out.
One of the most impactful aspects of ERA Group’s model is its transparency. They operate on a “no savings, no fee” basis, meaning providers face no upfront risk. If savings aren’t delivered, no charge is applied. In a sector already dealing with financial uncertainty, this approach offers both reassurance and trust. It also demonstrates a commitment to results – not promises.
This risk-free structure encourages providers to take that first step to examine contracts that may have been in place for years, challenge long-standing supplier arrangements, and explore where operational improvements can be made. Often, providers know changes are needed but lack the time, expertise, or capacity to carry out a full review. ERA bridges that gap.
CCFTV’s partnership with ERA Group reflects a wider belief: that long-term change in care happens through collaboration. Campaigning alone is not enough. Real change happens when the right voices come together – providers, families, advocates, and solution-focused partners. By working alongside ERA, CCFTV is better positioned to support care organisations not only in raising standards but also in sustaining them.
As part of this relationship, CCFTV can confidently direct providers to ERA Group, knowing they will receive professional, ethical, and knowledgeable support. The trust built through this collaboration allows CCFTV to help care settings access the tools they need—whether they’re striving for improved safety, investing in technology, or simply looking to stabilise their operations.
ERA’s work has already made a measurable difference across the sector. Providers have reported significant savings which have then been reinvested into staff training, environmental improvements, and essential care resources. In every case, the end goal has been the same: to ensure that financial efficiency translates into a better quality of life for residents and a more supported environment for staff.
Partnerships like this matter. The care sector is at a pivotal moment, with increasing demand and shrinking margins. But alongside the challenges, there are opportunities to do things differently, more collaboratively, and more sustainably. CCFTV believes that by working with partners such as ERA Group, care providers can unlock these opportunities and create stronger, more resilient services.
It’s also worth noting that ERA Group brings not only national knowledge but global insight, with a network of consultants who understand market trends, regulatory changes, and emerging technologies. This means care organisations receive recommendations that are both current and forward-thinking – supporting their longer-term strategy, not just their immediate needs.
Through ERA, care providers gain access to a depth of commercial expertise that is rarely available in-house. They benefit from benchmarked pricing, industry analysis, and a tailored strategy to suit their unique setting. For organisations struggling with complex supplier relationships, multiple service contracts, or rising indirect costs, this guidance is invaluable.
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable will always advocate for what is right – whether that’s improved safety monitoring, stronger regulatory standards, or more investment in dementia-specific care. But we also recognise that for any of these goals to become reality, providers must be equipped and supported. That’s why CCFTV proudly partners with organisations who can offer that support – organisations like ERA Group who deliver solutions, not just talk about them.
CCFTV encourages any care provider looking to create breathing space within their budgets, enhance sustainability, or simply get a better understanding of their indirect costs, to connect with ERA Group. Their approach is respectful, evidence-based, and entirely focused on helping care settings thrive and not just survive.
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