NAViGO Health and Social Care CIC is a not for profit social enterprise originating from the

North East Lincolnshire North East Lincolnshire is a Unitary authority area with borough status in Lincolnshire, England. It borders the borough of North Lincolnshire and districts of West Lindsey and East Lindsey. The population of the district in the 2011 Census was ...

mental health services formerly provided by North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus. The organisation was created in April 2011 as part of the

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programme. Kevin Bond, the Chief Executive Officer, explained at length to the Transition Institute the reasons for the spin out into a social enterprise, for which a large majority of staff and service users voted. The company was featured by the

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in its list of Best Places to Work 2014. It operated Tukes a service to provide training and employment opportunities to people who have little or no previous training, qualifications or work experience due to their mental health problems. Both were based in

Grimsby Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town and the administrative centre of North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. Grimsby adjoins the town of Cleethorpes directly to the south-east forming a conurbation. Grimsby is north-east of Linco ...

and were forced to move to new premises in 2014 because of rising rent. In April 2022 it merged its subsidiary, Navigo Extra with Ace Homecare and Care4All, also social care providers, to form a new registered charity to serve North East Lincolnshire called Nurtrio.

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{{reflist Private providers of NHS services Health in Lincolnshire