A couple spent all their savings to set up a residential home for vulnerable children.

Kevin and Daniel Oversby, experienced foster parents, said they hope the home will provide the children with the space to eventually transition into a loving family.

Adamas House in Littledean, Gloucestershire, has received approval from Ofsted and is ready for its first children.

Mr Oversby said: “Children in care homes do not always have the best opportunities in life. So it is our job as a home to advocate for these children, to be their voice and to demand the best for them.”

A small team of employees provides care around the clock, every day of the year.

The couple’s motivation is to remove the stigma attached to children in foster homes.

“We train them in our ethos and give them the freedom that empowers them, and that is then passed on to the children,” he said.

Staff said they were excited to work with the children in a “refreshing environment with new approaches to residential care” and with a “child-centred ethos at the heart of the home”.

“Another important reason for our commitment is that inclusion is so important for our most vulnerable children.

“But in larger schools, exclusion is usually the right way to go, especially in high school,” he said.

Adamas House will be run as a non-profit organisation, with all income reinvested either in the home or in a charitable arm, the Adamas Trust, which will be established in 2022.

The home is ready to welcome the first two children and the team are awaiting profiles from local authorities, with Gloucestershire County Council being the preferred provider.

The Council was asked for an opinion.

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