When you meet Fraser, you quickly realise there’s something different about his path into care. He’s not someone who set out to work in residential childcare from the start. His journey has wound through art studios, classrooms, prisons, and even across the world to China. But looking back, he says, every step was preparing him for the work he does now with Care Visions.

“I loved helping people,” Fraser explains, “but the impact I had sometimes felt quite superficial. It was all very ‘soft touch’. In residential childcare, you’re part of young people’s lives every day — the small, ordinary moments where real change happens.”

Art has always been the thread running through Fraser’s career. After graduating from art school, he taught in secondary schools before taking his creativity into one of the toughest environments imaginable - prisons. There, he used art to help people reconnect with parts of themselves they’d long forgotten.

“Working in prisons, art was a rare quiet space,” he recalls. “Some people came in just wanting to make cards for their kids, others discovered real talent. You could see their focus shift for a few hours, they weren’t defined by their sentence, but by what they were creating.” He noticed that time spent drawing or painting often had a calming ripple effect, improving mood, behaviour, and even confidence.

That experience shaped how Fraser sees creativity today, not as a skill, but as a tool for connection. He’s keen to bring that same energy into Care Visions and has already offered to help develop a creative hub where young people could get hands-on; painting, designing, and shaping their own spaces. “It’s not about being ‘good at art’,” he says. “It’s about focus, calm, and that sense of ownership. When you help create your environment, you start to belong.”

He smiles when talking about his team. “It’s like a family, everyone brings something different, and that’s what makes it work. You learn when to lead, when to listen, and how to support each other through it all.”

For Fraser, residential child care isn’t just another job - it’s the perfect blend of everything he’s learned so far: creativity, empathy, resilience, and human connection.

“This is where I feel I can make the most difference,” he says. “In the small, everyday things, that’s where the magic really happens.”