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Mike’s success was recently featured in ‘’City AM’’and ‘’Real Business’’
===Recent awards===
Mike was voted [http://www.seniorshousing.co.uk/core/awards/2009/Winners2009.html ‘’Man of the Year in Over 50’s Housing Sector in the UK in 2009’’] (UK Over 50’s Housing Awards 2009)
He was voted fifth ‘most influential’ person in the independent sector by the readers of Health Investor for the [http://www.healthinvestor.co.uk/powerfifty.aspx Health Investor Power Fifty 2009 awards].
===Other business ventures===
Mike is also Group Chief Executive of Grove Investments, the holding company for Barchester, where his responsibilities include Barchester, [http://www.richmond-villages.com/about Richmond Care Villages], http://www.cygnethealth.co.uk/ Cygnet Health Care], [http://www.kedlestonuk.com Kedleston] , [http://www.trilogyhs.com Trilogy Health Services] (the ‘‘Barchester’’ of the USA), [http://www.castlebeck.com Castlebeck] and [http://www.casterbridgecae.com Casterbridge Care and Education.
===Charitable Foundation===
Mike is Chairman of the [http://www.bhcfoundation.org.uk/About-us Barchester Foundation] which helps older people and other adults with a disability who cannot obtain sufficient state funding and who show greatest need, obtain grants to help lead more fulfilled lives and reach their full potential.
He also has teamed up with Stowe old boy, ‘’[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson| Sir Richard Branson]]’’ to provide five under-privileged South African school pupils the chance to attend their former school. The 'Branson Scholars' as they are known have their fees paid for and the experiment is something both Parsons and Branson are extremely proud of.
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