Welcome to Pear Tree Residential Care To provide a safe, sympathetic and stimulating environment, together with a complex care programme appropriate to the needs of each individual child, delivered by suitable carers committed to re-parenting the children in our care. Established in 1990 Pear Tree offers a unique therapeutic environment to help children and young people recover from adverse childhood experiences. We operate 6 Small residential homes across Durham, Darlington and North Yorkshire. The homes only offer long term placements and are run by skilled staff with many years experience. All children and young people living in our residential homes have access to Pear Tree Farms for all kinds of therapeutic, educational and recreational activities.