The Great British Care Awards
The Great British Care Awards
The Great British Care Awards are a series of regional events throughout England and are a celebration of excellence across the care sector . The purpose of the awards are to pay tribute to those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding excellence within their field of work. This year there are 9 regional awards leading to 2 national finals for both the home care and care home sectors, to be held at a prestigious central London venue, The Royal Courts of Justice in May 2011.
There are around eighteen awards categories available for nomination, which represent all areas of the social care sector, whether it be older people or specialist services, residential or home care. From frontline staff such as care workers and care managers to people who have made an impact in other ways such as training and innovation.
National Support
The awards have received support from across the social care sector, including the Department of Health, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Ceretas, the English Community Care Association (ECCA), the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), the National Skills Academy and Skills for Care.
The Personalisation Forum Group are proud to have won the Yorkshire & Humberside regional award in the category of Putting People First.
The judges said "Andrew, Judith and Vinny so impressed the judges with their 'Get a Life not a Service' approach of the personalisation forum for people with mental illness. A truly inspiring group with the WOW factor"
We believe that this really demonstrates the shift in power that personalisation brings and demonstrates that as people who use services we can have a really positive impact. The group had the most amazing night ever at the awards ceremony and are unbelievably proud to have been selected as winners. It is amazing that we now have the opportunity to represent this category in the National Finals.
Four members of the group will be going to London on March 23rd to meet the judging panel - so fingers crossed and we will do our best!
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