CCPS members sweep the board at Care Accolades 2010 and TFN Awards 2010
Posted on Tuesday 15 June 2010
CCPS members have scooped more than half of all the awards at Care Accolades 2010, the prestigious award ceremony celebrating the very best of the care sector across the country. The awards, which reward excellence in social care and social work practice, were given to CCPS members in 5 out of the 8 total award categories, with Barnardo's Scotland taking the overall crown for its innovative youth employment partnership with Scottish and Southern Energy.
Thistle Foundation, CrossReach, Quarriers and Aberlour Child Care Trust came first in each of the following category awards (in respective order) for
- investment in the workforce
- team of the year
- use of technology
- involving the community.
Hansel Alliance was also a winner in the 'personalisation into practice' award, as it is a key partner in the project with North Ayrshire Council.
Congratulations are also due to Turning Point Scotland, Alzheimer Scotland, Action for Children and Enable Scotland who were all short-listed this year.
Minister for Children and Early Years Adam Ingram, who attended the event in Aviemore, which is organised as a joint initiative by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) with the Scottish Government, said:
"Good quality social care and social services staff have the potential to make a real difference to the lives of Scotland's most vulnerable people and their families.
"These awards enable us to recognise the achievements of the country's top carers and social services projects, whose good work and contributions to improving the lives of those people and their local communities might otherwise go unnoticed."
For more details about the Care Accolades awards 2010, please follow this link to the SSSC website.
In addition, we were delighted to learn that Crossroads (Harris), which provides care and support to ill, disabled and elderly people on the tiny island community of Harris has been named as the Scottish Charity of the Year 2010 at the TFN Scottish Charity Awards 2010.
The organisation, which has an annual budget of just £42,000, provides an essential lifeline for vulnerable people who are isolated from both mainland Scotland and often their own neighbours. Its commitment to high-level service user involvement and dialogue was highlighted by the judges of the Scottish Charity Awards.