Awards celebrate best in city care community

WORKERS AND TEAMS HONOURED AT EVENT

- By LORNA HUGHES

MORE than 40 of Plymouth's best and most dedicated care workers and teams have been honoured at an awards ceremony.

The Celebrating Excellence in Care Awards, run by Plymouth City Council's commissioning team, aimed to shine a light on the incredible work taking place every day within the adult social care sector.

A range of categories recognised people working in all areas of the sector.

They included those based in care homes, supported living provision, day centres and domiciliary care, which is supporting people to remain living in their own homes).

Nominations opened earlier this year and more than 400 were received from employers, colleagues, adult social care clients and their families.

The nominations were then reviewed by an independent panel of judges who chose the winners.

Councillor Mary Aspinall, Plymouth City Council cabinet member for health and adult social care, said: "I'd like to congratulate every single one of our winners and say a big well done to everyone who was nominated. The work you do is so important and often underappreciated.

"These awards are a fantastic opportunity for us to shine a light on all the hard work that takes place every single day across the city to make sure adults with care needs are supported, looked after and helped to live fulfilling, healthy lives."