Ashcroft wins Care Home Team at Kent Care Awards 2018!

Ashcroft wins Care Home Team at Kent Care Awards 2018!

We certainly always look forward to the Kent Care Awards and were delighted this year to have all of our communities in Kent with finalists in 9 categories.

The gala evening was held on the 14th September at the Marriott Hotel in Maidstone.

Ashcroft Residential Community in Margate was announced as the winner of the Kent Care Award 2018 for Care Home Team. They were nominated for pushing boundaries and being innovative in their passion for those living with dementia.  Their work & commitment over the last years have really been a Team effort which has been cascaded from their Regional Manager, Registered Manager, Care Teams, and every department. They now go on to the South East Regional Finals of the Great British Care Awards in Brighton.

We were also really honoured to have a number of finalists at this year’s awards.

Our Residential Community The Hollies had four finalists in total. Their Registered Manager Gladys Apiado was nominated in the Registered Manager category. Gladys has been the manager of The Hollies Residential Community since 2015 and has helped transform the service with her leadership skills.

Also finalists were Precious Salvador, who was a finalist in the Dementia Carer Category, Yassa Aluthge, who was nominated in the Ancillary Workers Category and Katherine Jordan, who was a finalist in the Nutrition Award. The four finalists awards were well deserved and show what a amazing team there is a the home.

Our Residential Community Loose Court in Maidstone had 2 finalists. Olayinka Korede who was nominated in the Care Home Worker category and Bevarly Barton the homes Leisure and Lifestyle Coordinator who was nominated in the Care Innovator Award. Both ladies are dedicated and respected members of their communities and were nominated and supported on at the Gala event by their manager Karen Burrows.

Another of our finalists was Helen Couldridge the Leisure and Lifestyle Coordinator from Alpine Residential Community in Sevenoaks who was nominated in the Putting People First Personalisation Award. Helen has been a driving force in the implementation of person centred and meaningful social and leisure services at Alpines. She was nominated and supported at the Gala evening by her manager Kim Jones.

Regal’s senior team has also been recognised with Operations and Regional Manager Jacqui Gregg nominated in the Trainer Category and Marketing and Services Development Manager Abigail Draper nominated in the Care Innovator and Putting People First Awards.

As members of the Kent Integrated Care Alliance and with a number of Nursing and Residential Communities in Kent, Regal Care Trading were very proud to both support the Kent Care Awards 2018 and shine a beacon on the Social Care Industry in Kent.