Friday 23rd October saw the exciting climax to the inaugural Great North West Care Awards.  Hosted by local lad Adrian Mills, from ‘That’s Life’ fame, the sector’s inaugural awards for the region culminated in a spectacular gala dinner at the Manchester United Football Club.
Crossroads Care Cheshire West and Wirral are delighted to announce that they were one of the four finalists in the Care Team Award. This is an award given to the care team, who in the opinion of the judges are best able to demonstrate their passion and care towards their work, as well as their commitment to ensure that the individuals they look after have excellent outcomes. Crossroads Care is Britain’s leading provider of support for carers and the people they care for.

Sponsored by HET Software and supported by the Department of Health, the Great North West Care Awards received nominations and support from all corners of the sector.
Nominations were invited from all corners of the sector and the region and successful candidates invited for interview.  From here all the finalists and guests representing all areas of the care sector, attended a spectacular gala dinner at Manchester United where the winners were announced. The gala awards evening started in style with a champagne reception, followed by a superb gourmet dinner, the awards presentation with celebrity presenter Adrian Mills and dancing into the night.

Karen Urmston, Chief Executive at Crossroads Care Cheshire West and Wirral said
“I am delighted that our care team made it to the final group of nominees. We are extremely proud of our staff team at Crossroads Care Cheshire West & Wirral. Our Director of Operations, Sheila Logan, works incredibly hard to ensure that our service delivery is of the highest standard possible, and this is reflected in the positive feedback we receive consistently from service users”.

Notes
The Great North West Care Awards are part of the Great British Care Awards - a series of regional care awards throughout the UK.  The awards are a celebration of excellence across the care sector and are managed by the team behind the Ceretas National Home Care Awards, a high profile annual event for the home care industry.   The purpose of the awards is to promote best practice within both home care and care homes sectors, and pay tribute to those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding excellence within their field of work. 
For more information on The Great British Care Awards please visit the web site at
www.care-awards.co.uk

Crossroads Care is Britain’s leading provider of support for carers and the people they care for. It works with over 35,000 individuals and their families, helping carers to make a life of their own outside caring. There are some six million people in Britain who care for others. Many of these reach a turning point, a crossroads, at which they feel they need help ...where they may simply need a break or more regular support. This is what Crossroads Care does. Crossroads Care is a national network of local charities employing over 5,000 trained professionals. We provide flexible services to people of all ages and with a range of disabilities and health conditions.

As a charity, Crossroads Care cares for people not for profit. No-one cares more than Crossroads Care, not just in the scale of the work or the 35 years experience that we have, but in the way they define care. Crossroads Carer Support Staff are not here today and gone tomorrow. They love their work, and their training and long experience mean they understand what carers, and those they care for, need and feel.  They know the simple things that really matter, they do the hard jobs with a smile and they take pleasure in fitting into family life.  It’s no surprise then that Crossroads Care staff build long and trusted relationships and that more carers and people with care needs turn to Crossroads Care for support than to any other social care provider.