It was a golden afternoon on the 22nd June 2018 when the Excelcare & Guildmore annual award winners, guests and colleagues were welcomed into Wonderland by Alice aka Sam Manning and the 3 Mad Hatters – Ozzie, Engin and Sami Ertosun.
Sam Manning, COO Excelcare said ‘Every adventure requires a first step and lucky for us, we have a fabulous team that took the step of compassion and commitment to providing engaging high standards of care and a quality of life to our residents’.
The annual awards are held as a celebration to recognise and value the inspirational team, where staff from carers to maintenance, nurses to chefs, are presented with an award.
This year the theme for the award celebration was Alice in Wonderland held at Braxted Park Estate with 400 guests; many guest came dressed in theme or wearing their hand-made hat in excitement and hope of winning the best-hat competition!
The event kicked off with a ‘Drink Me’ champagne reception where guests were greeted by human hedges. They were then treated to a variety of curious canapés from the Mad March Hare and Tah Dah Cake Lady before joining us for the awards ceremony, where we celebrated all of our award winners.
After the awards ceremony guests were led on a Mad March into the Garden of Wonders by the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts where guests were able to enjoy Mad Hatters BBQ, Tea Cups and Saucers, Flamingo Croquet, Archery, Laser Quest, Tarot and Tea Leaf Readers, Glitter and Face Painting, Alice’s Cocktail and Potions Station, The Queen’s Secret Key Game and of course the Mad Hatter’s Hat Competition!
The hat competition was a wonderland-ful success, judged by the Mad Hatter himself. The winners of the hat competition were Dave Batty (Guildmore) & Shelia Kerr (Excelcare – Essex Region). Thank you to everyone who took part. It was amazing to see the amount of effort and time that everyone put into their hats, and also the amount of talented hat makers we have among us!
In the evening, guests followed the White Rabbit in a conga line back into the pavilion, where they enjoyed a three course gourmet dinner including a table full of macaroons, chocolates and curious potions. Everyone was entertained by amazing acts including ‘The Cheshire Cat’ contortionist, The White Rabbit Arco wheel then finally a performance from Giardino Strings Quartet. To end the night, guests enjoyed a brilliant performance from The Edge Band whilst indulging in donuts and taking selfies at the festival photo pod. Everyone had a joyous time.
Congratulations to all the award winners, listed below:
Guildmore Award Winners 2018
EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018
Alan Parrott
MOST INNOVATIVE PERSON AWARD 2018
Peter O’Connor
TEAM MEMBER OF THE YEAR 2018
David Lawn
Stephen Bradbury Architects Award Winners 2018
MOST INNOVATIVE PERSON AWARD 2018
Annalisa Fatica
EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018
Gessica Giannini
Dinardo Supports Award Winners 2018
GOING THE EXTRA MILE AWARD 2018
Bluebell Lodge – Sevim Vaseva
Canterbury House – Kirsty Beaton
Fairway Lodge – Maria Bobaru
Orchid Lodge – Simon Holifield
St Andrews – Elizabeth Valentine
DINARDO SUPPORTS LONG SERVICE RECOGNITION
Debra Bevan
Excelcare Tower Hamlets Homecare Award Winners 2018
BEST NEWCOMER AWARD 2018
Mohammed Ansar Hussain
COMMITMENT TO ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE AWARD 2018
Debbi Ann Bailey
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO CARE AWARD 2018
Razaur Rahman Oli
SPECIAL CARE AWARD 2018
Linda Mapp
TOWER HAMLETS HOMECARE LONG SERVICE RECOGNITION
Olajibike Olaribigbe
Hasna Hena Mridha
Zahed Miah
Rehana Rafiq
Excelcare Head Office Award Winners 2018
COLLEAGUE RECOGNITION AWARD 2018
Mohammed Chowdhury
GOING THE EXTRA MILE AWARD 2018
Harry Seymour
TEAM EXCELLENCE AWARD 2018
Quality Inspection Team
Essex Award Winners 2018
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD 2018
Abbot Care Home – Kerry Gray
Ashlyn Care Home – Matt Abbotson
Goldenley Care Home – Tracey Orchard
Lime Court Care Home – Clare Kett
Longfield Care Home – Gina Copsey
Okeley Care Home – Lucy Elles
Sherrell House Care Home – Steve Fearn
St Fillans Care Home – Samantha Farrow
Stanley Wilson Care Home – Lauren Wright
Sweyne Court Care Home – Maxine Calverley
Winifred Dell Care Home – Janna Pesotski
REGIONAL OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION
Essex Regional Team
ESSEX REGION LONG SERVICE RECOGNITION
Sue Jenkins
Lyn Brewster
Laura Greenhow
Philomena Cass
Helen Johnson
London Award Winners 2018
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD 2018
Castlebar Care Home – Nena Tyson
Limetree Care Home – Folashade Ikumpayi
Park Avenue Care Home – Thora Walcot
Peartree Care Home – Leah Scott
Queens Oak Care Home – Marilyn Ferdinand
Westport Care Home – Lekshmi Ramesh
Windmill Care Home – Irena Dimitrova
REGIONAL OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION
Alvin Singelee
LONDON REGION LONG SERVICE RECOGNITION
Anita Buckle
Abimbola Banjoko
Abimbola Olukotun
Sheridan Rowe
Jini Fulton
Moussa Sanogo
Oluwadayisi Ogunleye
Alvin Singelee
Milton Keynes Award Winners 2018
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD 2018
Castlemead Court Care Home – Kayleigh Barrows
Dovecote Manor Care Home – Pat Angus
Neath House Care Home – Samantha Clayton
The Willows Care Home – Gary Walton
Water Hall Care Home – Pauline Heron
REGIONAL OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION
Jeanna Short
MILTON KEYNES REGION LONG SERVICE RECOGNITION
Ingrid Morgan
Laura Humble
Deepu Ravindran Pillai
Imelda Hardy
Georgina Ackon
Viorel Maxin
Danni Gwenzi
CEO SHINING STAR AWARD 2018
Helen Bennett
