Fourteen employees at Tanglewood Care Homes are keeping their fingers crossed ahead of the second annual Lincolnshire Care Awards next week.

The 14 team members have all been nominated for awards by care home managers, colleagues, residents or families – and they will find out if they’ve won at a ceremony in Lincoln on 22^nd February.

Tanglewood employees make up one-fifth of the total nominees, and 11 of them work in one care home – Cedar Falls in Spalding.

The shortlisted candidates are:

Nursing category

• Gabriel Curila – Hunters Creek Care Home in Boston • Stephanie Hewat-Jaboor, Mariana Anton and Susan Palethorpe – Cedar Falls Care Home in Spalding

Residential category

• Moira Tasker – Tanglewood Care Home in Horncastle • Artur Haluszko, Vivian Smith, Chris Inte and Brenda Love – Cedar Falls Care Home in Spalding

Care Leadership category

• Kryzystof Krzysztofiak and Anita Malkevica – Cedar Falls Care Home in Spalding

Outstanding Learner category

• Susie Neupane – Cedar Falls Care Home in Spalding

Supporting Role category

• Andy Pridmore – Cedar Falls Care Home in Spalding • Steph Townsend – Tanglewood Care Home in Horncastle

The Lincolnshire Care Awards celebrate outstanding care workers, teams and organisations. The event is staged by the Lincolnshire Care Association (LinCA) and will take place at the County Assembly Rooms in Lincoln at 7pm on Thursday 22nd February.

The awards dinner will be compered by Melvyn Prior from BBC Radio Lincolnshire.

More than 100 people were nominated before the final shortlist of 66 finalists was chosen.

This year’s awards are bigger and better after a huge increase in nominations and the introduction of a new award recognising the contribution of support staff.

In total there are nine categories:

• Sills & Betteridge Community Care Award • StaffAid Residential Care Award • University of Lincoln and Lincolnshire County Council Nursing in Social Care Award • Apetito Best Supporting Role Award • Community Health Partnerships Care Leadership Award • District Councils Community Leadership Award • Lincoln College Rising Star Award • Bishop Grosseteste University Outstanding Learner • NatWest Outstanding Care Team Award

Tracy Ann Shelbourn, founder and Director of Tanglewood Care Homes, commented: “We are delighted to be part of the LinCA Care Awards again this year, a special occasion for every care community in Lincolnshire to join hands in celebrating our ‘care heroes’ – dedicated nurses, carers and support teams that make a difference in the lives of the people we care for.”

Melanie Weatherley, Chair of the Lincolnshire Care Association, said: “The amazing work carers do isn’t celebrated enough so it’s an honour to host this event and recognise the great contribution of those from the care sector in Lincolnshire.

“I meet brilliant care workers, nurses and leaders every day and they deserve their work and achievements to be celebrated in such a way. The work they do in the county is so important and they are so valued by the people they care for, their colleagues and all of us who benefit from high quality care.”

For more information visit http://linca.org.uk or follow the hashtag #LincsCareAwards on Twitter and Facebook.

To find out more about Tanglewood Care Homes www.tanglewoodcarehomes.co.uk.

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