The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on Wednesday 20th September 2023 in an exclusive event at the Treetops Pavilion, West Midlands Safari Park.
Our 2023 categories are brand new and have been created following the focus group held in February. Service users and residents shared with us the types of achievements they would like to see recognised, along with the key values they associate with the awards.
The complete list of categories and finalists is as follows:
Innovation in Recovery Award
- Deepness Radio Ltd – Deepness Radio
- Hearing Voices Support Group – Rampton Hospital, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Reflections on Restrictive Practices Workshop – Cheswold Park Hospital, Riverside Healthcare Ltd
Celebrating Diversity Award
- Cygnet Celebrating Diversity and Culture – East Hampton, Cygnet Hospital Bury, Cygnet Group
- Co-Production for New Building – Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- LGBTQ+ Folk and Friends – Rampton Hospital, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Celebrating 75 years of Windrush Anniversary – Arnold Lodge, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Lived Experience Leader Award
- Autism Training – Cygnet Elms, Cygnet Group
- Martina – Somerset Recovery Partners, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
- Leanne Walker, Lived Experience Leader – Derbyshire’s Living Well Programme, Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Femi Gbadamosi – St Ann’s Hospital, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Mental Health Trust
- Lee Millington-Millar – Cygnet Hospital Kewstoke, Cygnet Group
- Co-Production Leadership within the WYCRP – CREST, NHS Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Community and Collaboration Award
- Ridgeway Recovery Awards – Ridgeway, Roseberry Park Hospital, Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
- Man Chat #It’sOkaytoTalk – Phoenix Ward, Cygnet Hospital Wyke, Cygnet Group
- On Myself – Stockton Hall Hospital, Priory Group
- Community Day at Ridgeway – Ridgeway, Roseberry Park Hospital, Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
- Restraint, a Patient Perspective – Francis Willis Unit, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Stockton Hall Community Christmas Fayre – Stockton Hall Hospital, Priory Group
Hope and Positivity Award
- Welly Fest 2023 – Welly Fest Planning Committee, Yorkshire and Humber Involvement Network
- Makaton Teaching – Cygnet Elms, Cygnet Group
- Co-Production of Sing & Sign & Seated Exercise – Maplewood Ward, Mersey Care Whalley, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Stockton Hall Recycling initiative – Stockton Hall Hospital, Priory Group
- Charity Car Wash – Cygnet Elms, Cygnet Group
The popular Service User Choice Award, now renamed the Mark Britton Service User Choice Award, will be back for 2023, with a live vote by service users on the day for their favourite projects.
We are looking forward to hosting another inspirational day that celebrates some of the many remarkable achievements and innovations led by service users.