Thank you to our head judges and lived experience judges who attended the judging day on the 25th July. Together they judged individual categories, and shortlisted each anonymous nomination. The judges focused on co-production, service user involvement, and the uniqueness of each project. They made difficult shortlisting decisions with great care and dedication, ensuring that every submission was evaluated fairly and thoughtfully.
The complete list of categories and finalists is as follows:
Celebrating Diversity Award
- Them and Us! How Can We Become a Team?
Recovery Engagement and Co-creation Team, Roseberry Park Hospital
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust Foundation Trust - Focus
Community & Access Peer Support Focus ADHD Group
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust - Carl – The Expert by Experience Role in Co-Production
Forest Lodge
Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
Community and Collaboration Award
- Quality Improvement (QI) Project
The Orchards
Cygnet Social Care - Jordan – Pines’ Football Player
Pines
Cygnet Social Care - How Music Helps Day-to-Day with Recovery
Cygnet Oaks, Lodge Ward
Cygnet Health Care - Supported Living Social Club
Yorkshire Supported Living
Cygnet Social Care
Hope and Positivity Award
- Pines and Cherry Tree Pantomime
Pines and Cherry Tree House
Cygnet Social Care - Yvonne – From Patient to Registered Mental Health Nurse
The Home Treatment Team (Taunton and West Somerset)
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust - Shaun – Peer Buddy Mentor and People’s Council Lead
Cygnet Fountains
Cygnet Health Care - Denise – Community Perinatal Peer Support Programme
Perinatal Mental Health Team
Cumbria Northumberland Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust
Innovation in Recovery Award
- ‘The Lab Rats’ Band
Stockton Hall Hospital
Priory Group - Dragons DeNHS
Inpatient and Community Services
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - Social Hub
Cygnet Hospital Bierley
Cygnet Health Care
Outstanding Leadership Award
- Tom – Inpatient Boxercise Class
Rehabilitation & Recovery Centre, Asket House/ Asket Croft
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - River House Recovery College Peer Trainers
Recovery College River House Campus, Bethlem Royal Hospital
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust - Paul – National Patient and Public Voice (PPV) Advisor for NHS Talking Therapies
National Adult Mental Health Team
NHS England Talking Therapies - Lois – Healthy Living Project
Cygnet Hospital Woking, Picasso Ward
Cygnet Health Care - Every Voice Patient Partners
Inpatient and Community Services
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
In addition, the Mark Britton Service User Choice Award will return for the 2024 awards and will be decided at the awards ceremony by live vote. Guests will have the opportunity to vote for a runner up in each category, leaving five projects for a final vote at the end of the day. The award is named in memory of Mark Britton, to commemorate the life of an individual who was key to the awards in previous years and who sadly passed away in July 2019.
We are looking forward to hosting another inspirational day that celebrates some of the many remarkable achievements and innovations led by service users.