Say thank you to someone who cares and nominate them for a Care Award.
Do you have a friend, neighbour or family member who is looking after someone with a long-term illness or disability, or has provided outstanding support for carers? Please take a moment to recognise them, and let us know why they deserve a Care Award.
Please note that nominations for the Care Awards 2018 are now closed.
1. Winners
The winners for the Care Awards 2018 were decided at an awards ceremony at 20 Cavendish Square, the Royal College of Nursing. The event was held in partnership with Carers Network and also saw performances from the Spirit Young Performers Company and the South Westminster Community Choir. Congratulations to all the winners and highly commended people and everyone who was shortlisted for an award.
Befriender, voluntary or community carer
Winner: Omar Fisher
Highly commended: Leslie Philips
Care representative
Winner: Julia Couchman
Highly commended: Juliet Okpara
Carer of someone over 65 years
Winners: Hasfa Bahar and Richard Harrison
Highly commended: Sandra Rizk
End of life carer
Winner: Fatma Hagras
Health visitor
Winner: Rosemary Gallagher
Highly commended: Maria Mak
Parent carer
Winner: Miray Kester
Highly commended: Hend Abdel Rahman
Unpaid carer of someone with learning disabilities
Winners: Boolchand Mohnani and Aziza Hassan
Highly commended: John Westby
Unpaid carer of someone with mental health needs or dementia
Winners: Edward Wheeler and Esmina Hayles
Highly commended: Princess Xavier
Young carer
Winners: Laarayb and Oun Saleem
Outstanding care
Winners: Fatema Khatun
Highly commended: Katherine Reed
2. Criteria
Criteria
The Westminster Care Awards are open to anyone who is an unpaid carer living in the City of Westminster or caring for a Westminster resident, or a local person who has offered outstanding support for carers.
Please provide examples in support of your nomination, if possible. This information will be used by the judges in making their decision.
Commitment
Please provide examples of how the carer helps the person or people they care for to remain as independent as possible in their own home or if they live in a care home. This could include help with their health and wellbeing and other ways that they improve the quality of life of the person they care for.
Impact
Please let us know how the person you are nominating has made a difference to the life of the person they care for; this may be taking them to local activities, helping to improve local services or maintaining links with other carers or organisations in the community.
Inspiration
Please let us know how the person you are nominating for is an inspiration or role model to carers, people and the wider care community.
Please include any information on how they balance their caring role with the needs of their everyday lives such as by looking after a family, balancing the pursuit of their own ambitions with caring, or ensuring the rights of the person they care for, or other carers, are upheld.
Last updated: 20 March 2018