Finalist List The Women Achieving Greatness in Social Care Awards 2026
THE CARE HOME BUSINESS WOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
Lucy Atkinson, Church Farm Care
Lucy Corner, Cornerstone Care Solutions Limited
Rhiannon Crump, voyage care
Laura Davies, The Good Care Group
Palvi Dodhia, Serene Care
Nina Kersho, Headway care services
Julie Layton, Advance Housing and Support
Lucy Ledger, Towans Care LTD
Loredana Magadan, Ivolve
Kelly Major, Dairy Lane Care Centre
Hayley Robertshaw, St Martins Group
Emily Whitehurst, Constantia Healthcare Group
THE COMMUNICATIONS GURU AWARD
Katie Costello, Katie Costello – End of Life Support Services
Judith Flacks-Leigh, Kisharon Langdon
Eve Fynne, Stow Healthcare
Georgia Hazelgrave, Constantia Healthcare Group
Blanca Ho, Right at Home Central Wiltshire
Abbie Jaye Wilson, Pic PR
Kirsty Laming, Radfield Home Care Epsom and Leatherhead
Gemma Liley, Dayspace
Gracy Metilda , Chosen Care Group Limited
Roxie Taj, Visiting Angels Manchester East
THE CORPORATE LEADER AWARD
Rebecca Bradley, Home Instead Chester / Wirral / Liverpool South
Theresa Bradley-Comstive, Springfield Healthcare
Bella Hallam, Visiting Angels Head Office
Lee Houghton, Kinly Care
Sonia Labrow, Walfinch Care Kingston and Weybridge
Claire Latreille, Belmont Healthcare Ltd
Phillippa Lunn, Blue Sunrises Care LTD
Victoria Newton-Cutler, The Care Workers’ Charity
Jenny Payne, IBC Healthcare
Virginia Perkins, Hesley Group
Rebecca Redfern, Bradwell Hall Nursing Home Ltd
Chetna Satra, Optimal Living
Yasmin Somji, Wavemill Health Care
Megan Stancill, Visiting Angels
THE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AWARD
Moonrise 24hr, Jessica Gwaringa, Moonrise 24hr
Angela Assor, National Health Service
Ewa Brus, Regal Care
Julie Griffiths, Caring Connections
Jo Huxtable, Blossom in Somerset ltd
Fasihah Kousar, Making Space (National Social Care Charity)
Madalina Lovin, Barchester
Jennifer Mohammadi, Live Unlimited
Abigail Momoh, ASK Care Ltd
Jenny Pattinson, Nightingale Hammerson
Helen Watkins, Certitude
Lauren Wood, Burrell mead care home
THE GIRL POWER AWARD (Individual)
Andreea Bogdan, Abode Care Homes
Michelle Byrd, Housing 21
Debbie Clark, Egalite Care
Pippa Crawford, Thera trust
October Guiney, Centrum care homes
Cassie Hyde, Bradwell Hall Nursing Home Ltd
Kirsten Martin Divisional, Affinity Trust
Daisy Motlogwa, Cygnet healthcare
Charlotte Peacock, Salutem care and education
Stella Shaw, StellarCare NW
Lily Shaw, Away Day Care Ltd
Ionela Vadana, Brain Kind
Krupa Vaghasiya, Ansa Care Limited
THE GIRL POWER AWARD (Team)
Blue Angel Care Farnborough, Farnham and Fleet, Blue Angel Care
Visiting Angels Edinburgh and The Lothians (team)
Visiting Angels – South Middlesex
Broomfield Care team, Broomfield Care
Olivia Chadwick, Chloe Draper, Clare Marsh, Adele Hollywood, Becci Judge, Ellie Connor and Shannon Austin, Unity Lives Ltd
Claire Douglas and Jaya Amaresh, Kenmore Management Ltd
Coventry Edge of Care Service, Coventry City Council
Eliana Feraris & Devina Kutowaroo, Milford Lodge B&M Care
Michelle, Jenny and Jess, Compassionate care, day and home services LTD
Lifeways PBS Team, Lifeways
Thrive Support Service Management Team, Thrive Support Service
The Team, The Gables Residential Home
Westlands Team, Regal Care Trading Ltd
Angelika Ziemianska and Joslyn Carvalho, Visiting Angels South East London
THE HOME CARE BUSINESS WOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
Nathalie Gilder, Haverhill Community Care.
Kiran Gill, Azure Care
Christine Holdsworth, Steps Ahead Care & Support Ltd
Kim Horton, Believe Care and Support
Sheena Khangura, Visiting Angels Stirlingshire
Lalitha Kumer, Sai care homes
Dr Nadia Correia, S&A Care services and ICS
Karen Neil, Cardea Healthcare
Amanda Owusu, Apollo care central Manchester
Krishana Patel, Homeinstead Croydon
Stacey Remblance, Allcare community support ltd
Tanya Santos, Walfinch Chiswick, Hammersmith and Kensington
Prity Somani, Kara Healthcare
Matilda Susan Anyango, Reon care Ltd
Rebecca Williamson, Domically care
THE HR AND RECRUITER AWARD
Karen Beckett and Kanika Akinshegun, Manor Community
Laura Bingham, Horizon Care and Education
Anna Cisek, Housing 21
Gemma Creasy, Unicare Devon
Laura Herbert , Safe Haven Group
Sarah Holgate, Away Day Care
Kiran khan, Insight care group
Sarita Moktan , Urban Care Community Limited
Sharon O’brien and Minette Keyter, Happy Futures Support Specialists
Jodie Pilgrem-Aldred, EXCELCARE
Karen Puddy, Towans Care LTD
Georgia Taylo, Believe Care and Support
Rubyrose Tejada, Home Instead Broadstairs, Ramsgate & Margate
Katy Thorpe, Kinly Optima Care Group
THE INSPIRATIONAL MENTOR AWARD
Faustina Agyei, Health care – private
Krystyna Bosko, Milverton
Vic Brelsford-Ward, Steps Ahead Care & Support Ltd
Becki Davies – Coxsell, IBC Healthcare
Caroline Evans, Right at Home Central Wiltshire
Emma Rand, AHN Education and Training
Clarice Rogers, CAS Care Solutions Ltd
Andreea Sabadean, Active Care Group
Isurumuni Samarasekara, Home Instead Croydon & Dulwich
Julia Senah, Almond Care
Charlene Shepherd, Hesley Group
Carly smith, Manor community
Liz Titley, Caring Connections
Julie Topley, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
THE INSPIRATIONAL VOLUNTEER AWARD
Liz Benison, Making Space (National Social Care Charity)
Lorna Brown, Jess Scott, Angela Ogbologu and Sabine Casparie, Certitude
Phyllis Gordon, Epic Wellness Retreats
Violet Lowther, Marie Curie
Alison McKee, Together Trust
Kirsty Northam, NeuroDiverse Community CIC
Rachael Smith, Renfrewshire Ladies Social Group
Julie Williamson, Excelcare
THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (Community)
Catharine Chalton, Home Instead Wirral / Chester / Liverpool South
Lesley Collier, NeuroDiverse Community CIC
Sarah Corner, Caring Connections
Sarah Crease, Caremark Liverpool
Lynn James-Wellings, Care First 24 Ltd
Angela Kaine, Realise
Lynn Laughland MBE, HRM Homecare Services
Jenny Morley, AM Support Ltd
Daphne Nolan, Dayspace
Amanda Thacker, Allcare Community Support ( ACS)
Louise Tierney, My3 Limited
Samantha Walshaw, Wakefield Council
THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (Residential)
Jacqui Beyer, Nightingale Hammerson
Christine Burton, Making Space (National Social Care Charity)
Amanda Carey, Thrive support Services
Keeley Cremona, Milewood Health Care Ltd
Amanda Cunningham, Horizon Care and Education
Karen Johnson, Fulcrum Care Limited
Camille Leavold, Abbots Care
Lisa Mason, Hesley Group
Kim Retter, Compton View
Kirstan Sparshott, Royal British Legion
Sarah Tremlett, Centrum Care Homes
Ruth Yates, Stow Healthcare
THE NEW BUSINESS AWARD
Visiting Angels Stirlingshire Team, Visiting Angels Stirlingshire
Roo Begom, Committed Support
Louise Blezzard, Venelle Life
Chloe Foster, Chloe Foster Limited
Smithridge Homecare Ltd – Hereford, Smithridge Homecare Ltd Hereford and Worcester
Linda Lloyd, Aura Care Living and Iluma Care Consulting
Nisha Patel, Care Property Hub
THE OUTSTANDING PARTNER AWARD
Rachael Crook, Lifted
Claire Dalton, Social Care People
Cheryl Guest, Unique IQ
Andrea James, Keystone Law
Jade Kent, Stephens Scown LLP
Lizzie Lee, Care Tech Compare
Stefanie Loannou, Shawbrook Bank Ltd
Donna Ohdedar, Review Consulting Ltd.
Hilary Pascoe , Leonard Curtis
Claire Price, Smart Marketing Management Ltd
Kirsty Simmonds, Connect2care Ltd – part of the Opportunity Provider
HABS Strength in Mind, HABS Strength in Mind
Jenny Wilde, Acuity Law
Kathy Williams, Fulcrum Care Consulting
THE RISING STAR AWARD (Children & Young People)
Ruby Bleek, Safe Haven Accommodation
Shannon Budd, Future for care leavers
Robyn Fitzgerald, Exceptional care
Leanne Gravil, Safe Haven Accommodation
Pristine Onyeukwu, Salutem Care And Education
Michelle Sanderson, Edge of care
Teresa Stacey, Safe Haven Accommodation
Kelly Wood, Salutem Care and Education
THE RISING STAR AWARD (Community)
Maia Bowring, CAS Care Solutions Ltd
Lauren Court, Raven supprot Ltd
Emma Denby, Blue Angel Care Reading
Nurat Doherty, S2S Healthcare Ltd
Olivia Firth, The Care Workers’ Charity
Sophie Flint, Allcare community support Ltd
Rebecca Fraser, Caring Connections
Karolina Hunsdon, Haverhill Community Care.
Nonsikelelo Mafanya , Kare4you Surrey limited
Debrah Muwishi, CAS Care Solutions Ltd
Evie Rounce, Blue Angel Care Reading
Shannon Smith, Allcare community support ltd
Leanne Stebbings, Home Instead Dartford & Bexley
Danielle Warman, Allcare Community Support ( ACS)
THE RISING STAR AWARD (Learning Disabilities)
Oluwatosin (Tosin) Sulaimon, Certitude
Emma Adams, Hesley Group
Lizzie Cousins, Community Integrated Care
Amanjit Guron, Certitude
Nicole Healey, Enabling Lives
Leonine Huggins, Reside Support Limited
Danneckar Joyce, Milewood Health Care Ltd
Natasha Minor, Blue Ribbon Supported Living – Cade Care Group
Stephanie Mpalanyi, Certitude
Chanel Murison, Community intergrated care
Terri Shaw, Milewood
Hannah Styles, Dayspace
Christine Wilmot, UBU
Lily Wright, Able
THE RISING STAR AWARD (Partner Services)
Kellie Bowden, Care Business Associate Training
Aishia Diment, Pinsent Masons
Alexandra Lawrence, Navigate neurodiversity Occupational Therapy
Emma Reeve, PracticE Ready
Molly Ripley, Stephens Scown LLP
Alice Thursfield, Lester Aldridge LLP
THE RISING STAR AWARD (Residential)
Isabella Bray, Making Space (National Social Care Charity)
Florence Culley, Stow Healthcare
Olesea Dumitrescu, Barchester
Julie Goodenough, Constantia Healthcare Group
Ruth Green, Forensic Mental Health Recovery Service.
Rebecca Hichmott, Kenmore Management Ltd
Phoebe Howe , Kara Healthcare
Kelly Lister, Bondcare
Antoinette Minnaar, Housing 21
Alaw Roberts, Regal Care
Dena Wardingham, dairy lane care centre
Lando Will, Health care – private
THE SOCIAL CARE SUPERWOMAN AWARD (Children & Young People)
Annie Hutchings, Tots Early Years Community
Joy Lees, Almond Children’s Care Services
Poppy Nash, VCare-24 Ltd
Liz Perfect, Barnsley Council
Lucy Squire, Blue Elephant Childcare LTd.
THE SOCIAL CARE SUPERWOMAN AWARD (Community)
Magdalena Chmielewska, Walfinch Chiswick, Hammersmith and Kensington
Mary Costello-Smith, Home Instead Chester
Donna Dawson, Coventry City Council
Michaela Green, Specialist care services
Kelly Hanson, Allerton care and support
Sarah Heath, Direct Healthcare 24
Nicole Maskrey, Key 2 Care/ Derbyshire Care Services
Patricia McDermott, Direct Independent Care Limited
Zara Qadeer, iCare Solutions Stockport
Emma Rees, Care and Companionship with Emma Ltd
Caitlin Robinson, Bluebird Care St Helens
Sylwia Sawa, Home Instead Camden
Donna Stinton, Alina Homecare
Eva Travis, Reside Support Limited
THE SOCIAL CARE SUPERWOMAN AWARD (Learning Disabilities)
Lindsay Clarke, IBC Healthcare
Kimberley Douglas, Milewood Health Care Ltd
Lily Fouracrre-Moore, Raven Support Ltd
Anika Hinds, Enabling Lives
Jodie Jackson, Milewood Health Care Ltd
Maddie Kendall, Community Integrated Care
Mandy Kennedy, Aspens Charities
Lisa Mathews, Thera trust
Jacqueline Peters, Thera Trust
Hannah Phippen, Raven Support Ltd
Tracy Rolph, Blossom in Somerset ltd
Becky Stevens, Thera Trust
Philomena Strollo, Certitude
Nicola Waters, Village Trust
THE SOCIAL CARE SUPERWOMAN AWARD (Residential)
Sally Allen, EXCELCARE
Rebecca Allen, Bradwell Hall Nursing Home Ltd
Elizabeth Eaton, Kara Healthcare
Sophia Florence Francis, Aspire Health and Care
Michelle Hall, Your Health Limited Cedar Court
Laura Howlett, Salutem Care & Education
Ashleigh Jarvis, Housing 21
Vanessa Lamey, Churchview Care Home
Charlie Light, Cornerstone Care Solutions Limited
Sarah Spearing, Kenmore Management Ltd
Leanne Taylor , Making Space (National Social Care Charity)
Annette Taylor, Making Space (National Social Care Charity)
Claudia Toscano, RCH Care Home Limited
Jo-Anne Wilson, Royal British Legion
Tajá Young, Meadowbanks Care Home
THE SOCIAL CHANGE AGENT AWARD
Victoria Baron, Hampshire Care Association
Sarah Butcher MBE, Autism at Kingwood
Cheryll Champion, LDC CARE
Courtney Cooper, Inclusion North
Andrea Costi, The Inclusion Project
Sharon Daltrey, Timeless Presents
Louise Faulkner, Kent Integrated Care Alliance
Josephine Iba, Blossom Homecare Aberdeen, Angus, and Dundee
Dr Jane Townson OBE, Homecare Association
Michelle Janes, Kisharon Langdon
Anneke Lane-Campbell, Dolphin Homes
Emma Smith, Dairy Lane Care Centre
Christina Uppenkamp, Home Instead Dartford & Bexley
Shanna Wells, The Care Workers’ Charity
THE TALENT DEVELOPMENT AWARD
Ausrine Alaburdiene, Health care – private
Blue Angel Care
Sharon Branagh, Enabling Lives
Jeanette Cooney, Manor Community
MEERA DANIEL, Wavemill Healthcare
Karen Knapp and Judit Moor , Radfield Home Care Epsom and Leatherhead
Casey Miles, Steps Ahead Care & Support Ltd
James Perry, Anglia Ruskin University, Peterborough
Emma Phillpott, Kara Healthcare
Sarah Quayle, Exceptional care
Sarah Slocombe, Blue Angel Care
Colette Walker, Westwood Care and Support
Elaine Warner, Care Business Associate Training
Kimberley Warner, Anglia Ruskin University – ARU
THE THIRD SECTOR LEADER AWARD
Angela Barry, Reach Family Project
Jay Belle Ruby Thapa, Home Instead Greenwich, Bexley, Lewisham and Southwark
Christine Edwards-Daem, Kent Autistic Trust
Helen Ellis, Kids Charity
Tracy Fee, Hiyed CIC
Amanda Fields, Target Housing
Angela Fletcher, Happy Futures Support Specialists Ltd
Karolina Gerlich, The Care Workers’ Charity
Amy Hubbuck, Hidden Strength
Erica Lockhart, SESCA, the South East Social Care Alliance
Mellissa Mackell, Kids Charity
Beatrice Nyamande, Care Consult ID
Sonia Thapa, Mums and Carers
Hilary Woodhead, National Activity Providers Association – NAPA
THE WELLBEING AT WORK AWARD
Dr Ally Tomlins, Hammerson
Right at Home Central Wiltshire
Emily Cooper Arnell, Abode Care Homes
Chloe Evans, Strong Life Care
Sara Herd, Believe Care and Support
Sue Hill, Foundation of Nursing Studies
Melanie Keenan, Blue Ribbon Health and Wellbeing
Susan Kyotolye, Haringey Learning Disabilities Partnership
Nisha Nepali, Chosen Care Group Limited
Melissa Peacock, Inclusion North
Jane Tuck, Royal British Legion
Roxy Visser, Walfinch Chiswick, Hammersmith and Kensington
Leanne Walters, The Inclusion Project
Samantha Wood, Milford Care
THE WOMAN IN TECH AWARD
Claudia Anderson, Autism at Kingwood
Sheela Antony, Chosen Care Group Limited
Rhona Armstrong, Certitude
Chipema Chitambala, Nightingale Hammerson
Victoria Coles, Steps Ahead Care & Support Ltd
Rebecca Hawkins, Centrum Care Homes
Gill Heppell, PerCurra Franchising Ltd
Wafa Mohbubul, Home Instead Broadstairs, Ramsgate & Margate
Victoria Olorunfemi, Passion Tree Care Services
Dorota Piechowiak, Strong Life Care
Anthea Reid, BCOP (Broadening Choices for Older People)
Molly Taylor, Kinly Care
Aderinsola Thomas, Brielle Healthcare Services
Devika Wood, Ayla