Hundreds of awards entries show high standard of achievements

The shortlist for the Community Care Awards 2002, which
recognise and celebrate the achievements of social care
professionals, was announced this week for the 10 categories of
projects.

This year the event attracted more than 400 entries. The judges –
Andrew Cousins, director of Leicester social services department;
Amanda Edwards, head of knowledge services at the Social Care
Institute for Excellence; Professor Joan Orme from Glasgow
University’s department of social policy and social work; Roger
Singleton, chief executive of Barnardo’s; and Polly Neate, editor
of Community Care – praised the high standard across the
board.

The shortlisted projects, below, have been invited to an awards
lunch at the London Hilton on Thursday, 14 November, where the
category and overall winners will be announced.

CARERS

Sponsor: Reliance Care

• Adult Guidance and Lifelong Learning Service, run by CARES
• Cars for Carers, run by RSVP
• Kingston Dementia Caf’, run by the Royal Borough of
  Kingston

CHILD PROTECTION

Sponsor: Five Rivers Family Placements

• Polepark Family Service, run by Barnardo’s
• Prevention = Protection, run by Eighteen and Under
• Protecting Children in Prisons, run by Staffordshire social
  services

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Sponsor: Five Rivers

• Hearsay Peer Education Project, run by Birmingham social
  services
• Essex Children Council, run by Essex Council
• Luton Children’s Panel, run by Luton Council

DISABILITY

Sponsor: Cooper Stanley

• Ask Us!, run by the Children’s Society
• @liberty (disability awareness), run by London Borough of
  Hounslow
• Can-Do Community Recycling, run by Aberdeenshire Council

DRUGS AND ALCOHOL

Sponsor: Celsian

• Cracked, run by Immediate Theatre
• Drugs Recovery Project, run by ECHG
• Young People’s Service, run by Alcohol Services in
  Cheshire

INTER-AGENCY WORK

Sponsor: OLM

• IT 2 Eat (computer-based healthy eating and internet shopping
  service for older people), run by Age Concern Rotherham
• Creative Minds, run by The Blue Elephant Theatre
• The Asphaleia Project, run by Supporting Young Unaccompanied
  Asylum Seekers at School

LEARNING DIFFICULTIES

Sponsor: Craegmoor Healthcare

• Supercare/Green & Clean, run by Ealing Mencap
• Inclusions, run by Community Link Up
• The Trans-Active Project, run by Mencap

MENTAL HEALTH

Sponsor: SWIIS

• Women’s Trust, run by Women’s Trust
• Community Mental Health Web Site, run by Leicestershire Action
  for Mental Health Project
• No. 12 (drop-in centre), run by Praxis

OLDER PEOPLE AND INTERMEDIATE CARE

Sponsor: Bupa Care Services

• Healthy Living Centre, run by Age Concern Hull
• Involving Older People in Designing and Evaluating Day Care
  Service, run by Age Concern Norfolk
• Norfolk Home Call Accreditation Scheme for Low Level Service,
  run by Norfolk social services

YOUNG OFFENDERS

Sponsor: Corvedale Care

• Community Payback Scheme, run by Sunderland Youth Offending
  Service
• Avoiding Confrontation with Adults, by Centre for Fun and
  Families
• North Washington Youth Inclusion Project, run by Sunderland
  Youth Offending Service