Social care provider Surrey Choices held a celebratory awards event for businesses and its customers involved in its EmployAbility service this week.
The ‘Making a Difference Awards’ event, which was held at the picturesque Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking, had a great turnout with over 200 people attending.
We are pleased to announce that one of our Growth Team’s projects is being supported by Anchor West Hall care home.
The Growth Team, a group of people who are taught and supported by Surrey Choices to carry out practical gardening, landscaping and maintenance work across the local countryside and its public spaces, have now been invited by Anchor West Hall to work in the grounds of the listed manor house in West Byfleet.
A Surrey Choices employee has received the highest honour from the supported employment sector after being awarded the national 2017 Practitioner of the Year Award.
Carolyn Tucker supports people with a wide range of disabilities by helping them to find employment opportunities with local employers.
Over the past few months, Surrey Choices has been working with Accent Housing Association to provide assistance to their residents to maintain their gardens. This partnership formed when Accent had to withdraw the assisting gardening service they used to offer to some of their elderly and vulnerable residents.
Surrey Choices provide a range of support services dedicated to improving independence, confidence and life skills of people with a range of disabilities and support needs in their local community.
It’s been a great month here at Surrey Choices with plenty of awards to shout about. In particular, this week we are celebrating after winning a prestigious award at the BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey Community Heroes Awards.
Winners in the category of Sport, our Rebound Therapy team impressed the judges with their dedication and contribution to local sporting life. Their coaches encourage our customers to participate in the Rebound Therapy sessions.
We are thrilled that our Growth Team were shortlisted for the Surrey Care Awards 2017.
Now in their ninth year, the Surrey Care Awards are the county’s ‘Oscars’ for those who work in the care sector. Organised by Surrey Care Association, these awards recognise the dedication of people working in a wide variety of jobs in adult social care including dementia care, caring for people in their own homes and caring for adults with learning disabilities.
We are very pleased to announce that our Rebound Therapy team were highly commended in the disability sports category at the Sport Guildford Awards 2017.
We are excited to announce that Surrey Choices were on BBC Radio Surrey recently as part of their big bus tour around Surrey.
The bus tour visited different parts of Surrey throughout the week and spoke with members of the local community in each location. This final show of the week was based in Camberley.
Our staff, customers and volunteers enjoyed a cup of tea and a slice of cake to support popular Macmillan Cancer Support’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning fundraiser.
As a result of the generosity of our donors, and the continued hard work from our staff and volunteers, we were able to raise an astounding £1264.35.
We are inviting people to consider a career in care and to find out more about our unique ‘Personal Assistance’ service.
At Surrey Choices, we support people with a range of abilities to find the best care, activities and services for their needs across Surrey.
