Yorkshire Coast Care Group Rewards Staff with Glittering Awards Night

A North Yorkshire care provider will thank its hard-working staff by hosting an awards night in their honour tonight as it also marks its 35th anniversary.

Final preparations are under way for what will be Saint Cecilia’s Care Group’s second awards night.

The company will present eight awards during an evening of fun and entertainment at the Crown Spa Hotel in Scarborough.

Television presenter and former politician Ed Balls will be the special guest and the compere for the evening will be ‘Big’ Ian Donaghy.
There will be a delicious three-course dinner and dancing as well as the presentation of the awards.

Executive Chairman Mike Padgham said:

“This being our 35th anniversary adds an extra shine to our awards this year and we are all looking forward to the evening.

“It has been another busy, challenging and exciting year for Saint Cecilia’s and the event will be our opportunity to say ‘thank you’ to the wonderful staff we have and to reward their tireless efforts with the awards and an evening to remember.

“We had a fantastic event last year and look forward to another memorable night on the 25th.”

The awards to be presented will be: Saint Cecilia’s Values Award; Inspirational Care Worker of the Year; Saint Cecilia’s Emerging Talent; Team Leader of the Year; Nurse of the Year Award; Support Services Worker of the Year Award; Leadership Award and Unsung Hero Award.

Television personality and former politician Ed Balls is set to be the guest of honour at the event. Ed Balls struck up a relationship with Saint Cecilia’s when he filmed at the company’s Filey Road nursing home for his BBC two-part documentary, Inside the Care Crisis with Ed Balls, in 2021.

He was due to come to the company’s first awards night last year, but storm Babet prevented him from travelling.

In a message for this year’s awards programme, he says:

“I was so disappointed last year when storm Babet meant that I couldn’t make it to the awards ceremony in person - I really wanted to be there with you.

“So, I am very much looking forward to making up for that this year and am excited to join you on this very special evening for Saint Cecilia’s Care Group!

“I learned so much when I trained and worked with you all back in 2021 when we filmed the BBC documentary, ‘Inside the Care Crisis’.

“The memories are still so fresh in my memory and remind me of the fantastic work that you and all your colleagues do in social care each and every day.

“You are the true heroes.

“Thank you so much for your wonderful care and brilliant public service.

You all deserve this very special awards evening - so let’s make sure it’s a fabulous and memorable night!”

Saint Cecilia’s is celebrating 35 years of providing award-winning care. The group began with just one care home in 1989 providing care to nine residents. Now it has six centres, providing residential and nursing care for 137 people and day care for many more, and employing more than 200 staff.

Each of those centres has been celebrating the anniversary by hosting parties for their residents and day care visitors and their family and friends.

Saint Cecilia’s has also hosted three afternoon teas – in Scarborough, Pickering and Whitby – to thank the local community in each area for its support over those 35 years.

Mr Padgham added:

“We are very proud to have been providing care for 35 years, but we couldn’t have done it without the amazing support of the people we care for and their families and friends and of the local communities that it has been our privilege to serve.

“So, as we mark 35 years it was important that they were front and centre in our celebrations and that we said thank you for being with us on the journey.”

Mr Padgham said many things had changed in the 35 years he has been delivering care.

“People are living longer, and that is a good thing. The demand for care and the complexity of that care has grown, whilst governments have failed to keep pace with either. That has left the sector facing challenges. But we will keep moving Saint Cecilia’s forward to meet those changing needs, and we look forward to the next 35 years!”

The care group operates Saint Cecilia’s Care Home, Saint Cecilia’s Nursing Home and Normanby House Care Home in Scarborough, Jubilee House Nursing Home in Whitby and Alba Rose Care Home in Pickering and look after a total of 137 people. The company also has a daycare centre in Eastfield, Scarborough.