Sheffield has a new citywide dementia plan to provide people with dementia and their families with the right support and care.
Sheffield Cares Excellence Awards nominations now open
Sheffield Cares Excellence Awards 2025
Sheffield’s carers are to be celebrated for the care and support that they give to the people of Sheffield.The Sheffield Cares Excellence Awards, hosted by Sheffield City Council’s Adult Health and Social Care team, will celebrate and empower the city’s most skilled and dedicated carers.
People are asked to help with these awards, that will shine the spotlight on the city’s amazing carers, by nominating carers for an award from the city’s 17,500 strong care sector workforce.
In addition, Sheffield has around 11,000 unpaid carers and around 7,000 young carers.
Anyone who contributes to social care support in Sheffield can be nominated. This includes carers who are paid or unpaid, managers, office staff, domestic staff, caretakers, chefs working in the care sector, occupational therapists and nurses working in care, social workers, activity coordinators or volunteers from the voluntary sector who offer social care support, social care personal assistants and individual employers.
The awards will be celebrated in the Sheffield Cares Excellence Awards Ceremony which will place at Sheffield City Hall on Thursday 13th February 2025.
Councillor Angela Argenzio, Chair of the Adult Health and Social Care Committee at Sheffield City Council, said: “These awards are a great opportunity for anyone to nominate someone for an award who is dedicated to providing the best possible standard of care to someone who relies on their support, skill and expertise. Carers and everyone involved in social care carry out an essential role every day all over the city and we are so grateful for the huge difference they make to so many people’s lives. There are so many people in our local communities who are potential award winners and nominating someone for an award is a really easy process too, so I encourage as many people as possible to start nominating between now and midnight on 10th November. I very much look forward to meeting everyone involved in these awards and the winners at the awards ceremony in February 2025.”
Who can nominate?
Anyone can make a nomination and there is no limit on how many people that someone can nominate in each category.
Those nominating carers for an award can nominate in more than one award category.
Who can be nominated?
People nominated must have an active paid or unpaid role in providing safe, high-quality care in Sheffield.
Anyone nominating someone for a Young Carer Award must get permission from the carer’s parent or legal guardian.
What are the award categories?
The main Care Excellence Awards are focused around four themes:
- Compassion in Care
- Inspirational Support or Leadership
- Dignity, Respect & Inclusion in care
- Commitment to Care
In addition, there are seven specialist awards:
- Young Carer Award (Primary age, secondary age, & Young Adult 16-25)
- Newcomer / Apprentice of the Year
- Personalised Support Award – Supporting People to Live the Life they want to live
- Dignity Award
- Team of the Year
- Social Care Hero of the Year
- Lifetime Achievement Award
Nomination deadline
Nominations close at midnight on Sunday 10th November 2024.
How to nominate
Those who want to nominate someone for an award can use the online form at https://forms.office.com/e/2gEEphZHBT or they can write or email with their nomination details.
Detailed information about nominating is here: https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/careawards
Award Winners
All nominations will be carefully considered by our independent panel of decision-makers. The panel will be made up of individuals who receive care and support and of people who have a wider interest in the social care sector in the UK.
More information about the awards criteria is at https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/careawards
