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Finalists of the Social Care Leadership Awards 2026 Announced

The Executive Care Home Leader (Large)

Sophie Betts, Integrum Care Group
Joseph Scaife, Achieve Together
Mevin Sohorye, Barchester Healthcare
Anavo Senior Leadership Team, Anavo

The Executive Care Home Leader (Small to Medium)

Christine Barnes, Oakland Care Group
Michelle Hall, Your Health Limited Cedar Court
Anna Jones, Lifeways
Kim Maw, Oakland Care Group
Vinay Patel, KRG Healthcare
Sophia Phills, Care Assist Ltd
Aderio Rocha, Hamberley Care Homes
Nitesh Somani, Kara Healthcare
Donna Thompson, Callaway Care and Support Ltd
Imelda Varquez, The Gables
Siddharth Wazir, Care Assist Ltd
Philippa Young, Spellman Care

The Executive Home Care Leader 

Sara Phillips and Clarice Berrett, CAS Care Solutions
Vanya Gorka, Choice Care Group   Raj Gill, Orbis Care
Paul Growney, Caring Connections
Kudakwashe Hove, Venus Healthcare
Kim Maw, Oakland Care Group
Faustinah Nyadzira, Tandshealthcareservices.com
Lauren Thomas, DH24
Tinga Umera, Nexus Care Services

The Executive Home Care Franchise Leader 

Karina Brown, Home Instead Bromley, Chislehurst & Orpington
Gemma Chambers, CareYourWay
Joanna Gardner, Radfield Homecare

Karen Knapp, Radfield Homecare
Wafa Mohbubul, Thanet Lifestyle Care Limited
Andrew Murray, Visiting Angels
Sarah Sabater, CareYourWay
Vincent Tan, Visiting Angels South East London

The Executive Learning Disabilities and Autism Leader 

Alison Bacon, PA Services for You               Nina Bailey, Conifer Lodge
Desley Beaman, My Choice Healthcare
Lesley Collier, NeuroDiverse Community CIC
Macklan Ferrao, ASD Support
Nichola Grain, Embrace Care
Emma McEvoy, Cygnet Health Care
Sara Murphy, Community Integrated Care
Stacey Murray, Away Day Care
Khin Nadarajah, Venus Healthcare
Ben Phillips, CAS Care Solutions
Chetna Satra, Optimal Living

The Executive Children and Young People Leader

Asad Abdullah, Chosen Care Group Limited
Amanda-Jane Carey, Thrive Support Services Ltd
Rachel Ellacott, Pathways 2 the Future
Rachel Ellacott, Pathways to the Future Ltd
Nana Yabbey Hagan, London Borough of Redbridge
Justine Hey, Selenos
Holly Longton, Embrace Care
Phillippa Hughes & Karen Waring, 38.6 Solutions

The Dementia Care Leader  

Tricia Allison, Bluebird Care
Louise Buckland, Connaught Care (Wichelstowe)
Karen Curtis, Integrum Care Group
Liz Eaton, Kara Healthcare
Sangita Maharjan, Chosen Care Group Limited
Margaret Mtengwa, Connaught Care (Wichelstowe)
Joanna Piotrowicz, Nightingale Hammerson
Kim Retter, Compton View
DISC Dementia Support
Michelle Tennant, Home Instead UK
Sarah Jane Williams, Leading Lives – Ipswich

The Workforce Development Leader 

Julia Allen, My Choice Healthcare
Angela Assor, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation
Michelle Byrd, Housing 21
Mafalda Carvalho, Prestige Care Consulting
Stuart Howell, Leading Lives – Ipswich
Phillippa Lunn, Compton View
Toni Meadows, Lifeways
Rodwell N, Brighter Living Ltd.
Adrian Pancott, Integrum Care Group
Zakir Rasulov, Venus Healthcare
Beckie Richards, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Teresa Wilson, ManpowerGroup UK

 The Clinical Nurse Manager 

Marie Accison, Macc Care Group
Ramona Babet, Macc Care Group
Steph Bowers, Spellman Care
Ada Echedom, Chosen Care Group Limited
Mohammad Fauzel
Sharon Herbert, My Choice Healthcare
Louise Kearns, Macc Care Group
Magdalena Kowal, Barchester Healthcare
Alex Morton, The Old Rectory Nursing Home (Doncaster) Limited
Neelam Tiwari, Kara Healthcare
Jadie Tranter, Outcomes
Betty Varghese, Macc Care Group
Louise Watson, Lifeways

 The Social Value Leader 

Nathalie Gilder, Haverhill Community Care
Jenn Good, Grace Eyre Foundation
Nathaniel Hawley, Divergent Training Ltd
Sue Ann Nnamani, Priscilla Wakefield House
Lisa Nordskog, Chosen Care Group Limited
Kirsty Northam, NeuroDiverse Community CIC
Kathy Williams, Fulcrum Care Consulting

 The Social Care Research

Sheela Antony Samy, Chosen Care Group Limited

Caring Connections

Joep Fernando, Community Scar Therapy Management

Gavin Pathmarajan, Cinnamon Care Homes

Dr Muhammad Qureshi, Comfort Care Services (UK) Ltd.

Zoe Shears, Exemplar Healthcare

 The Partnership Champion 

Merrilee Briggs, British Home
Ashley Chilver, London Care
The Leading Care Company, The Leading Care Company
Margaret Conway, Coventry City Council
James Hilton, Sun Healthcare Ltd
Gracy Metilda, Chosen Care Group Limited
The Care Workers’ Charity and Nationwide (Virgin Money)
Leah Murray, Visiting Angels
Brian Nolan, Caring Connections
Infection Prevention and Control Care Home Team, Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in collaboration with Birmingham
Helen Wilkinson, Kara Healthcare

 The ESG Leader 

Paul Growney, Caring Connections
Ravi Sodha, ACI Care
Venus Management Team, Venus Management

The Digital Innovator 

Peter Chadwick, Spellman
Lorenzo Cincora, Choice Care Group             Adam Hurst, Log my Care
Akancha Jaiswall, Kara Healthcare
Kate Kempster, GoodOaks Homecare
Ketan Shah, Predicaire AI
Amanda Brooke/IT Team, Lifeways
Dr Pradyumna Thiruvenkatanathan

 The Quality Assurance Leader 

Yvonne Abeka-Lewis, Venus Healthcare
Olayinka Adelekan, PWH Nursing
Ashley Bailey, Visiting Angels
Clarice Barrett, CAS Care Solutions
Grahams Consultants, Grahams Consultants
Jacqui Ferguson, Parklands
Julia Landt, Hamberley Care Homes
Magda Minto, Swanton Care and Community
Joanna Mosses, My Choice Healthcare
Joanne Mullan, Brighter Living Ltd.
Claire Sherwood, Integrum Care Group

The Entrepreneur Leader of the Year Award

Nana Banton, Abacus Care Support
Sara Phillips and Clarice Barrett, CAS Care Solutions
Roo Begom, Committed Support
Amrit Dhaliwal, Walfinch
Dr Paul Edwards, The Gables
Nathaniel Hawley, Divergent Training Ltd
Ashleigh Jarvis, Housing 21
Josiah Millar, Brighter Living
Abs Patel, Enabling Lives

The Young Leader in Social Care

Iyla Ahmed, Wrap Around You Ltd
Mara Bowring, CAS Care Solutions
Rebecca Brown, Away Day Care
Toni Howe, Embrace Care
Casey Miles, Steps Ahead Care & Support Ltd
Wafa Mohbubul, Thanet Lifestyle Care Limited
Donell Mungure, Scope Care Services Ltd
Theodore Powell, Springdene Care Homes
Susuana Gyampoh Senghor
Lily Shaw, Away Day Care
Emily Welton, Active Care Group/Active Assistance Ltd.

THE MENTORING LEADER AWARD

Thelma Akpakpa, London Care
Stuart Callister, Severn Vale Homecare
Nicola Gibson, Swanton Care
Lisa Jordaan, My Choice Healthcare
Jodie Kenyon, Chiryoku Ryu
Bala Natarajan, Chosen Care Group Limited
Sarah Newby, Visiting Angels
Tori Nimmo, South Devon College
Natalie Whiterod, Thera East Anglia

The Lifetime Achievement 

Samantha Brennan, Community Integrated Care
Raj Chagger, Sands United FC Nottingham
Olesea Dumitrescu, Barchester Healthcare
Katherine Evans, Embrace Care
Karolina Gerlich, Care Workers Charity
Mr Peter Kinsey, As above
Sarah Larden, Home Instead Bromley, Chislehurst and Orpington
Patricia McDermott, Direct Independent Care Ltd (Home Care Service)
Nicolas Kee Mew, Runwood
Jean O’Hara, Away Day Care
Martin Prescott, Choice Care Group
Ron Taylor, Parklands
Angelika Ziemiańska, Visiting Angels South East London

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