THE owner of a Blackburn home care company said her staff are "thrilled" to have been honoured at the national Home Care Awards. 

Wilpshire homecare company Right at Home (East Lancashire and Ribble Valley) picked up the ‘Best for Team Support Expertise’ Award at a glittering ceremony held at the National Conference Centre in Birmingham.

The awards recognise and celebrate the achievements of businesses operating across the care sector.

Right at Home provides care and support to people living in their own homes. Their services range from companionship, home help and personal care to specialist dementia care and live-in care services.

The business, which faced tough competition for the highly coveted award, was praised for its "exceptional staff support", especially throughout the pandemic. 

Managing Director Julie Foote said: “One of the challenges the entire homecare sector faces is the retention of staff.

"We go out of our way to make our staff feel valued and supported and doing so has had a huge effect on staff mental health and wellbeing. 

“We do it in a variety of ways such as having staff recognition schemes with bonus payments, and gifts, treats and fun events such as their recent 10th anniversary celebrations.

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Staff from Right at Home who were honoured at a national awards

“I’m absolutely thrilled with this award win. Our amazing team of CareGivers are our most important asset and I am grateful for all of their hard work in making a difference to the lives of our clients every single day.”

Wilpshire Councillor and Deputy Mayor of the Ribble Valley, Stuart Hirst, added: “Right at Home provide outstanding care and support to local people in need and I’m delighted that this has been recognised. I’m very happy to be associated with this success.”  

Right at Home are holding a Dementia UK ‘time for a cuppa’ event raising funds during the first week of May. There will be a cake sale and a staff ‘bake-off” style competition. You can find out more by calling 01254 658899.