2026 Winners

Michelle Reardon, Applegarth Care Home

Christie & Co Care Home Worker Award

Aisha Khanum, All Care Thames Valley

Homecare Worker Award

Owen Mayes, Autism at Kingwood

Support Worker within a Learning Disability Service Award

Josh Shayed, St David's Nursing Home

Behind the Scenes Award

Linda Smith, Coombe House Residential Care

Promoting Wellbeing Award

Crystal De Ocampo, Parsons Grange

Frontline Leader in Care Award

Donna Doyle, Oxford House Community Care

Manager in Care Award

All Care Thames Valley Team Windsor & Maidenhead

RBWM Team in Care Award

Keith Dias, Apex Healthcare Services Ltd

SESCA International Recruitment (Employer) Award

Mariama Bah, Apex Healthcare Services Ltd

SESCA International Recruitment (Employee) Award

Mykeala Bezuidenhout, Apex Healthcare Services Ltd

Future of Care Award

Pravin Bhanudasrao, Kind 2U Living

Long Service Award

Highly Commended 2026

Salima Lalani, Wild Acres Care Home

Care Home Worker Award

Nakato Mamichu, Right at Home - Maidenhead

Homecare Worker Award

Imran Mazhar, Canary Care Services

Homecare Worker Award

Owen Mayes, Autism at Kingwood

Support Worker within a Learning Disability Service Award

Caroline Fearns, Langley Haven Care Home

Behind the Scenes Award

Ali Mirza, Eton House Residential Home

Promoting Wellbeing Award

Nischal Regmi, Langley Haven Care Home

Frontline Leader in Care Award

Suzanne Howard, Coombe House Residential Care

Manager in Care Award

St David's Nursing Home Team

Team in Care Award

Grace Simpson, Care at Home Reading

Future of Care Award

Mags Williams, All Care Thames Valley

Long Service Award

Applegarth Care Home
Apex Healthcare Services Limited
Blue Angel Care Limited
Kind2u Living
Nest Homecare
Oxford House Community Care
Oxford House Nursing Home
Right at Home Maidenhead, Marlow & Henley
Sorelle Support
St Christopher’s Care home
St David’s Nursing home
The Leading Care Company
Visiting Angels
Wild Acres Care Home

Nominees 2026

Amy Hill
Rachel Dorman
Shelby Gee
Ammar Ijaz Malik
Cristina Tarodo
Praxi Muridzi
Vincent Jjagwe
Chet Thappa
Feba Yohannan
Akshay Sabu
Agata Francuz
Louise O’Connor
Rachel Dorman
Shona Hussey
Andrei Bujor
Jyoti Pun
Ashleigh Irving

Abhijith Asokan
Abraham Njume
Hasna Bentaouit
Kelly Holland
Patricia Jumratie
Amy Reed
Angie Zacharia
Begum Talib
Caroline Price
Elaine Brophy
Emma Cobb
Kapil Lamba
Riffat Naz
Dean Maguranyanga
Erinda Musliu
Faiqah Fatimah
Ioana Tsonkov
Jamaica Bell
Jennifer Macharia
Lidia Truica
Maria Luncanu
Naseem Akhter-Ali
Natalia Zuza
Nhlanhla Maplanka
Rakil Maharajan
Stephen Boachie
Trevor Chiwanza
Vali Visan
Ammar Ijaz Malik
Monika Oliwa-Hussain
Lilli Buica
Denise Dooley
Nimesh Suthar
Dinesh Thapa
Pooja Pradhan
Feba Yohannan
Emilia Cook
Ghazala Shaheen

Agnieszka Panek
James Clement
Prasanthi Siriyala
Francis Oparaocha
Mark Merryweather

Gemma Kingston
Lauren Farnham
Ayodeji (Ayo) Ogunyomi
Ioana Tsonkov
Jumana Asakrieh
Inna Basova
Gina Sandu
Nicky Edwards
Sian Donovan Phillips
Alicja Kobylecka
Ibrahim Kamara
Alison Weller
Michaela Shepherd
Laetitia Higgins
Rachel Marney
Lucica Coropciuc
Pavel Kostadinov
Ulka Patel
Kim Baker
Magda Zieba
Julie Jones

Adilla Hamdani
Ioana Tsonkov
Lindie Bloxham
Sammi Thacker
Sian Donovan Phillips
Kim White
Julie Cotton
Milka Kilel
Laetitia Higgins
Mercy Wambui
Rajvir Kaur
Veena Chawla
Naveed Amjad
Fiona Prins
Magda Zieba

Seron Constance
Ogunyomi Ayodeji
Jasbir Kaur Sarai
Miriam Musau
Aoife Donohoe
Laurentiu Goicea
Rodwell Nyanyirai
Milad Shalikarian
Tamara Kgasa
Sebastian Wojnowski
Amy Hill
Patrycja Rydzio

Kirstie O’Keeffe
Ioana Tsonkov
Jennifer Lebrecht
Vicky Ngiela
Michael Pallister
Liam Lewis
Diana Szabo
Alexandra Marcu
Rachel Stoneman
Georgina Lee-Walker
Monika Oliwa-Hussain
Karen Neil
Chris Mitchell
Patricia Gooden-Husbands
Lauren Tyrell
Merlie Williams-Peart
Uddhav Bhatta
Revathy Jayakumar
Samah Iqbal
Debbie Nash

Apex Healthcare Team
Dina Santos and the Reading Support Team
Team at Bridge House
Brummell Team
Dan and Adrianna
Hazeldene Team
Peppard House Team
Coombe House Residential Care Team
Downview Residential Home Team
Eton House Care Home Team
Kind2U Care Team
Langley Haven Care Team
Muna Gurung, Prava Gurung, Ritu Gurung, Gyanu Gurung Aneta Stefanova
LBZ Team, Harvey Brock & Iain Maxwell
Shared Lives Carer Representative Group – Lynne Blencowe, Steven Joplin, Mel Dorward & Julie Cooper
St Christopher’s Care Team
Care Team
Visiting Angels Berkshire Team

Faiqah Fatimah
Jane Maina
Grace Kagumu
Latha Muthukumar
Harry Surdhar
Anne Asprey
Julie Harsworth
Shahzad Hussain
Peter Mukono

Amritpal Kaur
Zulekha Khan
Zainab Butt
Jemima Spring Rice
Nicole Chimoyo
Cindy Chan Chuen
Umair Mushtaq
Isaac Korir
Alesha Ramsaran
Cassidy Parker

Caroline Price
Beverley Slark
Susan Raeside
Belinda Macleod
Denise Dooley
Jenny Ridley
Nicky Brown
Pushpa Ale
Bernard Fetalvero
Pratima Gurung
Faye Pearce
Carmel Beach
Gemma Arnold
Maria Sullivan-Jakubiszyn
Pauline Jordan
Yvonne Madden

Sponsors of the Christie & Co Care Home Worker Award

Sponsors of the RBWM Team Award

Sponsors of the SESCA International Recruitment Award

Sponsors of the Wokingham Borough Council Care Service Recognition Award