Do you know someone in Essex who is going the extra mile to help make sure that older people living in residential care are engaging with their wider community?

Do their efforts deserve to be publically recognised? You might like to consider nominating them for a My Home Life Essex FaNs award.

Anyone who is making an outstanding contribution is eligible, whatever their age or position. Awards are for individuals or groups or organisations. Awards take the form of a Certificate and a Transcript giving a brief description of the nominee’s contribution and are personally presented.

If you would like to nominate somebody you know for an all year round award, please get in touch for details of what we need from you.

We also have some Annual Awards, including a special award The Sister Alice Bellord Trophy for the FaNs Essex Supporting Organisation of the Year. This is for the organisation in Essex who, in the opinion of the MHLECA Board, have best supported Care Home residents to be engaged in their wider community over the previous 12 months. This Trophy has been funded by a Legacy received from a former volunteer 'community visitor' Alice Bellord, from the Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre, who regularly visited a Colchester care home.

Award winners are also featured on our website, in newsletters and, where possible, in the local press.