FRIDAY 10 DECEMBER - Grovelands Staff Awards and Heavenly Choir

Friday evening and a special treat as I attended the annual Grovelands Staff Awards and Staff Party in Yeovil. The staff team had much to celebrate this year after the recent recognition of Grovelands for "Outstanding Dementia Design" at the National Dementia Care Awards. The design of the home is great but it is the atmosphere and high standards of care that marks Grovelands out as a care home of distinction. The large number of award certificates presented at the event was evidence of the tremendous commitment of all members of the staff team to the continuous search for excellence through training.


The distinguished figure top left in the picture above is the Mayor of Yeovil, Councillor Philip Chandler. He was also an award recipient, for Dementia Awareness, as Phil's day job is that of Gardener/Handyman at Grovelands. Phil's wife Linda, the Mayoress, also works in care as an activity co-ordinator. We are very proud to have the Mayor as a member of our great staff team.


Special thanks for their inspirational leadership of the Grovelands team should go to our manager Jackie Howells (left) and her tireless Deputy Manager Natalie White.

In what is becoming a catching trend for my blog the staff joined together for a special rendition of Silent Night. The video is one to savour and can be found online by entering YouTube and selecting - "Grovelands Heavenly Choir". This link should also take you there:
www.youtube.com/video/VYEjpwjVOis

Location:Yeovil