Last week, we came together at our You’re A Star Awards to celebrate the incredible people who make the Trust what it is. Every nomination told a story of someone going the extra mile & making a real difference to others. tinyurl.com/2jrnyhav #YASA26

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And that’s it for our 2026 You’re A Star Awards celebrations. Congratulations to all of our nominees, highly commended, finalists and award winners, we’ve had the most fantastic time celebrating you this evening.

Congratulations to our 2026 Thanks a Bunch award winner: - Karol Papis, Senior Practitioner Psychologist

Now moving on to our final award of the evening, the Thanks a Bunch award. This award is all about individuals and teams who have gone out of their way to truly make a difference to colleagues, their service, service users, our Trust or the communities we work with.

The final Living Our Values Award is We Deliver. This award is all about excellent service & support. It’s for those colleagues who may have been presented with a problem & have gone out of their way to find a resolution. Congratulations to our We Deliver winner: - Rizwana Ali

Next up is the We Listen’ Award. This award is for colleagues who have not only heard their patients, service users or peers, but taken time to understand their circumstances & views, & worked to respond effectively. Congratulations to our 2026 We Listen winner: -Maria Zaheer

Starting with the We Care Award. This is an award for colleagues who are shining examples of respect and empathy, compassion and kindness. Congratulations to our 2026 We Care winner: -Emily Pepper, Staff Nurse

Now moving on to our Living our Values awards winners. Every month there is an opportunity for colleagues to be nominated by their peers to be recognised for living our Trust values in their daily work. Tonight, we are announcing one overall winner from the monthly winners.

The 2026 Mental Health Services Team of the Year Award goes to: -EIP District team Despite the challenges that the team have gone through in the last year, they have pulled together to create strong relationships in the team enabling them to provide the best service.

Up next is the final award in this category. The Mental Health Services Team of the Year Award, good luck to our finalists: - CAMHS Neurodevelopment team - EIP District team - Primary Mental Health team

And the 2026 Corporate Services Team of the Year Award goes to: -Volunteer Service Working with 40 teams across our Trust, the Volunteer Service have established a volunteering experience that is positive and impactful for services users, staff and volunteers.

Now for the Corporate Services Team of the Year Award, good luck to our three finalists: -Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response team (EPRR) -Fire Safety team -Volunteer Service

The 2026 Adult Physical Community Health Services Team of the Year Award goes to: - Podiatry Prescribing team. The team have demonstrated exceptional dedication to support in-house prescribing processes improving efficiency, reducing delays & enhancing patient experience.