Safer Kinder Better Awards 2025

Winner

• Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service WEST (SCAMHS WEST), West Suffolk

Runners up

• Crisis and Home Treatment Team, East Suffolk, Great Yarmouth and Waveney Memory Assessment, Carlton Court, Great Yarmouth and Waveney
• Kestrel Ward, Central Norfolk

Highly commended

• Great Yarmouth and Waveney Memory Assessment team 
   

Winner

• Annah Mhlanga-Chirimuta, Ward Manager, Sandringham ward, Central Norfolk

Runners up

• Bryan Salmon, Social Worker, Mariner House, East Suffolk
• Catherine Green, CYP Matron, Thurlow House Kings Lynn, West Norfolk
• Liam Gilligan, Principle Clinical Psychologist, G Block, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, West Suffolk

Highly commended

• Vickram Lutchmeah, Matron, Northside, Great Yarmouth and Waveney
• Angelus Watling-Cash, Peer Tutor and Learning Support Adviser, Mariners House, Corporate Services

Winner

• Wedgwood Acute Wards - Abbeygate, Northgate and Southgate, Wedgwood Bury, West Suffolk

Runners up

• Digital Desktop Support Team, Corporate Services
• Jenny Durrant, Community Team Manager, Carlton Court, Great Yarmouth and Waveney

Highly commended

• Central Older Adult Community Service, Sophie Centre and Gateway House, Central Norfolk
• Older Persons Inpatient AHP Team Julian Hospital, Central Norfolk

Winner

• Michelle Hutton, Assistant Practitioner, Riverview House, East Suffolk

Runners up

• Suffolk Rehab Team, Chilton House, East Suffolk
• Drayton Ward MSU, Northside House, Great Yarmouth and Waveney

highly commended

• Mark Rushmere, Activity Coordinator, Rose Ward, Central Norfolk
• Aimee Craske, OT, Northside House, Great Yarmouth and Waveney

Winner

• Percy Mupemhi, Operations Manager, Older Adults, GYW Carlton Court

Runners up

• Learning Disability and Autism Liaison Team, East and West Suffolk 
• Northgate Hospital, Great Yarmouth and Waveney

Highly commended

• Anya Jarvais, KUF Trainer, Corporate Services
• Julie Williams (Carers Lead) and Margaret Tanner (PPL), Corporate Services

Winner

• In-reach / out-reach team, Carlton Court, Great Yarmouth and Waveney

Runners up

• Digital Solutions Team, Corporate Services
• Elizabeth Neocleous, AHP, Central Norfolk

Highly commended

• Norfolk and Waveney Autism Intensive Support (AIS) Team, Central Norfolk
• Sarah Russell, Psychological Therapist, Central Norfolk

Winner

• West Norfolk Adult CMHT Admin Team, Chatterton House, West Norfolk

Runners up

• Capital Projects, Corporate Services
• AAT (Access and Assessment) Admin Team, Mariner House, East Suffolk

Highly commended

• Central Older Adult Community Service Admin, Sophie Centre and Gateway House, Central Norfolk
• KUF Team, Trustwide, Corporate

Winner

• Suffolk ADHD Children and Adults Service, West Suffolk 

Runners up

• Tom Clipsham, Matron, Whitlingham Ward, Secure Services, Great Yarmouth and Waveney
• Liaison and Diversion team, Great Yarmouth and Waveney

Highly commended 

• Community Transformation Team, Corporate Services
• Family Liaison Officers (FLOs) - Kirk Wilson and Ian Orr Liaison and Diversion, Great Yarmouth and Waveney

Winner

• Holly Stephens, Freedom to Speak Up Guardian, Corporate Services
• Talent Beiley, Interim Associate Director of Nursing, Northside House, Great Yarmouth and Waveney

Runners up

• Sans Babhulkar, CT3, Mental Health Liaison Team, Ipswich Hospital, East Suffolk
• Jessica Reynolds, Modern Matron, Older Adults Inpatients, Wedgwood House, West Suffolk

Highly commended

• Kirsty Hogarth, Professional Administrative Lead, Corporate Services
• Rachel Preston, Clinical Team Leader Bury South IDT, G Block, Hospital Road, West Suffolk
• Amy Bruce, Efficiency Value and Improvement Programme Manager, Corporate Services

Winner

• Debbie Brown, Participant/Expert by Experience, Great Yarmouth and Waveney
• Particip8!, East Suffolk

Runners up

• Deborah Casey, Service user Expert by Experience and Volunteer, Early Intervention Service, West Norfolk

Highly commended

• Joanne Davey, Service User, Ipswich, East Suffolk
• Louise Baldwin, Adult Acute Inpatient Volunteer, Wedgwood Unit - Adult Acute Wards, West Suffolk

Winner

• Jamie Durrance-Clarke, Consultant Psychologist and Multiprofessional Approved Clinician - Kestrel Ward, Hellesdon Central Norfolk

Runners up

• Charlotte West, Clinical Team Leader, Mariner House, Ipswich, East Suffolk
• Stacey Mills, Staff Nurse, Kingfisher MBU, Central Norfolk

Highly commended 

• Glenda Jele, Band 7 Practice Education Facilitator/ Preceptorship Lead, Central Norfolk
• Harriet Mcilwham, Lotus Maternal Therapeutic Outreach Team, Central Norfolk

Winner

• Emma Graveling, LiA Project Support Manager, County Hall, Corporate Services

Runners up

• Chris Aldiss, Ward Administrator, Northgate Ward - Wedgwood House, West Suffolk
• Lisa Lowe, Clinical Support Team Administrator, NSS U18 Eating Disorder Day Clinic, West Suffolk

Highly commended

• Karl Hannant, Technical Instructor - Therapies, The Mount, Northside House, Great Yarmouth and Waveney
• Gemma Norrish, Workforce Analyst, Corporate Services

Winners

• Paulette Kirton, Liaison and Diversion Practitioner, Northside House team 
• Northside House team

Runners up

• Rachel Shipley,  Learning Disability Community Nurse
• Dr Najam Akhtar, Specialist Grade Psychiatrist (General Psychiatry)  

Highly commended

• Nesta Owens, Trainee Nursing Associate, Rollesby Ward
• Comfort Oke, Registered Mental Health Nurse

Winners

• Talent Beiley

• Annah Mhlanga-Chirimuta