I am so incredibly happy to be made an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours list 2025 for Services to People with Dementia and to their Carers. This really encapsulates what I’ve tried to do since my dad died in 2012, when I wrote about my quest to provide support and advice to those faced…
Having been a judge for the 2024 Markel 3rd Sector Care Awards, I was delighted to be asked back as a judge again for the 2025 awards. It was wonderful being at the Awards today to see all the finalists celebrated and the winners pick up their awards. So much inspirational work and wonderful individuals,…
I’m delighted to be shortlisted as a finalist at tonight’s Women Achieving Greatness in Social Care (WAGS) awards in the ‘Talent Development’ category. The promotional material for the awards says: “Over 85% of the social care workforce is female. Many of these hard working, dedicated and talented women juggle the challenges of family life with their…
I was honoured to join Barbara Stephens today to jointly MC the 14th National Dementia Care Awards in Sheffield. It’s been a wonderful day celebrating the best in dementia care and support. Huge congratulations to all the finalists and winners, all of whom are listed here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/events/national-dementia-care-awards A shout-out to the Dementia Community team too…
I am immensely proud to share that the Loss and Bereavement training I’ve co-designed and co-deliver with Jess Hiles and Nicola Payne in a collaboration with MacIntyre and ARC England won two awards at last night’s inaugural Palliative Care Awards. Jess, Nicky and I picked up ‘The Workforce Development Award’ and ‘The Bereavement Support Award’.…
I am so happy and proud to share that last night I won ‘Outstanding Contribution to Dementia Care’ at the inaugural Dementia Care Awards. I am so thankful to my wonderful dad for all he taught me, and the many people I’ve been fortunate to work with over the years since dad died who I’ve…
Having been a judge for this year’s Markel 3rd Sector Care Awards, I loved being at the 10th anniversary of the Awards today to see all the finalists celebrated and the winners pick up their awards. So much inspirational work and wonderful individuals, teams and projects being celebrated. Many thanks to Lisa Werthman and her…
I was delighted to be shortlisted as a finalist for last night’s Social Care Leadership Awards in the ‘Dementia Care Leader’ Category. It was fantastic to have the opportunity to network with professionals in the social care sector and meet friends old and new.
I’m delighted to be shortlisted as a finalist at tonight’s Women Achieving Greatness in Social Care (WAGS) awards in the ‘Social Care Change Agent’ category. The promotional material for the awards says: “Over 85% of the social care workforce is female. Many of these hard working, dedicated and talented women juggle the challenges of family life with their…
It’s been an honour to be involved with the 3rd Sector Care Awards today as part of my long-standing relationship with the team at Care Choices (see my author page) and Care Management Matters. The ceremony was held virtually due to the Coronavirus pandemic, and I presented the Dementia Care Award with a pre-recorded video speech.…
I am honoured to be a finalist in the Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Friendly Awards 2016. I am shortlisted for ‘Outstanding Contribution of the Year’ alongside Alzheimer’s Society Wakefield Volunteers (Robert Bird, Sandra Tyrell, Elaine Storey, Beth Brown, Rachel Hale and Sara Hale) and Nick Conrad. You can read profiles of all the finalists in the…
I’m honoured to have been shortlisted for the Older People in the Media Awards (formerly the Roses Media Awards) for the third year running. I am shortlisted for ‘Best coverage of issues around dementia (Barchester Healthcare special award)’ alongside Tony Husband, AA Gill, BBC Radio Devon and BBC Essex. Once again @bethyb1886 your blog posts…
I am delighted to announce that I have won ‘Best Independent Voice on Older People’s Issues’ at this year’s Older People in the Media Awards. I was shortlisted for this Independent Age special award alongside Dr Ros Altmann, Richard Humphries, Professor David Oliver, Paul Burstow MP and Pippa Kelly. Congratulations to @bethyb1886 who takes home…
I am honoured to have been shortlisted for the Older People in the Media Awards (formerly the Roses Media Awards) for the second year running. I am shortlisted for ‘Best Independent Voice on Older People’s Issues (Independent Age special award)’ alongside Dr Ros Altmann, Richard Humphries, Professor David Oliver, Paul Burstow MP and Pippa Kelly.…
I’m very proud to have been a finalist in tonight’s Roses Media Awards less than 6 months after I began my D4Dementia blog. At the #Roses2012 pic.twitter.com/SFY5VaTC — Beth Britton (@bethyb1886) November 8, 2012 D4Dementia was shortlisted in the ‘Best coverage of issues around dementia and/or social care (Barchester special award)’ category alongside the BBC,…
