Your Oxfordshire Care Awards 2026 - shortlist

Celebrating outstanding care in Oxfordshire

Another year of amazing nominations!


As always, we have been overwhelmed by your responses and touched by your passion and dedication to adult social care. We will be in touch with all people shortlisted shortly.

  • Award Winners receive an engraved trophy, a framed certificate and a prize of £350.
  • Highly Commended receive a framed certificate and a prize of £100.
  • All Award Nominees are recognised with a certificate.

All queries to awards@oacp.org.uk.


We look forward to meeting our guests on Thursday 21 May at the Oxford Belfry in Thame.



The Shortlist for the Oxfordshire Care Awards 2026...

Student - Learner

  • Alisha Cox - Home Instead Swindon
  • Caitlin Nilsen - Brookes University
  • Chinee Mavi Corral - The Henley College
  • Hannah Tomlin - Walfinch Oxfordshire


New to Care

  • Odette Sinilo - Home Instead Oxford
  • Rhys Hatfield - Brize Meadow Lodge, HC-One  
  • Sharon Clements - The Langston Care Home
  • Taslima Begum - Style Acre


Care Home Worker   

  • Anto Joseph - Freeland House, Minster Care Group
  • Festus Anuo - Fitzroy Support
  • Lisa Williams - Wantage Residential and Nursing Home, Sanctuary
  • Rajaa El Bendadi - Benson House, Caring Homes


Domiciliary Care Worker

  • Danielle Eltham - Brandon Trust
  • Sandra Pelko - All Care GB
  • Sasha Madimusta - Golden Atara
  • Violetta Rawska - Style Acre


International Recruitment

  • Evelyne Wangui Cohen - Seabrook Services Ltd
  • Faith Chimpeni - Golden Atara
  • Karen Rolfe - Surecare Oxfordshire
  • Kudakwashe Dzumbunu - Jes Care Services


Leadership   

  • Alana Corr - Cuttlebrook Hall, Care UK
  • Allison Spary-Hawthorn - The Chiltern Centre
  • Caroline Morris - Daybreak Oxford
  • Emma O'Connor - Cleeve Lodge
  • Leah Atherton - LA Care
  • Lysbeth Weeks - Vale House


Team

  • Staff Team, Tennyson Drive - Affinity Trust
  • Gosford Lodge Team - Choice Care Group
  • Physios and OTs - St Luke's Hospital
  • Community support team - Style Acre

Nursing Practice

  • Andreea Hrenciuc - The Langston Residential and Nursing Home
  • Cathy Deocadez - Benson House, Caring Homes
  • Martin Brown - Beech Haven Nursing Home, Maricare
  • Ninny Matthew - Freeland House, Minster Care Group


Specialist and Complex Care   

  • Clinical Care Team - Helen House, Helen & Douglas House
  • Iuliana Constantinescu & Ionel (Nick) Nicolae - Shared Lives
  • Janet Tizzard - Affinity Trust
  • Victoria Moore - Brandon Trust


Oxfordshire Hero   

  • Apollos Clothing Charity
  • Carterton Community Foodbank
  • Dagmara Galent - Green Pastures Christian Nursing Home
  • Tina Woods - Action Deafness


Long Term Service

  • Damien Massivi - Choice Care Group
  • Fiona Campbell - Oxford Aunts
  • Maria-Eva James - Guideposts Trust
  • Rebecca Cottle - The Langston Residential and Nursing Home


Care photography (in columns from top left)

  • Friends - Style Acre
  • Christmas delivery - Care with Dignity
  • Flower person - Huntercombe Hall, Aria Care
  • Visiting Old Trafford - Autism at Kingwood
  • Big sky - Style Acre
  • It's all cool - Culver Lodge, Autism at Kingwood
  • Day on the river - Oxenford House
  • Ridgeway walk - Style Acre
  • The Artist - LA Care
  • Watering flowers - Walfinch Oxfordshire
  • Christmas - Wantage Residential and Nursing Home, Sanctuary Care
  • Easter Bunny - Sameways Care