2024 highlights from the Carr Gomm Community!
2024 has proven to be an incredible year for Carr Gomm, showcasing exceptional progress and achievements for the people we support and our staff. As we reflect on this past year, it’s important to highlight not just the challenges we’ve faced but also the remarkable successes that have defined our journey.
Here are just a few of the highlights that illustrate the positive impact we’ve made in our community and the lives of the people we support!
Becs Barker gave evidence to the Scottish Parliament on SDS.
Becs Barker, Carr Gomm’s Operations Manager for Community Contacts, Involvement, Quality and Innovation, gave evidence on behalf of social care providers on whether Self-Directed Support (SDS) has achieved its ambitions in Scotland.
Carr Gomm was featured in the BBC documentary – Darren McGarvey: The State We’re In.
Carr Gomm welcomed Scottish rapper and social commentator Darren McGarvey to Carr Gomm as he spent a day on shift with our Dunoon Mobile Homecare Responder Service. Darren met John and Anne, who receives support from the team and spoke with Responders Tiffany Mcarthur and Alison Minton about what it’s like to work in social care.
International Collaborations Project in 2024
It has been a busy year for Carr Gomm’s International Collaborations project! We welcomed visitors from across Europe to share the work we do, and our Carr Gomm Global Ambassadors travelled to the Netherlands, Sweden, Taiwan, and more to learn about health and social care internationally.
The launch of Carr Gomm’s 2024-2027 Strategic Plan
We launched our brand new strategic plan in April. The Plan is a culmination of our staff’s hard work and ideas for what Carr Gomm could look and feel like in 2027.
Midlothian Feel Good Focus Group
In June, our Midlothian team hosted a fantastic Feel Good Focus Group in Loanhead to gather feedback from people we support and explore different ways we can be active in our day-to-day lives.
Time to Shine Staff Award 2024 winners!
Our Time to Shine Staff Awards celebrate our staff and their achievements over the past year. The awards are open to all staff, and winners are chosen from colleagues’ nominations. There were an incredible 46 nominations this year, so it was hard to pick just one winner for each category!
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We are so proud of everything the people we support and our staff have achieved in 2024, and we cannot wait to see what 2025 brings!
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