2021

This year the C4F Hoarding and decluttering/Hospital discharge team have recieved a nomination for the innovation award in the HCPA care awards, the team were very proud to win in the innovation for Adult disability service and mental health

The team have worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic of 2020-21 in partnership with Herts Help and the HCNS social prescribers to continue to bring their frontline services safely to service users homes,

Their ‘wrap around’ emergency response service during the pandemic was essential in ensuring people that left hospital had a safe and comfortable environment to return to. the team have also worked to develop/support the Smash group and supported service users using a "can do attitude" and an almost any means necessary approach to bring light to the darkest places in Herts during the pandemic.

A massive well done to the team and their partners.

2019

In 2019 C4F were finalists.

2017

A support worker, who nominated Fitzgerald for the award, said: “Annie is a powerful leader and does amazing things for the community during her work life and in her free time.

“Annie will do anything to ensure her staff and service users are treated fairly. She is always pushing her team to take on as much training as possible to ensure that service users are always receiving the highest standard of care. “Annie works directly with service users and sets a great example for the rest of her team on how people deserve to and should be treated. “As a boss Annie is very supporting and caring and will do anything she can to make sure her staff are well taken care of so that they can continue to provide high-quality care for service users.”

Speaking on the night after collecting her award, 46-year-old Fitzgerald said: “I enjoy making leaders and supporting people get into leadership.

“Anybody can be a leader if they’re passionate about what they believe in.”

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