Aspire - an Awards Winning Organisation!

Scottish Care Awards winners:

• 'Training, Learning & Staff Development’ Award Winner 2019.
• ‘Housing Support Provider of the Year' Award Winners 2015 and 2018.
• ‘Innovative Practice' Award Winner 2018.
• ‘Outstanding Achievement' Award Winner 2018.
• ‘Individual Service User Achievement' Award Winners 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
• ‘Care Coordinator of the Year' Award Winners 2011, 2013 and 2014.
• ‘Housing Support Services Carer of the Year' Award Winners 2013, 2014 and 2017.
• ‘Care at Home Services Carer of the Year' Award Winners 2012, 2013 and 2016.
• ‘Manager of the Year' Award Winner 2013.
• Aspire's Chief Executive was awarded the 'Lifetime Achievement' Award in 2012.
• ‘Personalisation and Reablement' Award Winner 2011.

We are truly delighted at the success of the award winners and indeed all at Aspire for their unstinting commitments in using their talents to help create better futures for the individuals whose interests we serve. We are also delighted that those efforts have been recognised by the Care Inspectorate in its evaluation reports on our work and in the number of Scottish Care Awards that we have received.

By year:

2019

Aspire had 3 finalists in the Scottish Care Awards and were delighted to win 1 award

• Cameron Gilchrist won the ''Training, Learning & Staff Development’ Award.
• Elaine Couplan was a finalist for the 'Coordinator/Administrator' Award.
• Helen McMillan was a finalist for the 'Emerging Talent' Award.

2018

Aspire had 4 finalists in the Scottish Care Awards and were delighted to win 3 Awards

• Aspire won the ‘Housing Support Provider of the Year’ Award.
• The Aspire Naloxone Team based in our Glasgow Homelessness Services won the ‘Innovative Practice’ Award.
• Leanne McLaughlin won the ‘Outstanding Achievement’ Award.
• Joyce Weir was a finalist for the ‘Housing Support Services Carer of the Year’ Award.

2017

Aspire had 3 finalists in the Scottish Care Awards and were delighted to win 2 Awards

• The Belleisle Team won the ‘Housing Support Services Carers of the Year’ Award.
• Sam Cullen won ‘Client Achievement’ Award.
• Alexis Higgins was finalist for ‘Care at Home Services Carer of the Year’ Award.

2016

Aspire had 5 finalists in the Scottish Care Awards and were delighted to win 2 Awards

• Kerrianne George; Maxine Dewart; Teresa Dyer & Caroline Murray won the ‘Care at Home Carers of the Year’ Award.
• Emma McAuley won the ‘Individual Service User Achievement’ Award.
• Laura McConnachie was a finalist for ‘Housing Support Services Carer of the Year’ Award.
• Louise McGlone, Colin Hamilton & Paul Copeland were finalists for the ‘Personalisation & Partnership’ Award.
• Aspire was a finalist for ‘Housing Support Provider of the Year’ Award.

2015

Aspire had 7 finalists in the Scottish Care Awards and were delighted to win 3 Awards.

• Aspire won the ‘Housing Support Provider of the Year’ Award.
• North Lanarkshire SDS Service, won an ‘Individual Service User Achievement’ Award.
• Glasgow Direct Access Service, won an ‘Individual Service User Achievement’ Award.
• Midlothian Care at Home Service was a finalist for ‘Co-ordinator of the Year’ Award.
• Glasgow HSS was a finalist for ‘Housing Support Services Carer of the Year’ Award.
• Glasgow Homelessness Housing Support Service, was a finalist for ‘Housing Support Services Carer of the Year’ Award.
• Aspire Housing and Personal Development Services were finalists for the ‘Personalisation and Partnership’ Award.

2014

Aspire had 6 finalists in the Scottish Care Awards and were delighted to win 3 of the categories.

• North Lanarkshire SDS Service, won the 'Individual Service User Achievement' Award.
• Glasgow Resettlement Service, won the 'Coordinator of the Year' Award.
• Glasgow Homelessness Housing Support Service, won the 'Housing Support Carer of the Year' Award.
• Glasgow Homelessness Housing Support Service, was a finalist for the 'Supervisor of the Year' Award.
• North Lanarkshire SDS Service, was a finalist for the 'Care at Home Carer of the Year' Award.
• Aspire Housing and Personal Development Services were finalists for the 'Housing Support Provider of the Year' Award.

2013

Aspire had 4 finalists in the Scottish Care Awards and were delighted to win all 4 awards.

• Glasgow Direct Access and Resettlement Services Manager, won the 'Manager of the Year' Award.
• Glasgow Community Worker, won the 'Housing Support Carer of the Year' Award.
• North Lanarkshire Self Directed Support Service, won the 'Care at Home Carer of the Year' Award.
• North Lanarkshire Self Directed Support Services, won the 'Co-ordinator of the Year' Award.

2012

Aspire had 6 finalists across 6 categories.

• Peter Millar, Aspire's Chief Executive was awarded the 'Lifetime Achievement' Award.
• North Lanarkshire Senior Supported Living Worker, won the 'Carer of the Year' Award.

2011

Aspire had 6 finalists across 6 categories.

• Karen Smith, Glasgow's East End Community Housing Support Outreach Service won the 'Coordinator of the Year' Award.
• Margaret Robertson who established North Lanarkshire's Self Directed Support Services won the 'Personalisation & Reablement' Award.
• Aspire was a finalist in both the ‘Housing Support Services Provider of the Year' and in the 'Business Development' Award categories.