Awards

Early in 2018 Bridgewood Trust’s Horticulture scheme was nominated for the “making a difference” award held by the National Learning Disabilities and Autism Awards 2018 and the nomination was accepted. Horticulture does a fantastic job and the work they do is testament to the people working there and the staff that support them.

In May 2018 Nick the Manager, Martin, a service user who works at Horticulture and Karen the Training manager were invited down to Birmingham ICC for the nomination interviews.

This went really well, Martin enjoyed his trip to Birmingham, taking in the sights and enjoying the trip down on the train.

On the 29th June we went to Birmingham for the National Learning Disabilities and Autism Awards gala dinner held at the ICC, where they announce the winners of the many categories of this special award. This time Darren joined us and was shown the sights of Birmingham by Nick and his wife Joanne. The awards ceremony was compered by Steve Walls and hosted by TV personality and campaigner Sally Phillips, it was a celebration of the fantastic work carried out nationally and we were proud to be a part of it. The competition was of the highest standards and we were pipped to the post by another gardening service.

We were finalists in 2018 and this is an achievement that the Horticulture staff team, Nick the Manager and all the people who work there should be so proud of.

Getting to the finals with such outstanding work going on up and down the country is fantastic. Well done Horticulture for your hard work and dedication, we at Bridgewood Trust are really proud of everything you do. Karen Knapik – Training Manager