The CTP’s Tukes initiative added to its long list of awards last night when the team won the Mental Health and Wellbeing category at the highly respected National Health & Social Care Awards night.

At a glamorous ceremony at Wembley stadium Tukes fought off a high number of entrants for their work promoting social inclusion among those suffering from mental health problems.

This fantastic success was even more special for the team considering they will be celebrating the scheme’s fifth birthday on Friday.

General Manager John Ogden was understandably over the moon with the result saying, 

“It is such an honour to collect this award on behalf of everyone involved with Tukes. We wouldn’t be where we are today without the constant hard work of not just the staff but also the members and volunteers.  It was fantastic that many of them were able to join us in London to revel in our success.”

Jane Lewington, Chief Executive of the CTP echoed John’s feelings,

“This is fantastic news for not only everyone at Tukes but also North East Lincolnshire as a whole. Since the beginning, Tukes has strived to offer people the support and opportunities they need and it is a tribute to all their hard work that they are getting the national recognition they fully deserve.”

Tukes started in 2003 with a café at the Diana Princess of Wales hospital offering people suffering from mental health problems the opportunity to get back in to work and learn new skills. Since then it has expanded to include a café and conference facility on Brighowgate Grimsby, a café at Weelsby View Medical Centre and a contract to provide the cleaning services for all Mental Health facilities at the hospital.

The CTP’s Director of Mental Health Kevin Bond added, “It was a great pleasure to see our Tukes schemes receive this well deserved award, demonstrating that local services can provide the very best available in the country where supported by members, staff, volunteers and the general public to do so.

“Tukes schemes unwrap the mystery surrounding mental health offering good environments, training and employment to all and produce high quality services, showing that people can recover from difficulties experienced,” Kevin continued.

“Tukes is part of the total remodelling of local services and will be running our ancillary facilities at the planned new unit on Peaks Lane. This will expand the schemes still further and offer even higher quality to people in the local area. In line with this it is our sincere hope that we will be granted planning permission at the end of July for the proposed site, so we can continue apace with the modernisation of local mental health services and spread this kind of excellence and commitment further, by having more appropriate facilities. People locally deserve the best in mental health treatment and prevention that we can produce.”

This win follows the team’s previous success at the Yorkshire and Humber Health and Social Care Awards where they picked up the regional Mental Health and Wellbeing award before being selected to go forward to last night’s national event.