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Extra Hands of Heacham wins the Harold Bodmer

Outstanding Achievement Award

A West Norfolk care company director is awards for the fourth time in five years, was
celebrating success after winning a prestigious also highly commended in this year's
industry award at a ceremony celebrating the ‘Promoting Dignity & Respect in Everyday
best providers in the county. Life’ Category.
Extra Hands' company director Hazel A total of ten categories were subject to the
Evans was presented with the Harold Bodmer judging panel, with strict criteria to be met in
Outstanding Achievement Award at the each area of the caring profession.
Norfolk Care Awards 2018. The award-winning Extra Hands was the
The award was created in memory of the first in the county to offer a regular ‘well-
former executive director of Norfolk County being check service’, made on as many days
Council’s adult social services who died of the week as people require.
suddenly in 2016. The ceremony was held at The service being offered by the company
Sprowston Manor on Thursday evening and provides a new dimension to care of the
hosted by actor, comedian and writer Karl elderly and other members of the community
Minns. who may need support.
Mrs Evans started the company, which has The service has been designed specifically
offices in Heacham and covers the whole of to help and support family members or
Norfolk, with her husband David 25 years ago neighbours who currently fulfil a caring
and they have been offering a range of function, but who may need to take a break
services across the county which now includes for any period of time, or whose daily routines
holiday care, well-being checks and dementia make regular visits inconvenient.
care. In addition to the monitoring function, there
“I am absolutely delighted to have won this is also the benefit of regular social interaction,
very special award," Hazel Evans said. "I have which can so easily drop off for the elderly or
been working in care since 1987 and my very proud of the outstanding levels of service isolated, and those who live alone.
passion and drive has always been to raise the that Extra Hands has provided over the last 25 For more information on the company visit
profile of social care in Norfolk. years and will continue to do so for many extrahandshomecarenorfolk.co.uk or
"To win this accolade is an absolute honour years to come." telephone 01485 570611.
both personally and for my company and I am The company, which has now won at these