A taste for success – Horsham care home shortlisted in national awards

A care home in Horsham is celebrating after being named as a finalist for a national award.

The catering team at Care UK’s Skylark House, on St Marks Lane, has been shortlisted in the ‘Catering Team of the Year’ category in the Caring UK Awards. The awards celebrate excellence across the care sector, and highlight the outstanding contributions made by care home teams.

The nomination is the result of the dedication and focus of the catering team, who take a person-centred approach to their cooking by meeting every resident to design menus around their preferences and clinical needs. 

The catering team also lead baking activities, food tasting sessions and cater for themed days and events designed to entertain and engage residents in lifestyle activities. Food can also be a great activity for reminiscence. The team often enjoy adapting dishes or trying old recipes that residents have suggested. 

Dorota Woloszyn, Home Manager at Skylark House, said: “We are delighted to have made it to the finals in the ‘Catering Team of the Year’ category in the Caring UK Awards.

“Being shortlisted is testament to the team’s hard work and passion to ensure every resident leads a happy and fulfilling life. The last year has certainly had its challenges, but the team have gone above and beyond to maintain as much normality as possible for residents, and food and mealtimes have played a huge role in this.  

“I’m incredibly proud of the catering team, who consistently provide a high quality service that the residents look forward to daily – both team members and residents are always quick to the dining room when they can smell what’s cooking! 

“We’re keeping our fingers crossed for a win later this year!”

The Caring UK Award winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on 2 December in Leicester.

Skylark House has been designed to deliver the very best standards of care and to enable residents to live active and fulfilled lives. The home provides full-time residential, nursing and dementia care, as well as short-term respite and palliative care.  

For more information on Skylark House, please call Customer Relations Manager, Beverly Jordan, on 01403 887 578 or email beverly.jordan@careuk.com.

For more general information, please visit: careuk.com/skylark-house.