Alex Ball Wins Bury Free Press Employee Accolade
Stow Healthcare Group employee Alex Ball was the proud recipient of the Bury Free Press Employee of the Year Award at a ceremony held at the Apex, Bury St Edmunds in October. Alex is a true unsung hero of our company, supporting every home behind the scenes and working hard every day to help them […]
Ford Place hits National Heights
Ford Place has had a fantastic awards season. Not only has it been shortlisted twice in successive years in the Care Home of the Year category for the National Care Awards, but it also reached the national shortlist for the End of Life Category in the Caring UK awards. To have reached national finals in […]
National Success for Stow Healthcare Group

Stow Healthcare triumphed at two national care awards in late autumn, scooping the Care Group of the Year accolade at both the National Care Awards and the Caring UK Awards. Winners of the National Care Awards were presented with their trophies by host Simon Brodkin at the high-profile Gala Night held on Friday, 29th November […]
Regional Success for Stow Homes

The successes kept on coming in autumn 2019 as Melford Court, Halstead Hall, Ford Place and Stowlangtoft Hall all saw staff shortlisted as finalists in the East of England GB Care Awards finals. It was great to see so many Stow Healthcare staff cheering each other on as they enjoyed a night of success in […]
National Recognition for our Home Manager
In late autumn, the Directors of Stow Healthcare, and Brandon’s home manager Sam Gallagher were honoured to attend the Leaders in Care Awards hosted in Birmingham to celebrate the cream of the care industry. Stow Healthcare was shortlisted in the Care Group of the Year category, and Sam Gallagher was shortlisted in the Registered Manager […]
New Childminder Meet Up Supports Inter-Generational fun
We have really been enjoying the regular meet up at Brandon Park where local childminders catch up over coffee and cake and share some fun with our residents. You might have enjoyed watching the popular TV series ‘Old people’s Home for 4 Year Olds’, which showed just how important inter-generationla contact is for well-being of […]
Festive Joy at Brandon Park
As usual, our Christmas preparations at Brandon Park were full of craft and cooking and our activities room was busy! Residents handmade decorations for the tree, which was also part of the public vote on social media for the company’s Stow in the Snow competition. The marzipan decorations went down particularly well, and residents also […]
Sophie Joins our Activities Team!
We are delighted to inform you that carer Sophie Gardiner has been formally appointed into the role of Activities Coordinator at Brandon Park. Sophie is an experienced carer, and knows our residents and the home well. Sophie will work with Joanna to create a fun and stimulating activities programme for our residents. This year we […]
Interactive Table is a Big Hit with Residents
Here at Brandon Park we were delighted to received a hugely generous donation from a former resident’s family to support us to buy a very special Interactive Table, which is bringing huge excitement to the residents at the home. If anyone hasn’t yet seen it in action, please do pop into the activities room to […]
New Senior level support for Stow
We are delighted to announce that Helen Hill, RN has joined our company in January as the new Head of Care and Compliance. Helen has worked across a range of corporate and family run social care providers and is currently working with the University of East Anglia on two very exciting medicines management research projects. […]