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 […]

Brandon Park’s Manager wins national award!

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 […]

Your Vote Matters – know your Rights!

As part of our focus on Human Rights to coincide with International Human Rights Day on the 10th December, residents at Melford Court were supported to cast their vote as part of Stow Healthcare’s company-wide ‘Your Vote Matters’ Project. In the run-up to the General Election, staff supported residents to exercise their right to vote. […]

Stow in the Snow brings festive joy

‘Stow in the Snow’ returned for its second year to help provide meaningful Christmas activities within the homes and engage staff, residents and their families all together at this special time of year. Categories were chosen by staff and residents ranging from best ‘Winter Wonderland’, to best table decoration or festive floral arrangement, there was […]

Long Service Awards for Melford Staff

Stow Healthcare’s Long Service Award Scheme aims to recognise and reward staff for their considerable length of service dedicated to the home and its residents. In total, 3 staff at Melford Court received awards for reaching service milestones including 10 and 15 years of service! Congratulations to the following staff: Recognition for 15 Years’ Service […]

Welcome to Kim – New Deputy Manager

Most of you will now have met Kim Steed who took up her new role as Deputy Manager in October 2019. Kim joined us on the bank as a nurse in the summer before being successful in applying for the Deputy Manager position. Kim studied General Adult Nursing at the University of Suffolk, having previously […]

New Weekly Activity coming to Melford

STOP PRESS! Fantastic pre school dance class ‘diddi dance will be starting soon at Melford Court. We have seen great benefits to our residents and local communities in two other homes where the class runs and we can’t wait for it to start at Melford Court! Stay tuned for the launch event – lots of […]

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. […]