Thursday 5th march 2026
Canolfan Pentre Awel, Llanelli SA15 2EZ
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the West Wales Regional Partnership Board (WWRPB) Health and Social Care Awards and the Carmarthenshire Ageing Well Organisations Showcase.
On Thursday, 5 March 2026, we were delighted to welcome over 600 professionals, service users, volunteers, and members of the public to Pentre Awel—all coming together under one roof to celebrate the outstanding work happening across West Wales.
We extend our warmest congratulations to all nominees and to those who were announced as winners in each award category. Every nomination reflected dedication, compassion, innovation, and the powerful impact that organisations and individuals make every day across our communities. Thank you to everyone who took the time to attend, participate, and support the remarkable people and teams recognised at the event.
Michael is currently editing and uploading all photos and videos from this years event, we will share these with you when they are ready.
Feedback
We truly appreciate all the feedback we received about this year’s event so far, and we’re excited to share that we’ll be introducing several improvements for next year. These include:
Opening nominations earlier to give everyone more time to participate
Providing clearer, more detailed guidance on how to submit nominations
Restructuring the nomination form by separating the questions for easier completion
Accepting video submissions as an alternative way to put nominations forward
Hosting the awards as a standalone event, allowing us to take it around the region
Information Stands for 2026
Pentre Awel featured a dedicated exhibition zone in their atrium, welcoming 74 information stands representing the diverse range of services and organisations across West Wales.
A volunteer for Lemon+Aid are creating a directory of all the organisations listed below, we will share this with you once it is completed.
- Actif Sport & Leisure (Falls Prevention Programme) – Please could we have a space for undertaking a couple of functional tests.
- Activate West Wales (trading as West Wales Sports Parntership)
- Adferiad, Carmarthenshire Carers Information and Support Service
- Age Cymru
- Age Cymru Dyfed
- ANGOR
- Arts Care Gofal Celf
- Ataxia and me org
- Barod cic
- Cardiff University/IMPACT Centre (Improving Adult Social Care Together)
- Care and Repair Carmarthenshire
- Carers Support West Wales
- Carers Trust Crossroads West Wales
- Carmarthen Stroke Club
- Carmarthenshire County Council – Road Safety
- Carmarthenshire Libraries
- Carmarthenshire Living Well Centre (PLANED)
- Carmarthenshire Trading Standards
- Carmarthenshire Working
- Cartrefi Cymru
- Case-uk
- Catalyst for Care – Planed
- CAVS (Carmarthenshire Association of Voluntary Services)
- CCC Health Protection Team
- CETMA
- Coleg Sir Gar
- Commissioning – Dep for Communities – Carmarthenshire County Council
- Communities for Work Plus
- CTD Care Services
- Customer Service Hwb – Carmarthenshire County Council
- Delta Wellbeing
- Dolen Teifi Community Transport for All
- Dyfed Powys Police
- EmpathWorks Leadership Consultancy
- Foothold Cymru
- Hywel Dda Admiral Nurse Service
- Hywel Dda Community Development Outreach Team
- hywel dda community/ frailty
- Hywel Dda UHB (Arts and Health Team)
- Hywel dda University Health Board
- Lemon+Aid
- Links
- Llais West Wales
- Llyfrau Llafar Cymru / Talking Books Wales
- Marie Curie
- Nacro Connecting Carmarthenshire
- Nelson Trust
- Neurokind Inclusion CIC
- Older People’s Commissioner for Wales
- PACTO – Pembrokeshire Association of Community Transport Organisations
- Palpitation Service (Will be providing health checks e.g Blood pressure / pulse / BMI)
- Parc Dewi Sant Ltd
- PAVS – Community Connectors and Pembrokeshire Community Hub
- Pembrokeshire Association of Voluntary Services (PAVS) & Pembrokeshire Community Hub
- Pembrokeshire People First
- People Speak Up
- Physical Empowerment CIC
- Practice Solutions
- PRIME Cymru
- Public Health Team Hywel Dda University Health Board
- Red Brand Media
- Rural Health and Care Wales
- Social Prescribing – Carmarthenshire County Council
- Tenovus Cancer Care
- The National Neurodivergence Team
- The Wallich
- Threshold DAS- Ty Rhosyn Project
- Tumble lindy hop jive Carmarthenshire lindy hoppers
- Ty Golau Dementia Charitable Trust
- Waiting List Support Service, Hywel Dda Health Board
- Wales Mental Health and Wellbeing Forum
- West Wales Shared Lives
the Dream team and take a bow
The Dream Team launched the West Wales Disability Charter at the awards, working with Take a Bow who performed a contemporary dance to highlight the key messages of the charter.
Categories for 2026
Below, you will find the full list of shortlisted nominees.
You can also view all nominations submitted this year by clicking here.
Youth Impact Award
Since joining the care academi in 2023, Poppy has proven to be an asset to the team. Her progression has been remarkable; she has not only fast-tracked her professional qualifications but has consistently demonstrated the capability to handle senior responsibilities. This includes independently managing staffing shortages and maintaining operational standards during challenging periods.
The shortlisting panel were impressed by her approach to her work, especially at this stage in her career. Her determination throughout her health and social care journey really shone through.
Because of this, the judges wanted to ensure her contributions were recognised.
And have made the decision to present Poppy with the Youth Impact Award.
This award recognises the influence young professionals are having on the sector. The panel felt that Poppy’s aspirations toward social care embodied the spirit of this category.
Poppy, this award recognises the high standard of care you provide. We look forward to seeing your continued success as you move toward your career in social work. Congratulations.
Volunteer of the Year
The Volunteer of the Year Award recognises an exceptional individual who has demonstrated outstanding commitment, dedication, and impact through their volunteer work in the health or social care environment.
This award is for an individual that has supported local health, care or wellbeing services. This could be through:
•Providing support and information to people; need to be qualified to offer advice
•Helping people to maintain or improve their quality of life;
•Helping people to improve or maintain their health and wellbeing;
•Adding value to health, social care or wellbeing services.
Awarded to – Roy Davies
Highly Commended – Mike Dunnage
Highly Commended – Rory Westhoff
Highly Commended – Robert Ramsaha-Southall
Highly Commended – Lynne Wells
Highly Commended – Lorna & Billy Faichney
Outstanding Contribution (To health & social care) Award
This category celebrates an individual or team that made an outstanding contribution or achievement within the health and social care sector in West Wales.
Team of the Year Award
This category celebrates the team who have shown excellence in collaboration and partnership working by:
•Demonstrating positive impact by forming, developing or transforming a team.
•Enabling improvements in the lives of West Wales citizens.
•Creating positive change through team working.
•Demonstrating measurable improvements through team working, collaboration and partnership working
The Rising Star Award
This award celebrates career professionals who demonstrate outstanding potential, innovation, and dedication to improving the lives of the people in West Wales by:
•Demonstrating a creative and innovative approach to their work, leading to new ideas or solutions which have led to a positive impact.
•Delivering high quality work which exceeds their role.
•Showing strong leadership qualities, which inspires others.
Creating a Legacy Award
This award seeks to acknowledge an individual who has created a lasting impact in the health and social care sector. This can be an improvement, service change or culture change for the people of West Wales.
Inspirational Leadership Award
This award honours acknowledges those who have provided exceptional guidance, support, and inspiration, fostering their growth and potential, by:
•Inspiring and motivating others to pursue their roles and encouraging them to make a difference
•Demonstrating that wellbeing is at the heart of the work.
Working in Partnership Award
This category celebrates:
•A project or a team who have demonstrated true co-production and continuous user led leadership and collaboration.
•Has demonstrated a positive impact on a service, project or team via genuine co-production.
•Can identify the key factors that led to comprehensive user involvement.
•Can demonstrate a service, project or team that was co-designed and delivered by users within West Wales.
•Can identify measurable improvements achieved through user involvement and co-production.
Citizen & Third Sector Choice Award
Peter and Carey (lemon+aid) were selected by the WWRPB Citizen and Third Sector Engagement Board members.
For more information on the Citizen and Third Sector Board, please follow the link here https://wwrpb.org.uk/en/get-involved/
Previous Winners and Finalists
On Tuesday, March 11th, 2025, Parc Y Scarlets hosted the annual West Wales Regional Partnership Board (WWRPB) Conference and the West Wales Health and Social Care Awards.
2024
Our 2024 event was our first event back since 2019, we had six award categories and over 160 people in attendance.
See more information about the event and past finalists on the link by clicking here.