Trust teams make it through to final of prestigious national mental health awards
Two teams from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust have been shortlisted for prestigious national honours.
They have made it through to the finals of the Positive Practice in Mental Health Awards.
The Trust’s Peer Support Development Team is hoping to scoop the Forensic Mental Health Services Award while the RCE Wellbeing Hub is a finalist in the Learning Disabilities or Autism Award category.
The Positive Practice Mental Health Collaborative is a multi-agency group which represents 75 organisations, including NHS Trusts, clinical commissioning groups, police forces, third sector providers, charities and service user groups.
Founded by Tony and Angie Russell (pictured recently visiting the Trust and meeting with Sharon Gilfoyle, Associate Director of Inclusion; CEO Steve Grange; and Emma Taylor, Trust Wide Recovery Lead), its aim is to identify and share best practice and to raise the profile of mental health with politicians and policy makers.
The awards are taking place on Thursday (19 June) at Stoke City FC and organisations from across the country have been invited.
The Peer Support Development Team has been shortlisted for a project to develop peer mentors for prisoners at the Fens Unit at HMP Whitemoor. CPFT’s team based at the Fens Unit provide treatment for those who experience personality disorders.
The RCE Wellbeing Hub has been recognised for an initiative which provides help and support to those waiting for an autism or ADHD assessment from the Trust’s Cambridgeshire Lifespan Autism Spectrum Service (CLASS) Clinic. The RCE Wellbeing Hub offers short bitesize courses - online and face to face - on a variety of topics aimed at helping people look after their own wellbeing and those close to them.
Emma Taylor, Trust Wide Recovery Lead, who manages both teams, said: “I am delighted to see the hard work and dedication of our colleagues recognised at a national level.
“The work of the teams – in hugely differing circumstances – offer hope and support to those they are working alongside. To be shortlisted is a real tribute to everything they are doing.”
Chief Executive Steve Grange said: “I am really proud that two of our teams have been shortlisted. They are great examples of teams that make a massive difference every day.”
CPFT, which employs more than 4,700 staff, provides community physical health services for older people and adults with long-term conditions, mental health services, children’s community services in Peterborough and learning disability services. The Trust is also renowned for its research and development work and in June 2025, CPFT was awarded Teaching Partner status by the University of Cambridge.
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Andy Burrows
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Deputy Head of Communications
