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Bronze honour for Blackpool care unit

A BLACKPOOL care unit, which has only been running as a business for six months, has already notched up an exceptional achievement putting them in the top four per cent of organisations in the country.

Spiral Health Community Interest Company (CIC), based at the Bispham Nurse Led Therapy Unit, has been recognised as a great organisation by being awarded the Investors in People bronze level.

Investors in People helps businesses improve by enabling organisations to transform themselves by valuing their people and charting the company’s progress through their effective management, training and leadership.

Announcing the achievement, Roger Bradshaw, Investors in People specialist, said: “Spiral only started up as a business in April, but they have really sound principals and an effective approach. They are doing everything they can to involve all the people in the business.”

This is the first social enterprise organisation that I am aware of that has achieved Investors in People recognition at that level within the first 12 months of business,“ he added.

“A lot of organisations have been a long time in trading before achieving Investors in People, to get it within six months is superb, they’ve met the standard and more.”

Spiral Health Managing Director, Tracey Bush, was delighted at the accolade. “We were nervous it was too soon to be assessed for this recognition, but I had great faith in the business and its staff. Lots of people were involved in our getting Investors in People accreditation and I would like to thank everyone. I am really proud of all of us,” she said.

The unit, which is based on Ryscar Way, spun out from the Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in April, and was established as a social enterprise. Staff and volunteers at the unit also shared in the honour as the Investors in People plaque was unveiled at the unit on Ryscar Way.

“It’s made me very proud to work here, it’s a great place to work,” said physiotherapist Claire Palmer. “I was involved in the group working towards accreditation. My role was liaising with the rest of the staff about what Investors in People was all about and how we were going to be assessed.”

The staff here are really friendly, you get time to spend with the patients and get to know them on a personal level.“

Investors in People Bronze Awards are achieved by organisations reaching an additional 26 or more evidence requirements above standard.

If you would like to find out more about Investors in People and how it mean business for your organisation, click here to visit the idg website - official partner for Investors in People in the North of England.

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