The VIVALDI Social Care Team is delighted to celebrate our colleagues Lianne Ford and Victoria Longstaff, who were both named finalists for the Social Care Research Award at this year’s prestigious Leaders in Care Awards — with Lianne going on to win the award!
This national recognition shines a well-deserved spotlight on their exceptional work through VIVALDI Social Care which aims to make a profound difference to the adult social care sector.
The Social Care Research Award honours an impressive nurse-led research initiative that demonstrates passion, dedication, and expertise in delivering or informing evidence-based practice. It recognises those who not only lead with knowledge and compassion, but who also inspire others to engage with research that improves outcomes for people receiving and delivering care.
Making a Difference Through Research and Collaboration
Lianne and Victoria’s work embodies the very spirit of this award — showing how nursing leadership and research can come together to drive meaningful change. Through their involvement in VIVALDI Social Care, they have helped to strengthen the sector’s evidence base and promote opportunities for collaboration.
Their passion for improving care, supporting innovation, and raising the profile of nursing in social care has created a ripple effect that benefits people, providers, and professionals across the country.
A Moment of Pride
We are incredibly proud of both finalists for their outstanding contributions and for showcasing the vital role of social care nurses in research and system improvement.
Congratulations, Lianne, on this fantastic achievement, and well done to Victoria for your ongoing leadership and impact. Together, you exemplify the best of social care — compassionate, evidence-informed, and committed to making a lasting difference.
From all of us at the VIVALDI Social Care Team — thank you and congratulations!
I had the pleasure of attending the finals of the social care leadership awards as a finalist for the research category in its very first year as a category, as a guest with the Outstanding Society and the Vivaldi team.
It has been an incredible experience and journey within the social care sector to finally be involved in a research study of this scale, the first of its kind. We are an incredibly diverse, specialist and undervalued sector, and this work is critical to understanding the value and requirements within the sector and the critical role it holds in the future.
I am incredibly excited about the future of research in social care and the wider private and independent sector. It is time people understood the challenges, the reality and the great work that occurs in this sector, and it is so exciting to be a part of that!
Thank you to the Vivaldi team for making this possible.
We look forward to the data from this amazing project and the development of research to come