We asked for creative and original pieces of artwork that would be printed and become our new range of Christmas Cards for 2024. This year we received over 140 entries from 40 different services.
To help with the shortlisting, we held a judging day in our Birmingham office where we were joined by Cygnet staff and service users with support staff from Cygnet Hospital Oldbury. Throughout the day, people came to view the range of fantastic entries, as well as enjoy some festive music and snacks. Everyone agreed that it was tough to choose their favourite artwork!
The shortlisted entries from the day were then shared with more service users, residents, carers, staff and Experts by Experience, and then the scores were totalled to reveal our winners.
The entries were all amazing – from comical cards to cards with glitter and 3D elements on, we loved viewing them all. We are now very pleased to announce this year’s winners…
Our 3 winning designs are from the services below:
- Winner – Cygnet Alders Clinic in Gloucestershire
- Winner – Cygnet Elms in Birmingham
- Winner – Trinity House in Lockerbie
As the scores were so close, we are also featuring a selection of ‘special mention’ entries on the back of each card. Artwork from the following services were selected and are our runners up:
- Thornfield Grange
- Outwood
- Tupwood Gate Nursing Home
- Cygnet Hospital Ealing
- Cygnet Hospital Clifton
- Cygnet Hospital Beckton
Thank you and congratulations to everyone that entered, and all the staff that supported!