A Winter Awards Ceremony that Rewards the Achievements of our Adults and Young People

11th March 2025

The Snowball Awards for adults and young people who visit the ELMS Hub recently took place in the School Hall!

Everyone at ELMS has their own thing that they love doing, and these awards set out to recognise and reward people for discovering new activities that they are passionate about, and for continuing to make new friends and connections with their peers.

21 people were presented with a certificate outlining their reasons for winning their award. Here are those reasons that link to each individual winner:

For settling in well to ELMS and making great bonds with your peers

For always having the best fancy dress outfit

For getting into the spa pool, we love a girly Friday afternoon!

For stepping in at the last minute and being a fantastic actor in our drama group

For being amazing at swimming!

For making great bonds with all her peers

For being champion cake eater!

For using your listening ears, even though you show your cheeky side with staff!

For giving out the best hugs in the world!

For getting out of your chair and feeling comfortable to do so

For being the best little chef in the ELMS Kitchen, producing fantastic bakes on a Friday!

For going out of your comfort zone and trying new things. You’ve done an amazing job at producing wax melts for our enterprise group

For getting out of your chair and having a good old boogie! Your dance moves are the best!

For getting used to using your standing frame. We are so proud of you!

For being incredibly independent in self propelling your wheelchair to get yourself around so that you can socialise with everyone

For being ELMS’ very own little mermaid in our hydrotherapy pool

For having the longest holiday; how long did you go to Pakistan for again?!

For going out of your comfort zone and trying new sessions. You’ll make a brilliant photographer one day!

For being ELMS’ bouncer; you really are the best security guard there is!

For using your hands more and getting messy!

For creating a great mess and some gorgeous bakes in the kitchen on a Monday

The awards were presented by Amelia Roberts, ELMS Senior, here at Hollybank.

Amelia said: It was a brilliant afternoon celebrating all the individuals who access ELMS’ achievements over the past year.

The presentation also looked back at memories and moments that ELMS have shared over the last year, including some laughs along the way!