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First charity in Scotland to be ‘Recognised for Excellence’

Leading social care provider, Cornerstone, has recently been awarded ‘Recognised for Excellence’ by Quality Scotland. Cornerstone, who provide services to people with disabilities and other support needs, are the first voluntary organisation in Scotland to achieve this award which is part of a European-wide recognition scheme helping organisations to achieve business excellence.

Cornerstone’s Quality Development team have been working hard with all staff over the last year to demonstrate their high levels of performance against criteria such as leadership, strategy and people results identified within EFQM Excellence Model.

Edel Harris, Chief Executive of Cornerstone commented “I am absolutely delighted that Cornerstone are the first voluntary organisation to achieve this recognition. This award is evidence of our dedication to ensuring we provide the best possible service to all our customers, particularly the people we support.

“I would like to thank our team of dedicated staff at Cornerstone who work hard each and every day to make our business a success and achieve our aim of ‘enabling the people we support to enjoy a valued life’. We look forward to continuing our work with Quality Scotland in the future so we can build on this achievement.”

Cornerstone were presented with the award at the recent Scottish Awards for Business Excellence ceremony in Edinburgh. Congratulating Cornerstone on their achievement, Dave Bradley, CEO of Quality Scotland commented “Quality Scotland is delighted to see Cornerstone’s tremendous efforts in maintaining a focus of excellence has culminated in the winning of this award.

“Cornerstone stands out as a prime example of how a commitment to sustaining business excellence can bring about transformational change to a greatly respected organisation in relation to its staff development and best practice programmes. Staff at Cornerstone acknowledge that business excellence is a continual journey and can take great heart in what they have achieved with this ‘Recognised for Excellence’ success.”

Other organisations to achieve the award were Clackmannanshire Council and Edinburgh Council.

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