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Carer Pete Cox swapped his overalls and spanners for a new life with a Norfolk home care company earlier this year - and has already won an award.

Urgent calls have been made for in-home care workers to be supplied with lateral flow testing (LFTs) kits.

Trevor Wicks ran the Hollywood Cinema chain until it went under in 2019. - Credit: Antony Kelly According to that old movie cliché, the sequels are never as good as the original. But thats not something that Trevor Wicks would necessarily agree with after a complete career change saw him become an award-winning care visitor. Mr Wicks, from Hethersett, ran the Hollywood Cinema chain for three decades before it went bust in February 2019. At the start of the coronavirus pandemic last year, he de...

Extra Hands carer, Tamara Proctor. Picture: Ian Burt - Credit: Ian Burt Despite her inauspicious start, the carer from west Lynn has gone on to become a "key member of the team and a trusted friend" to the people she visits from the companys Heacham office. She said: “I still don’t know what happened that first day – I wasn’t unduly anxious, I’d had a good breakfast and I was prepared, but I passed out completely. “An ambulance had to be called and they said I’d probably overhea...

Tamara things around in spectacular fashion to win company award.

West Norfolk carer Tamara Proctor and Trevor Wicks from Hethersett have been recognised in Extra Hands' Rising Star award.

Carer from Heacham office of Extra Hands wins award for her dedication  | Updated: 17:59, 21 December 2020 A carer who works from the Heacham office of Extra Hands has been chosen as the companys latest winner of an in-house award. Helping people and contributing to society are two of the reasons Daniela Silva, 27, of Terrington St Clement, chose to become a carer. She has now been named as the latest winner of the homecare companys Going the Extra Mile (GEM) awards. Daniela Silva, who has be...

Mark Potter, of Cromer, who was given a Going the Extra Mile award. - Credit: Ian Burt Photography A Cromer dad who became a carer after undergoing open heart surgery has won an award for going the extra mile. Mark Potter, 56, was given the Going the Extra Mile award by Norfolks Extra Hands for his dedication to his job at the care firms Horsham St Faith office. Mr Potter, who has four children, said he felt delighted, but also guilty, about receiving the award. He said: "I was pleased and l...