The Rosa Parks Award is sponsored by TAP
On December 1st 1955, Rosa Parks, a 42 year old African American woman who worked as a seamstress, boarded a bus in Montgomery City, Alabama and took a seat in the row behind the 10 seats at the front reserved for white people.
Soon all of the seats in the bus were filled and when a white man entered the bus the driver (following standard practice) insisted that Rosa and her 3 other black passengers just behind the white section give up their seats in order to accommodate him. Her 3 fellow travellers complied.
Rosa Parks did not – and fuelled a civil rights movement. If you have been brave enough to reject mindless conformity and find a new, inspiring and effective means of doing something, then this award is for you.
1 Somerset NHS FT Social Care Training Team Learning care skills from the social care training team helped Gary stay at home longer
2 Cheshire and Merseyside NHS ICB Putting people - first health equity in action
3 Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHSFT Patients become pioneers for quality improvement
4 Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust - CHESS - you can read about it HERE
5 PAHT Compassionate care with Namaste volunteers
6 Donna Little Wiltshire Health The benefits of patient diaries in a rehab setting