Awards judges launch 2025 event Judging panel launch annual wellbeing awards Nominations are now being accepted for an annual awards event that focuses on wellbeing and the people, organisations and initiatives that support our mental health. This support can be crucial to help us cope with life, particularly as the cost-of-living-crisis continues [...]
Kent awards celebrate wellbeing champions Lady Colgrain presents award to Hari Budha Magar The people, organisations and initiatives delivering projects to improve mental health and wellbeing in the region were recognised at the 2024 Kent Mental Wellbeing Awards. Fifty winners and 20 champions from across Kent, Medway, Bexley and Bromley were announced at the [...]
Award winners named by judging panel A record number of organisations have been invited to attend the 2024 Kent Mental Wellbeing Awards. In total 51 initiatives, organisations and teams of people have been named as winners and will attend a celebration in October. Simon Dolby, awards host and Development Lead at Mind in Bexley [...]
Hari Budha Magar: Photo credit Abiral Rai Disability champion will speak at wellbeing awards Double amputee Hari Budha Magar will be one of the VIP speakers at the 2024 Kent Mental Wellbeing Awards. The Gurkha veteran, who lost both his legs above the knee to an IED in Afghanistan in 2010, is now [...]
Sarah's marathon effort for Parkinson's research Sarah Frow has been nominated for a Kent Mental Wellbeing award after raising a staggering £40k for the Parkinson’s Centre for Integrated Therapy at the University of Kent. She achieved this by undertaking a sponsored run along the Pilgrim’s Way from Winchester Cathedral to Canterbury Cathedral. Sarah was diagnosed [...]
Award trophies roll off production line Two designers have seen their creations turned into trophies for the 2024 Kent Mental Wellbeing Awards. The Kent-wide competition invited students to create a trophy to present to the 50 winning initiatives and organisations judged to deliver best practiuce in the fields of wellbeing or mental health. Such [...]
Helping mums cope with the stress of child birth Supporting parents during arguably the most emotional and stressful time in their life has earned My Birth Support CIC multiple nominations for this year's Kent Mental Wellbeing Awards. The organisation has received three separate nominations for providing outstanding birth and parenting support to families in Canterbury. [...]
Illustrations picked to celebrate awards night A design competition to create the trophy for the Kent Mental Wellbeing Awards has picked two illustrations as its winners for 2024. A three dimensional design created by Niamh Bates, 17, of Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Faversham has been selected as the overall winner to present to the [...]
School has a passion for wellbeing Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre has been nominated for a wellbeing award. The wellbeing of both staff and students at the school is central to their ethos, with a large pastoral team dedicated to ensuring the welfare of their students. An assistant Head of Community works with [...]
'I would not be alive if it were not for Dolores' A Gravesend therapist who supports victims of rape and sexual abuse has been nominated for the 2024 Kent Mental Wellbeing Awards. Credited as saving the life of her nominator who suffered sexual abuse for more than a decade at the hands of her father, [...]
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