Work of city health forum to feature on live TV alongside Spice Girl and other stars

Representatives of the team behind Bogside and Brandywell Health Forum, which has been named the UK’s Best Health Project in this year’s Awards, will join a host of celebrities to celebrate their achievements, including show presenter John Barrowman, actress Tamzin Outhwaite and singer Melanie C.

The National Lottery Awards are the annual search to find the UK’s favourite Lottery-funded projects.

Jackie O’Sullivan from The National Lottery Awards said: “Bogside & Brandywell Health Forum should feel very proud to have won the National Lottery Award for Best Health Project. The centre really is a great example of the amazing, life-changing work carried out in our communities with National Lottery funding.”

The Bogside & Brandywell Health Forum is a healthy living centre which has pioneered community-led health improvement since 2001. It’s tasked with bringing together many different groups and agencies in order to enhance the health and well-being of the people that reside in the community.

The project has won a £2,000 cash prize to spend on their project, as well as a glittering trophy.

National Lottery players raise a life-changing £30 million a week for Good Causes across the UK and The National Lottery Awards recognise the positive impact that Lottery-funded projects make to local communities using this money. There are seven categories in the Awards that reflect the main areas of Lottery funding: arts, sport, heritage, health, environment, education and voluntary/charity.

For more information and to vote go to www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards