LifeLab wins national award for improving the health of young people

We’ve been nationally recognised for our work to improve the health and wellbeing of young people.

Our team was a winner at last week’s Health & Wellbeing Awards, organised by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH).

National recognition

We were named the winner of the Health at Every Age category.

This award celebrates initiatives that improve the health of groups in the here and now and makes efforts to protect their future health. Receiving this award, against the backdrop of knowing that we celebrated our 10th anniversary this year and have now had visits from more than 16,000 students from over 100 schools, shows the reach of our programme.

LifeLab Programme Manager, Professor Kath Woods-Townsend said:

“Everyone involved in LifeLab strongly believes that we can improve the health of the population by starting with the younger generation. For more than 10 years we have been working with young people, parents and teachers across the city to empower them to make healthier lifestyle choices. This award is recognition that this work makes a real difference."

'Far reaching benefits'

The RSPH Awards took place in London on Thursday 28th November.

Speaking about LifeLab, RSPH assessors said:

“The importance of this programme cannot be underestimated in terms of its impact on lifelong learning and opportunity. Health and wellbeing is the foundation of a vibrant community and productive workforce and economy. This preventative approach provides far reaching Public Health benefits on an ongoing and enduring basis.”

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