RSPH

The Royal Society for Public Health, in partnership with the organisations from the Shaping the Future collaboration, has undertaken and developed the Health Promotion and Community Well Being Organisation and Partnership Awards for the second year in a row.

The RSPH is delighted to announce that this year’s Award Winners are:

• North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus.
• Healthy Ambitions Suffolk.
• NHS East Lancashire.

The RSPH would like to congratulate the winners, whose enthusiasm, commitment and hard work is appreciated and admired. In its second year the Award goes from strength to strength and will be further developed as a result of the input and involvement of finalists this year. The opening date for submissions from organisations wishing to apply for this prestigious award will be announced later this year..

RSPH Chief Executive, Professor Richard Parish, said: ‘I am absolutely delighted at the success of our 2009 award winners. The process is a rigorous one and all the organisations deserve the national recognition that the Royal Society for Public Health Award has presented. Ultimately, it is the public who will benefit from their impressive, well designed and organised local programmes’.

Dr Peter Bradley, Director of Public Health for NHS Suffolk and Suffolk County Council said: ‘Receiving this award from the RSPH is a huge affirmation of the project’s main aims and shows that, by working together, we can make a real difference to people’s health, well being and quality of life”.

Jane Lewington, Chief Executive of North East Lincolnshire CTP, said:
‘This award is great news for both the staff involved and the residents of North East Lincolnshire. One of the aims of the CTP is creating a healthier community and this recognition shows we are making progress towards this.’

Janet Walton, Head of Public Health Development for NHS East Lancashire, said:
‘I am extremely proud of this achievement for NHS East Lancashire, which recognises the enormous amount of excellent health promotion work that has taken place in the PCT, and, just as importantly, its continuing commitment to health promotion principles.’

The Health Promotion and Community Well Being Organisation and Partnership Awards recognise achievement in the development and implementation of health promotion and community well being strategies and initiatives, which are in support for the workforce.

Awards will be made at the Royal Society for Public Health Annual Conference and Awards Ceremony on 15th September 2009.

For further information on the RSPH, please go to www.rsph.org.uk or contact Nelly Araujo at naraujo@rsph.org.uk  

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The Royal Society for Public Health is an independent, multi-disciplinary organisation, dedicated to the promotion and protection of collective human health and well-being. Through advocacy, mediation, empowerment, knowledge and practice we advise on policy development, provide education and training services, encourage scientific research, disseminate information and certify products, training centres and processes.

Over 100,000 students take our qualifications each year in food hygiene, salon hygiene, pest control, health & safety, nutrition, the built environment, meat inspection, health and emergency planning. We provide qualifications which are directly relevant to the workplace and we help people to progress through their chosen career by offering qualifications at different levels. The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) is also an awarding body recognised by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA). We have a network of over 1500 training centres throughout the UK. We provide a wide range of course material including syllabuses and sample exam papers.

The RSPH is an independent charity formed in October 2008 with the merger of the Royal Society of Health (RSH) and the Royal Institute of Public Health (RIPH). The RSPH has a Royal Charter and Her Majesty The Queen is our Patron.