Shortlist announced for the RSPH Health & Wellbeing Awards 2026

The shortlist for the 2026 RSPH Health & Wellbeing Awards has been announced.

Established in 2007, the Awards are the UK’s premier public health awards scheme for promoting health and wellbeing.

They recognise and celebrate a wide range of people and organisations that are working in innovative ways to improve the population’s health and address the wider social determinants of health.

There are six categories: Arts & Health, Community Health Development, Health & Wellbeing in Workplaces, Health at Every Age, Healthier Lives and Metal Health & Wellbeing.

Finalists from the six categories will also automatically be entered into the Public Health Minister’s Award. Developed in partnership with the Department of Health and Social Care, the award recognises excellence and innovation in public health programmes.

From using theatre to improve health to tackling gambling related harm, this year’s nominees represent a range of public health initiatives. 

The winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on Thursday 26 November.

2026 RSPH Health & Wellbeing Awards Finalists

Arts and Health

• Arthritis UK Primary Care Centre at Keele University's School of Medicine, Broadening Engagement and Awareness of Chronic Pain and of Public Involvement (BEACON)
• Night-Light Theatre CIC, Create-to-Connect
• Breathe Arts Health Research, Breathe Melodies for Mums

Health and Wellbeing in Workplaces

• London & Quadrant Housing Trust, L&Q Men’s Health Support
• North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol Workplace CVD Health Checks
• Modality Partnership, Commitment, Accountability, Respect and Excellence in Practice

Community Health Development

• London Borough of Tower Hamlets and Partners, Communities Keeping Well
• Betknowmore UK, Prevention & Peer Support: Reducing Gambling Harm Across England
• Lancashire County Council Public Health Team, Lancashire's #LetsGetLancashireBrushing Oral Health Campaign

Healthier Lives

• Public Health Liverpool City Council, Liv Life Liverpool, Tier 2 Weight Management
• Lambeth Council (Public Health), Lambeth Fruit and Vegetables on Prescription (LFVP)
• Health Talks Limited, Gypsy Roma and traveller health champions training

Health at Every Age

• ICE Creates Ltd, Better Conversations to improve positive informed choice for Vaccinations
• Barnardo’s, The Children and Young People’s Health Equity Collaborative
• NHS Humber Heath Partnership (in conjunction with the Humber Violence Prevention Partnership), ED Navigators

Mental Health and Wellbeing

• Maternity Mental Health Team – Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Early Years Intervention Team, Family Intervention Service, Sheffield City Council, Well-being Clinic
• Haringey Council, Haringey’s Great Mental Health Programme
• Read – The Reading Agency, Reading Well for families