Nominations are now open for The Kent Wellbeing Awards.
The annual event focuses on wellbeing and the people, organisations and initiatives in Thanet that support mental health.
Nominations are linked to three themes – kindness and compassion, wellbeing, and mental health.
Whether it is in a school, business, community or family, it is time to celebrate those wellbeing champions in the community and share this best practice.
The awards will be staged in October by the mental health charity East Kent Mind in collaboration with a range of wellbeing and mental health organisations.
Nominations can be linked to a simple act of kindness that lifted the spirits, a business that has improved staff wellbeing, through to a targeted initiative delivered by a charity or statutory organisation to support a mental health issue.
Categories include veterans, seniors, partnership projects and suicide prevention as well as wellbeing initiatives delivered in schools, workplace wellbeing, physical activity projects, charity fundraising and wellbeing communication campaigns.
Wellbeing Space of the Year will again give organisations the freedom to nominate indoor calm zones, gardening groups, forest schools and eco projects.
The event is backed by headline partners SouthEastern and GrainLNG and supported by Kent County Council, Kent Community Foundation, Paramount Foundation, MTS Cleansing, WillowBank Education, ADM Computing, Medway Council, Cactus Graphics, Ble Global, Ashford International Hotel and CommunityAd.
Nominations are accepted from the Kent, Medway, Bexley and Bromley areas and can be submitted until noon on 1 September 2025 at www.kentmentalwellbeingawards.org.uk
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You can call these labels what you like, as long as they do something positive.