Winner
Figures from the ONS state the North East had the highest male suicide rate in England and Wales in 2018. As the charitable foundation for the region’s Premier League football club, the Newcastle United Foundation's potential to engage men, save lives and promote messages to talk about mental health was the key driver.
Finalist
Embers the Dragon was a project that brought together clinicians, education support workers, creatives and members of the public to create a digital program designed to improve the emotional wellbeing of young children and empower parents to feel better equipped to support emotional development.
Finalist
MeeToo is a safe, scalable, anonymous peer support app for young people aged 11+. In 2021, the MeeToo app was independently evaluated by The Evidence Based Practice Unit, which is a collaboration between UCL’s Faculty of Brain Sciences and The Anna Freud Centre. The study of 876 young people found that using the MeeToo app significantly improves mental health and wellbeing. Young people using the app felt more confident, more connected, less alone, and they had better mental health self-management. MeeToo is free to use for anyone over the age of 11 and is part of the NHS apps library.