National Lottery Good Causes Awards
This year, FemaleFirst are proud to be sponsoring the Best Health Project category of The National Lottery Awards.
The ten projects competing in this category and through to the semi finals are:
* Naz Project London
* Jennifer Trust's Spinal Muscular Atrophy Outreach
* Terrence Higgins Trust Young Leaders Project
* The Haven
* Gofal Cymru Community Crisis House
* The Feel Good Factory: Bryncynon Healthy Living Centre
* Tai Chi for Therapy
* Stockport Parkinson's Disease Society Indoor Bowling Club
* Macmillan CAB Welfare Benefits Advice Service
* SeeAbility's eye 2 eye
About The Awards
The National Lottery Awards are an annual search to find the UK's favourite Lottery-funded projects. Lottery players raise £25 million each week for Good Causes and the Awards are a great way to highlight how that funding has changed the UK for the better.
Now in their sixth year, the Awards aim to recognise the incredible difference that Lottery-funded projects - both large and small - have made to people, places and communities, all across the UK. They also celebrate the talent, hard work and amazing dedication of the people involved in running Lottery-funded projects.
Since The National Lottery began in 1994, over 317,000 grants have been awarded across the arts, sport, heritage, charities, health, education and the environment.
The Awards are in seven categories, reflecting the different types of projects that benefit from Lottery funding. The categories are:
* Best Arts Project
* Best Education Project
* Best Environment Project
* Best Health Project, in association with FemaleFirst.co.uk
* Best Heritage Project
* Best Sports Project
* Best Voluntary/Charity Project, in association with Woman magazine
How do the Awards work?
All entries were reviewed independently by Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), a registered charity that works with donors, companies and charities to make the most of their donations. An independent judging panel shortlisted 10 projects in each category to go through to the semi-final round of public voting.
The semi-final round of public voting runs from 9am on 22 June - 12pm on 10 July, with voting available online and via telephone.
The three projects in each category with the most votes will progress to the final round of public voting, which will run from 3 - 14 August. The winning project in each category will receive national recognition on a special BBC1 TV show later this year and a £2,000 cash prize to spend on their project.
Voting is independently adjudicated by Electoral Reform Services (ERS). Calls cost 5p from a BT land-line. Calls from other networks may vary, calls from mobiles could cost considerably more.
For full terms and conditions, please visit www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards