This award will focus on a team or service that has improved the quality of life for people with mental health problems, increased safety and/or promoted the wellbeing of the general population.

In addition to the core criteria, the assessors will be looking for evidence of:

• Addressing the mental health needs of hard-to-reach groups
• Engagement of service users and carers
• Evidence of service user and carers views, feedback and experiences shaping the work.
• Sharing positive practice and learning about what works to help other organisations to improve services
• Promoting social inclusion
• Promoting wellbeing and preventing mental ill health across communities and/or the population at large
• Evidence of increased patient / user safety