Altogether Better, Sheffield – competing for Best Health Project, in association with iVillage.co.uk

Altogether Better is a programme of 16 local projects that recruit, train and support community and workplace ‘Community Health Champions’ across Yorkshire and the Humber. ‘Community Health Champions’ are local people who use their own unique skills, knowledge and experience to motivate and support others to improve their health and well-being, providing communities with information and forming groups and developing activities to meet local needs.

National Lottery funding has been used to provide training, workshop sessions, staff costs and volunteer expenses, ensuring that the project has been accessible to everyone particularly people who are often underrepresented in volunteering such as elderly people, individuals with disabilities, young families, ex-offenders, adults with learning difficulties and the long-term unemployed.