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SMILEY WINNER
Local charity triumphs
Anna Watts, Kate Scott, Lewis Hunter and Laura Sloman from The Rural Communities Mental Health Foundation, pictured with
Jeff Brazier, who presented their award. Also attending was fellow trustee Hannah Rose
Rural Communities Mental Health (RCMH)
On announcing them as winners, the judges’
Foundation was named one of the Judge’s Choice
comments were: “Beautifully shot and extremely
winners at the recent Smiley Charity Film
effective in delivering its message. This film is
Awards. The awards were created seven years ago
a great asset in raising awareness, being both
to celebrate the success of film in fundraising, to
engaging and emotional.”
increase exposure of charity films.
Reflecting on their success, co-founders Kate
As a mental health and suicide prevention
Scott and Lewis Hunter said: “To just be here
charity supporting farming and rural
tonight is incredible, but to win is amazing. We
communities across Northants, Beds and Bucks,
feel incredibly proud to hear the film recognised
the team produced this film with Small Giants
in this way and grateful to have had the Smileys
Media to help launch the charity last September
as a platform to raise broader awareness of the
and carefully highlight their cause. They entered
troubling mental health statistics in our rural
their film into the Smileys (under £100,000
communities, which drive everything we do.”
turnover category) to help raise awareness to a
wider audience and were successful in beating
17 other finalists on the night.
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