A HEALTH and Wellbeing Centre is in the running for a top national award.

The IWFM (Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management) Impact Awards have listed this year's finalists.

Northumbria Staff Health and Wellbeing Centre, at the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in Cramlington, have been nominated in the Wellbeing category.

Meanwhile, Katie Wright, who works for Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management (NHFM), was shortlisted as Newcomer of the Year.

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The IWFM Impact Awards is the workplace and facilities management industry's most prestigious event, celebrating outstanding best practice and ingenuity from the profession.

The Health and Wellbeing Centre was recognised for its role ensuring staff are provided a space away from clinical areas to rest and relax, in a bid to support mental health and wellbeing.

The centre provides 24-hour catering facilities, meeting spaces, a conveniently located and affordable health club, gym and wellness space offering classes with a focus on keeping active, and rooms in which staff may rest, relax and socialise.

Reflecting on her nomination as Newcomer of the Year, Katie said: "I was very shocked to be nominated. My manager came in and told me that I'd be invited to talk to a panel for the IWFM Awards.

"I nearly fell off my chair. But once the surprise had subsided, Nicola showed me what I would be presenting and it surprised me how much I had actually done."

"I'm absolutely over the moon to be nominated, I feel like working in facilities they're all being recognised for this. We're like a family here."