I’ve received another nomination for an award for my new Facebook Support Group
Since the awards inception in 2011, the WEGO Health Awards have proven to be one of the best ways to connect the healthcare industry with top patient influencers. It is the only awards program that recognizes Patient Leaders across all condition areas and platforms, with over 4,000 nominations in 2018 alone!
Thank you for nominating me for this Carole Sian.
I’ve been nominated for a Wego Health Blog Award. Best in show Blog.
The WEGO Health Awards are the only awards program that recognizes Patient Leaders across all condition areas and platforms. With 15 award categories, there’s something for everyone.
The WEGO Health Awards are broken into 3 phases: nominations, endorsements & judging. Nominations and endorsements will close July 28th allowing their distinguished industry judging panel to take over and review the nominees.
Finalists will be highlighted during their virtual celebration September 18-20th where they will announce the 15 winners.
Anyone who is an active and leading member of an online community, and making a difference in healthcare, is eligible to be nominated. He or she should provide the community with valuable information and support to make a difference for other patients and caregivers. Nominees for an individual social channel award must have a presence on that particular social channel.
My nomination is for my blog and if you would like to nominate me for go to their WEGO Health Awards nominations page to get started. Tell them who you want to recognize, where you follow them online, at the WEGO Health Award.
My lovely blog friend Terri from Reclaiming Hope, nominated me for a new blog award which Pamela Jensen from There is Always Hope has created.
Terri writes a lovely blog on learning how to thrive, not just survive, with Fibromyalgia. Terri is a regular visitor to my blog and always writes lovely enthusiastic comments on my blog posts. Her Wellness Wednesday posts are full of tips to improve or inspire you with the odd recipe thrown in every now and again.
When I started writing my blog back on 2007 it was a way of me writing down how I felt on my bad and good days and I soon found solace in my blog friends and have never looked back since. It still amazes me how I can have blog friends from all over the world. Receiving an award like this just makes it even more worthwhile. If Terri had not nominated it for me and someone else had Terri would have been on the top of my list to award her with one. Many thanks Terri, you know how chuffed I am.
The Chronically Hopeful Award is, in Pamela’s words, “to recognize the incredible people who blog about chronic illness, mental health. ”
Here are the rules:
• Thank your nominator
• Recognize Pamela from There Is Always Hope as the creator of this award with a link.
• Use the Chronically Hopeful Award logo somewhere in your post
• Copy these rules onto your post
• Answer your nominator’s questions
• Write 5-10 of your own questions (they don’t need to be illness related)
• Nominate 5-10 other chronic illness, mental illness, or disability bloggers
• Comment on each of your nominees’ latest posts to tell them they have been nominated
Terri’s questions to me...
What is the biggest lesson you’ve learned since starting your blog.
That it doesn’t matter where you are in the world the chances are you will get to know someone through your blogging who is going through the same as you
If you could tell people ONE thing about living with a chronic illness, mental illness or disability, what would you want the general public to know???
Never, ever, ever give up hope. I have a tile in my bathroom which has this written on it.
Why did you decide to start your blog/advocacy work?
I felt very lonely and didn’t have anyone to talk to about my conditions and started looking online (back in 2007) and found out all about blogs and I was hooked from the word go.
What is one thing you’re really good at? Don’t be modest — tell us something you have a talent for!
Talking, I hardly ever stop. 😀
What do you like to do for enjoyment?
Blog (obviously) make gift cards, knit, and short breaks in the UK.
My nominees, all of whom I think deserve this award are…
Beverley Dickson from Blooming Mindfulness –
Lee Good from Fibroblogger Directory –
Carole Sian Scranton from Fibro Flutters –
Poise and Prescence from Alexander Technique –
Cindy from Validating Chronic Pain –
Claire Saul from Pain Pals Blog –
My questions for my nominees are …
1. How long do you spend blogging and do you blog daily?
2. What got you into blogging?
3. What three things do you love about Sunday’s?
4. Dog or cat?
5. Heat of cold when you are in pain?
My blog has been nominated again this year for a Health Blog Awards UK & IRE shortlist for Best Chronic Illness and Recovery Blog – whoop !!
The Health Blogger Awards recognise the blogs that help others to understand their own health better, turn to for reliable information or to better understand their condition. They aim to highlight the important role that bloggers play in health and the insight and information they share.
Votes count for 30% of the final decision so the more the better! People can vote for as many bloggers as they like by simply submitting another vote – but they can only vote once for the same blogger. Duplicate votes will be detected and discarded. Voting will close on 24th June, 2019.
This vote is a chance for the public and people who know me to vote for me to win the award. The shortlist will then be passed on to our panel of judges who will share their thoughts and cast their votes. Judges vote counts for 70%.
This is the link to vote for me at Health Bloggers – If you want to vote for me please press start then just write in your first name then your email address. Then scroll down and click on (a) Best Chronic Illness and you will see my photo under (b) (for Barbara, obviously lol) and that’s it, your vote will be added.
Thanks in advance for anyone who has gone to the trouble of voting for me.
I was delighted to receive an email today from UK Health Radio saying that I have been nominated for a UK Health Radio Oustanding Contribution Award for my work which is making a real difference to health, lifestyle, and quality of life.
All winners will be announced the first week in September and featured in HTM – Health Triangle Magazine and UK Health Radio. Wish me luck…
