Time to shine for projects geared to children’s oral health

The winner of the award is given the opportunity to speak at BSPD’s conference. Teeth Team was the winner in 2017 and Ingrid Perry, a founder of the programme and Secretary of the Hull-based charity, spoke in a session which also featured the Chief Dental Officers for England, Scotland and Wales.

Ingrid said afterwards, “This award from BSPD has made a big difference to us. Since the announcement of winning the award, we have grown in size and reputation and the publicity around what we do has allowed us to share good practice. I could not be happier that the great work of so many people has become an inspiration.

"We have shown that we can make a difference and roll out something which started as a small community based initiative into a programme with the potential to go national.”

Ingrid also paid tribute to Chris Grombridge, owner of the 543 Dental Centre in Hull. “Without financial support from Chris back in 2010, when the funding source was about to dry up, the programme would have been unsustainable and we would not have been able to make a difference to so many children’s lives.”