Fun 4 Life has won the Health Improvement Initiative of the Year Award at the Black Country Sport & Physical Activity Awards 2009.

Local athletes, coaches, clubs and teams all limbered up to take their positions for the launch of the Black Country Sport & Physical Activity Awards. The waiting was over for all the finalists as the winners were announced at a gala dinner and Award Ceremony which was sponsored by Sonex Publishing, and supported by Promise Dreams at The Copthorne Hotel on the 9th October 2009.

The Fun 4 Life programme run by the WAY (Walsall Active Youth) team at Walsall Council Sport & Leisure Development Services was the eventual winner of the Health Improvement Initiative of the Year Award with finalists from the Dudley MEND programme, Sandwell’s – Walk 2: Beijing to London and Wolverhampton’s – Graiseley Programme.