A BOURNEMOUTH charity is celebrating after its film depicting a young person recovering from cancer won a national award.

Youth Cancer Trust's Dance Beats Cancer production took a Silver award at the 2019 Charity Film Awards in London, losing out on the Gold honour to Sir David Attenborough's film The Living Thames.

The event was attended by many well known figures from the world of film, television and the charity sector, with judges including Philip Collins from The Times, Children In Need chief executive Simon Antrobus and Marc Brown, corporate vice president of Microsoft.

Wendy Parrott, the originator of the Dance Beats Cancer film and who works for the Youth Cancer Trust, said: “We are over the moon winning the silver award for our film, which took over two years to make and features many people and dancers from our local area.

"I want to thank them for all their hard work in making the film such a success. This has been great exposure for the trust and we feel honoured to be recognised amongst the other highly inspirational films which made the finals. Coming second to Sir David Attenborough is a high accolade to say the least!”

Simon Burton, founder of the Charity Film Awards said: “The quality of the films in this year’s Charity Film Awards was better than ever. Inspirational, heart-breaking and heart-warming films that make a real difference to incredible causes.”

The Young Cancer Trust provides free holidays in Bournemouth for young people living with cancer.