The Future Vision Awards are a huge part of our annual conference where we come together and celebrate all the achievements and hard work of all our SSF UK members throughout the year. Last year we had an absolutely brilliant night and this year will be even better!!!
Expect first class hospitality, including a drinks reception, 3 course meal and the awards ceremony and if that wasn't enough............to get us up and on the dance floor we are super excited to welcome welcome one of the nations favourite entertainers Denise Van Outen who will be behind the decks, DJing .
Denise Van Outen is a British entertainer, born in the Essex town of Basildon. An esteemed actress and presenter, Denise has now taken her career behind the decks, DJing at some of the biggest events across the UK, inc. Isle of Wight Festival, Mighty Hoopla, Leeds Pride & Fearne's Cotton's Happy Place Festival, delivering her feel good set to crowds throughout the year."
Denise is currently found each week on Channel 4’s daytime show ‘Steph’s Packed Lunch’ as a presenter and very good friend of Steph. Not only that, Denise has partnered with M&S to become their official food taster and her autobiography ‘A Bit Of Me’ came out in March 2022.
Denise has enjoyed huge success on screen and stage since her first break came in 1996 presenting ‘The Big Breakfast’. She has appeared on the stage with great success starring in ‘Chicago’ (West End and Broadway), ‘Tell Me on a Sunday’ (West End), ‘Legally Blonde’ (West End) and ‘Rent’ (West End). She now headlines ‘Proud Cabaret’ to sell-out shows in London and you will have heard her narrating one of the UK’s biggest reality shows, ‘The Only Way Is Essex’.
Whilst pregnant with her daughter, Denise designed and launched her own maternity clothing range with ‘Very’, and wrote a book about her experiences of pregnancy called ‘Bumpalicious’. The book proved so popular that Denise released a follow up called ‘Adventures of Parenthood’.
In 2015 Denise landed herself a role on Eastenders as part of the show’s thirtieth anniversary celebrations and more recently has enjoyed being a judge for two seasons of ‘Ireland’s Got Talent’ for TV3. Since then, Denise has continued to appear in a variety of shows including ‘Dancing on Ice’, ‘The Celebrity Circle’, ‘Cooking with the Stars’ and even appeared on the UK version of ‘The Masked Singer’ as ‘Fox’ in the show’s premiere series! She was also the guest judge on ‘The Masked Singer Live’ in 2022 too.
Denise was the brand ambassador for high street retailer ‘Matalan’ for five years and subsequently has worked with most high street retailers. Denise has also partnered with a range of brands on her social accounts including ‘Hello Fresh’, ‘Dr PawPaw’, ‘Hartleys’ and ‘Ninja Food’. In 2021, Denise was one of the famous faces taking part in the Census TV campaign.
Denise is a passionate fundraiser too, and in the past has embarked on huge personal challenges that saw her climb Kilimanjaro, cycle one hundred and eighty seven miles across parts of India and even completed a Himalayan trek in search of the Dalai Lama!
We look forward to welcoming Denise to join all our SSF UK members, Keynote speakers and exhibitors for an evening of first class hospitality, entertainment and celebration at the Titanic Hotel on the evening of November 14th.