Gloucestershire Creative Health Consortium: Collective Power Awards

Celebrating and learning more about one of the CHWA Awards joint winners: made up of Art Shape; Mindsong; The Music Works; Artlift and Artspace. They all work in partnership to provide high quality, personalised, inclusive and accessible creative health services for people experiencing psychological and/or physical challenges.

Looking Back, Moving Forward: Stories From Covid Times

Community quilt created in Dudley to represent the Covid-19 pandemic

In autumn 2021, Dudley Council commissioned the Ideas Alliance to help them get a better understanding of how the pandemic had impacted on people’s lives, in order to inform priorities for the future. The brief included the use of storytelling and one requested outcome was a visual representation of the experiences of the people of Dudley. 

Measuring Impact: the Winning Hearts and Minds Way

Winning Hearts and Minds is a joined-up approach in north Manchester to improve people’s long-term heart and mental health by stepping outside the traditional approaches to health improvement. They share their ethos on measuring impact.

I’m With Sam: Tackling learning disability hate crime with Dimensions

A man in a suit and tie speaks directly into camera. Behind him is an I'm With Sam campaign display against learning disability hate crime.

Learning disability hate crime is a problem that is under-reported but can have a huge impact on victims. Dimensions’ #ImWithSam campaign is led by an expert with lived experience and takes a multi-pronged approach to the problem. They support victims, raise awareness, train police forces, work with the CPS and influence policy to improve reporting, convictions and ensure victims are taken seriously.

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