14 January 2020 by Azad Sharma

Regional Leadership for Empowered Communities and Personalised Care Programme: another opportunity to participate

Leadership for Empowered Communities announce a series of regional leadership programmes for the Personalised Care NHS plan. Find out how to participate.

Co-production, Health, Participation, Systems Change

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14 November 2019 by Azad Sharma

Oldham’s Street Angels: How the community ensure you have a great night out

Oldham's Street Angels keep people safe on nights out. From a bottle of water to a friendly chat, they demonstrate pastoral care for their community.

Case Study, Citizen-led Action, Health, Storytelling, Video

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7 November 2019 by Azad Sharma

Project 49: an innovative approach to day services for adults with learning disabilities by Southend Care

Project 49 provides innovative day services to adults with learning disabilities and associated needs with a focus on community inclusion.

Arts, Case Study, Collaboration, Community Based, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Wellbeing

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11 July 2019 by Maria Passingham

No Lycra, No Mirrors: The Story of a Community Gym

The Eastern Rivers Community Gym (Loddon, South Norfolk) is a great example of citizen-led action, collaboration, and a creative way to promote exercise.

Case Study, Citizen-led Action, Collaboration, Community Based, Health, Older People, Uncategorised

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13 June 2019 by Maria Passingham

RHS Bridgewater, a champion garden for health and collaboration

The Royal Horticultural Society are teaming up with award-winning Landscape Architect Tom Stuart-Smith to create a huge public green space for 2020.

Case Study, Co-design, Health, Place Based, Wellbeing

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6 June 2019 by Azad Sharma

Interview with Kar Man Chung, a pioneering Community Pharmacist

What if we could go to pharmacies to do more than provide medicine? We spoke to Kar Man Chung, a community pharmacist finding new ways of working in the community.

Health, Interview, Loneliness, Older People, Social Care, Uncategorised, Wellbeing

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25 April 2019 by Azad Sharma

Mind the Gap: affecting social change through learning disability theatre

We spoke to Julia Skelton, Executive Director of the visionary theatre company Mind the Gap about inspiration, collaboration and their new production ZARA.

Arts, Case Study, Children and Young People, Co-production, Collaboration, Community Engagement, Interview, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Theatre

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13 December 2018 by Azad Sharma

GoodGym

GoodGym helps people get fit by doing good. They are a group of runners that combines regular exercise with helping local communities.

Case Study, Citizen-led Action, Health, Older People

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6 December 2018 by Azad Sharma

Youcan Recycling

Youcan is a recycling initiative in Tayside creating employment for workers with additional needs as well as a great reinvestment in their local economy.

Case Study, Citizen-led Action, Mental Health, Social Enterprise

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25 October 2018 by Anna Eaton

Lambeth Portuguese Wellbeing Partnership

South London GP Dr Vikesh Sharma reflects on bringing together local people, community organisations and health care staff to tackle health inequalities.

Community Engagement, Guest Blog, Health, Leadership, Wellbeing

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