Health & wellbeing
Missing Voices
An innovative social inclusion project that enables some of the most marginalised people in society to tell their own stories. It brings the missing voices into the policy making process. Have a look atmissingvoices.org.uk
View moreImpetus – Improving wellbeing and quality of life for vulnerable adults
“an independent organisation delivering a range of services aimed at improving the wellbeing and quality of life of vulnerable adults across the City. Our work enables users to access appropriate statutory services, reduce their isolation and exercise positive choices
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Tell us about the care in your community
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. They make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, caring, well-led and responsive care, and encourage care services to …
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Find health & wellbeing projects with Project Dirt
Health and Wellbeing is a major theme in many of the thousands of local projects Project Dirt facilitates across the UK, so you’re sure to find something that interests you. Project Dirt is a great website where community focused folks …
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Helping people with dementia
Dementia Friends is a project run by the Alzheimer’s Society that helps everyone do a little more to help out people with dementia by gaining a better understanding. The Alzheimer’s Society website has help and support pages with information on …
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Community led emergency care
A Community First Responder group consists of 10-15 volunteers who are willing to respond to an emergency call and deliver First Aid before an ambulance is able to attend and provide treatment or care. Although ambulance services attend every call as quickly …
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Become a BHF Heart Town or City
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) runs a Heart Town campaign, there are currently around 50 Heart Towns and Cities across the country. This campaign unites towns, cities and communities by running activities and events in support of their Mending Broken …
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First Aid Teaching Resources from St. John’s Ambulance
St. John’s Ambulance (SJA) claim that fewer than one in 10 people have been trained in first aid, and so have uploaded a range of teaching resources so that young people can learn how to save a life. SJA have …
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How to get involved in tackling mental health stigma
Mind, the mental health charity, provide a lot of suggestions on their website on how to get involved with their campaigns taking place in your community, by supporting them financially, becoming a member, or raising sponsorship. And the ‘Take Action’ …
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Download the JRF Loneliness Resource Pack
Are you looking to run a project to tackle loneliness and isolation in your community? The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has put together a list of resources that explain in detail the problems faced by loneliness within the community, and …
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