Celebrating the Successes of Our Community Champions and Capacity Building Programme

2021 saw our amazing Community Champions advocating vaccine take-up and shaping national policy and strategy by sharing the concerns and barriers faced by their communities with central government.

In addition, many of them engaged (or nominated organisations to participate) in our COVID recovery capacity-building programme A Better Chance, helping organisations become more sustainable at a challenging time and transforming their digital skills and web presence, raising their profile and increasing access to their services. Organisations were trained and coached in a range of skills including writing funding bids, working with volunteers, evaluation, social media and websites, increasing their capacity to share health messaging and support the needs of people over the pandemic.

We are delighted to see the fruits of this programme in new websites, social media activity, organisational strategy and funding for our members and look forward to hearing more positive outcomes in the months to come.

Funding and Sustainability

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organisations received training or one-to-one support
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organisations registered as a charity or CIC
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organisations advanced in volunteering and/or evaluation
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bids submitted for funding
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awarded in funding so far

Digital Transformation

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organisations received training or one-to-one support
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organisations had a new website designed
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organisations became active on social media
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organisations received support with video conferencing and basic digital skills
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organisations said they were better able to engage with public health messaging

About Dr Anne Smith

Creative English Lead Trainer

Dr Anne Smith is the Lead Trainer and Founder of the Creative English programme. In this role, she writes session plans and materials, trains facilitators and supports those delivering Creative English. She is responsible for developments of the Creative English programme, including variations to support Health Professionals and Creative English: Family Learning.