The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Left Behind Neighbourhoods recently held an inquiry into levelling up, giving contributors an opportunity to assess the extent to which the government’s Levelling Up White Paper aligns with the needs and aspirations of people living in ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods across […]

Much of the narrative around the cost-of-living crisis has focused on how we will all feel the effects of this season. There is no doubt that the poorest will be affected the worst, but the expectation is that those who would normally consider themselves ‘comfortable’ […]

Friends, Families & Travellers, members of the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance, are a leading national charity working with Gypsies, Travellers and Roma regardless of ethnicity, culture or background. They seek to end racism and discrimination against Gypsies, Travellers and Roma and to protect the […]

The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) latest State of Care report was published in October 2022 and directly referenced continued concerns about the safety of some baby scan services. It also highlighted a concern that confusion can be caused by the fact that some staff working […]

The Institute for Voluntary Action Research are inviting expressions of interest for a two–year facilitation support package to enable cross-sector partnerships to address health inequalities in Integrated Care Systems and Primary Care Networks. They would like to hear from communities, NHS organisations and local authorities […]

Groundswell, part of the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance, have launched their online Resources Hub. Here you can find leaflets, posters, workbooks, podcasts & short films on a range of physical and mental health issues aimed at people experiencing homelessness and those working to support […]

Members of the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance are working on research around LGBTQ+ people with lived experience of suicidal feelings. The Suicide Prevention Consortium is currently recruiting for their latest research, LGBTQ+ people, alcohol and suicide, that aims to improve support for LGBTQ+ people […]

Race Equality Foundation are holding a webinar on Tuesday 31st January at 10am to discuss how can we improve the recording of ethnicity in health settings. Incomplete or inaccurate recording of ethnicity will undermine attempts to address health inequalities and improve access, experience and outcomes […]

As we start the New Year, we are taking time to reflect upon some of our work in 2022.  September was a particularly exciting month for the FaithAction team, as we launched #FaithinPartnership Week – a new initiative bringing together faith leaders, community representatives and […]

The Hewitt review will consider how the oversight and governance of integrated care systems (ICSs) can best enable them to succeed, balancing greater autonomy and robust accountability with a particular focus on real time data shared digitally with the Department of Health and Social Care […]