Health and Care

Befriending Week is celebrated 1-7 November each year, and is a great opportunity to raise awareness of the great impact befriending has on reducing loneliness and social isolation. This year’s theme is ‘health and wellbeing’, looking at how befriending can improve the health and wellbeing […]

We know that populations experiencing inequalities are more likely to experience premature frailty and that those with the greatest need often also have the greatest difficulty in accessing and receiving appropriate care and support. In order to redress this, together with members of the VCSE […]

Carers Trust have a new survey for unpaid carers, to help them understand your needs and influence the future support available to unpaid carers from the government. This survey is part of a wider campaign Carers Trust will be running later in the year. The […]

The NHS COVID-19 app has launched nationally and is available to everyone aged 16 and over in England and Wales. The app will help the NHS understand where and how quickly the virus is spreading, so it can respond effectively. They want as many people […]

Carers UK has launched a new survey for unpaid carers, to help capture how the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have an impact on carers’ lives. Carers UK carried out a similar survey back in April to uncover the impact that the early months of the coronavirus […]

With the recent reopening of schools, there have been messages circulating via social media, particularly Facebook and WhatsApp, that contain rumours and misinformation about powers given via the Coronavirus Act. These mainly centre on the notion that either schools or the Government has the power […]

The Dementia Friendly Church programme, a collobration between Stafford University and the Anglican Diocese of Lichfield, have released a 16-minute film highlighting the experiences of those that have benefitted from the programme. The programme “was developed to inform, inspire and embed change in church communities […]

Shaping Our Lives has been given some money from the National Lottery Community Fund to do research about the impacts of the Covid19 pandemic. This, their second survey, is about using technology for keeping in touch, having meetings and appointments during the Covid19 pandemic and […]

As the impact of the coronavirus pandemic continues and lockdown is easing, Carers UK has published a Recovery Plan for Unpaid Carers. This needs action from Government, health services, local government, employers, business, supermarkets and local shops, local communities, and the general public. The purpose […]

The Men’s Health Forum, one of our partners in the Health & Wellbeing Alliance, would like to talk to men who have had COVID-19, whether mild, moderate or serious. They’re particularly interested in how intersectionality plays out in men’s experience (that is, the impact that […]