Health and Care

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 […]

Millions of people in the UK juggle their caring responsibilities with paid work. For these ‘working carers’, balancing work and care can be a real struggle – with carers saying they are tired, stressed and struggling to manage their own physical and mental health. They […]

The Race Equality Foundation has published a briefing on COVID-19 and race equality with the New Policy Institute. The briefing examines the data behind Public Health England’s two recent reports. Their analysis shows the risk of infection (confirmed by a test) for black and minority […]

Shaping Our Lives has been awarded a grant from the National Lottery Community Fund COVID-19 programme to: investigate the longer term impacts of COVID-19 emergency measures on Disabled people; Research the experiences of d/Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations and other user-led groups during lock-down and […]

The government has released new guidance on the reopening of places of worship during the coronavirus pandemic. Starting from June 13, places of worships will be permitted to open for provision of individual prayer. Individual prayer within a place of worship is defined as a […]