Health and Care

We Stand Together will deliver interactive workshops in schools, colleges, youth and community groups engaging as wide a spectrum of participants as possible. Their resources will enable participants to learn about different cultures, faiths, disabilities, nationalities, gender identities and sexual orientations; discuss their perceptions and […]

The Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Faith and Society invite you to join us for: Right Up Your Street: Faith’s response to Loneliness Tuesday 2 July • Westminster • 6pm-8pm Wine and canapés provided Loneliness and social isolation are […]

Communities Minister, Lord Bourne, has launched a new national strategy to tackle entrenched inequality and improve the lives of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities. MHCLG is to lead the national strategy, working with several government departments and the Cabinet Office Race Disparity Unit to improve outcomes […]

Established 25 years ago, Carers Week is an annual awareness campaign which takes place to celebrate and recognise the vital contribution made by the UK’s unpaid carers. It is a time of intensive local activity with hundreds of events taking place across the UK. To […]

For the fourth year in a row, NHS England offered community grants to voluntary/community sector organisations to share their good practice around involving patients and service users in healthcare. Among the winners were: Healthwatch Essex who developed a short film to share how they involved patients and carers […]

Plans for IVAR’s (Institute for Voluntary Action Research) Transforming Healthcare Together Conference on the 26th of September 2019 are underway and they are keen to hear from anyone wishing to run a session, as well as suggestions and ideas for topics. They are asking: What […]

The Personalised Care Group are now welcoming applications for the Autumn Peer Leadership Academy. This is a great personal development experience for people with lived experience of personalised care. Participants also learn about personalised care, change management and how they can make a practical difference […]

The Improving Access to General Practice team at NHS England is looking for a Patient and Public Voice Adviser to join their national advisory group. Additionally, the Maternity Voice Partnership are also looking for PPV partners for their Maternity Transformation Workstreams. If you are interested […]

NHS England is supporting the development of primary care networks, which are bringing GP practices together with community, mental health, social care, pharmacy, hospital and voluntary sector services to ensure that people receive better health and social care. Engaging with people and communities is one […]

Professor Andrew Hayward (Director of UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care) and Dr Alastair Story (Clinical Lead, Find & Treat, UCLH) are pleased to invite you to the launch of the new UCL Collaborative Centre for Inclusion Health (CCIH) in partnership with the UCL […]