Health and Care

The Centre for Ageing Better has released Raising the bar on strength and balance, a report exploring the importance of community provision, including from faith-based organisations, in preventing falls for older people. The findings highlight the various ways in which community organisations are contributing, from […]

Mental Health Awareness Week—led by the Mental Health Foundation, our partners in the Health and Wellbeing Alliance—will run 13th-19th May this year, with the theme for the week being ‘Body Image – how we think and feel about our bodies’. Body image is increasingly recognised […]

For International Women’s Day (March 8), Age UK launched a new report highlighting the burden placed on women by the care system, an area in which we believe that faith groups have a huge role to play. The report estimates that there are 1.25m ‘sandwich […]

The NHS has launched a call for views on how targeted amendments to the law could help local and national health organisations work together more effectively to improve services for patients. At a joint board meeting of NHS England and NHS Improvement, national leaders of the NHS […]

A new resource, A brief guide to measuring loneliness for charities and social enterprises, has been developed by the What Works Centre for Wellbeing especially for smaller organisations to use. It contains four simple questions that you can ask people about loneliness, along with a […]

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is calling for people to speak up about their experiences of care. New research shows that almost 7 million people in England, who have accessed health or social care services in the last five years, have had concerns about their care but […]

The National LGB&T Partnership, our partners in the Health and Wellbeing Alliance, are running LBT Women’s Health Week 2019  from 11-15 March. The aim of the week is to raise awareness about lesbian, bisexual and trans women’s health inequalities, to make it easier for service […]

NHS England is hosting a series of regional primary care networks events looking at how Primary Care Networks can change the way services are delivered at local level to benefit people and communities. The events will provide an update on the national programme, the Long […]

The Salvation Army has produced some posters and leaflets which aim to help protect older people from being taken in by fraud and scams, by raising awareness among friends, family and those who care for the older people – please use and share as you […]

The Healthy Ageing Guide helps people to stay physically and mentally well by providing hints and tips on how to keep fit and independent. They currently have around 60,000 copies of the guide in storage and are very keen to make sure that they move […]