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Time Well Spent: Volunteering in the public sector
NCVO released the latest in its Time Well Spent series today. This edition focuses on volunteering in the public sector. The overall picture is positive but research reveals areas for improvement to allow public sector volunteering programmes to fulfil their potential, says NCVO. People giving their […] Read more…
Listening to the experiences of cancer care for BME patients
Black and minority ethnic cancer patients have been telling NHS England how staff across the NHS could help improve their experience of care. This is an important area as people from BME backgrounds consistently report poorer experiences via their annual Cancer Patient Experience Survey, the […] Read more…
Measuring loneliness with What Works Wellbeing
If you work in a charity or social enterprise and want to understand if your activities help people feel less lonely, then this guide from What Works Wellbeing is for you. In order to get the most of this guidance, they expect you to know […] Read more…
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
PHE’s Healthy Communities Team have today published Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach. They have conducted research into current practice across local systems and have produced a suite of resources which are intended for use by local authority, NHS and VCS decision makers, […] Read more…
FUNDING: Ironmonger’s Company Grants for Disadvantaged Young People
The Ironmongers’ Company wishes to support projects by registered charities that provide opportunities for disadvantaged children and young people to fulfil their potential. These projects must focus on educational activities and have clear aims and objectives. The Company is particularly interested in enabling primary age […] Read more…
FaithAction Roundtable on Faith and Holistic Care
FaithAction is working with NHS England and NHS Improvement to hold a roundtable discussion, focused on how faith-based organisations are offering holistic care to people in their communities, including spiritual or pastoral support. We’ll be asking: what is happening, and what works best? We’re looking […] Read more…
With thanks to you, our members…
What a year it has been! Characterised nationally by division, faith groups the length and breadth of the country have, nevertheless, continued to serve our communities and individuals regardless of the colour of their politics, creed, or national heritage. As we have so often found, […] Read more…
Developing a new Inclusion Health Audit Tool Workshop for Primary Care Networks
Friends, Families and Travellers, along with Homeless Link, have been asked by NHS England and NHS Improvement to develop a new Inclusion Health Audit Tool for Primary Care Networks, which helps networks to assess their current work in tackling health inequalities faced by Inclusion Health […] Read more…
Europe’s biggest patient experience survey gets underway in the New Year
Around 2.2 million people, aged 16 and over, who are registered with a GP practice in England will receive an invitation to take part in Europe’s biggest patient experience survey in the new year. The invitations go out mainly by letter to a sample of […] Read more…
Carers In Transition: Survey
FaithAction are working on a project led by the Carers Trust for the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) about carers in transition – looking at how carers can be best supported to plan for when they are able to provide less or no […] Read more…
