Health and Care

Locality, part of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance, have launched a survey aimed at community anchor organisations. They want to hear from groups that have an impact on the wider determinants of their service user’s health. Locality are working with the new Office for Health […]

Locality, a member of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, are holding an online event on Thursday 9th December, 3:00-4:00pm, for people who want to find out how they can get involved in Locality’s new ‘Community of Practice’ for better VCSE-Primary Care Network (PCN) collaboration. […]

Barnardo’s, part of the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance, are running a helpline, aimed mainly at BAME or marginalised families with young children under three, to support them to manage respiratory infections this winter. The Boloh helpline is supporting parents of new-born babies and young […]

Roma Support Group, part of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance have been raising awareness on vulnerabilities of Roma communities throughout the pandemic; working with local authorities to engage with and support the Roma communities. Throughout this period, they have been working on a brief […]

The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has launched an online consultation survey on the future of medical device regulation, which explores how MHRA can create a regulatory system that has patients at its heart. The consultation covers a wide range of regulatory issues, […]

Race Equality Foundation, a fellow member of the VSCE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, are carrying out research on race inequality and people with learning disabilities. They are interested in speaking with people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds who have a learning disability, as […]

Clinks and Recoop have come together to publish a report providing valuable evidence on the needs and experiences of older people in prison, with key recommendations for policymakers to influence the development of the older offender strategy. Based on the lived experiences of older people […]

Our friends at Carers Trust have launched a survey for unpaid carers to find out what support unpaid carers need from the government. The survey also asks how social care reform could support unpaid carers more effectively. The survey findings will help inform a Carers […]

The Social Care Institute for Excellence is hosting a webinar on Tuesday 30th November 12:00pm – 1.25pm. This webinar will explore the importance of the voluntary, community and social enterprise VCSE sector contribution in shaping, improving and delivering services, and developing and implementing plans to […]

The Commission on Reimagining Care has been charged by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to develop a radical and inspiring long-term vision for care and support in England. This will be underpinned by a renewed set of values and principles, drawing on Christian theology […]