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October Community Newsletter
Community Health Champions Community Newsletter – October 2025 Download PDF Share to your Facebook Share to your X feed Send via WhatsApp Email to a

Grant applications are now OPEN!
Grant Applications are now OPEN Our Tackling Health Inequalities Grants Programme is back! Grants of up to £5,000 are now available to support Community Health

Help us to share the importance of vaccine research
Help us to share the importance of vaccine research Come and join us for a discussion on how we can encourage people in our local

Older LGBT+ group shines spotlight on health inequalities
Older LGBT+ group shines spotlight on health inequalities LGBT+ people experience health inequalities in many aspects of their lives including their experience of accessing health

Community Newsletter September 2025
Community Health Champions Community Newsletter – September 2025 Download PDF Download PDF Share to your Facebook Share to your X feed Send via WhatsApp Email

The sky is no limit for Community Health Champion Asmaa
The sky is no limit for Community Health Champion Asma Asmaa signed up to be a Community Health Champion earlier this year and hopes to

Public consultation on future of maternity services in Stafford and Lichfield now closed
Public consultation on a proposal to permanently close freestanding midwife-led birthing units in Stafford and Lichfield has now ended. More than 1,400 people took part

Loneliness is a killer, but here’s what you can do to help
Loneliness is a killer, but there are things we can all do to help 1 in 6 people worldwide is affected by loneliness, with significant

Search for volunteer researchers to help with national project
Information from: Volunteering for Health Seeking volunteer researchers for national programme VAST and partners are seeking 15 new volunteers to help us in the research

Volunteering for Health – take the survey
Volunteering for Health – please take the survey Volunteering for Health is a £10m national programme to show how volunteering could be a vital part

Tunji takes volunteer learning out into the community
Tunji takes volunteer learning out into the community Tunji Adeleke felt he had a lot to bring to the role of Community Health Champion and

Project 93: a tackling health inequalities case study
Case study: Project 93 Project 93: a tackling health inequalities case study Project 93 were set up in 1993 as a HIV charity. Since then

Core20PLUS Ambassadors Programme
Information from: NHS England Core20PLUS Ambassadors Programme Recruitment for the fourth cohort of NHS England’s Core20PLUS Ambassadors Programme is open until Friday 12th September 2025.

Activate with Joe Wicks!
Information from: Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) ‘Activate’ with Joe Wicks: Summer activities for children Children across the country are being inspired to

Does your brain cope with heatwaves? A survey for people with Epilepsy
Information from: Epilepsy Society Does your brain cope with heatwaves? National advocacy and support charity Epilepsy Society has launched a new survey for people with

Help parents find out what childcare support they’re eligible for
Information from: Start for Life, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) Help parents find out what childcare support they’re eligible for From September 2025

Draft Stoke-on-Trent Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment
Information from: Stoke-on-Trent City Council Draft Stoke-on-Trent Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment This Stoke-on-Trent Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment aims to help make sure all residents have good access

New Community Conversation on HPV for High School-aged Children and Young People
New Community Conversation for Young People aged 16 – 25 Aged 16 – 25? Join the conversation! This is a community conversation for young people