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And the winners are…
And the winners are… We are delighted to announce the recipients of the latest round of our Tackling Health Inequalities grant funding. Projects ranging from

Barriers to young people getting the HPV vaccine
Barriers to young people getting the HPV vaccine Young people and their parents don’t know enough about a vaccine which aims to protect against cancer

Rounding off 2025 on a healthy note
Rounding off 2025 on a healthy note Thanks to our Community Health Champions who were able to join our festive catch-up last week and who

Call to use antibiotics wisely!
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (ICB) is joining the global call to use antibiotics wisely. Bacteria are becoming resistant to medicines at an alarming

Community Health Champions Community Newsletter November 2025
This month our news round-up features Information on NHS health and wellbeing event at the Gurdwara, Stoke Details of a Poems, Pies and Pals inclusion

New health resources for City’s sign language users
New health resources for City’s sign language users 1 in 5 of Stoke-on-Trent’s residents are deaf or hard of hearing. The charity dDeaflinks Staffordshire aims

Staffordshire Police launch Operation Sparkler
Operation Sparkler aims to keep communities safe Staffordshire Police have launched an operation to tackle anti-social behaviour in the run-up to Halloween and Bonfire Night.

Help inform the future of sexual health services
Help inform the future of sexual health services in the city Stoke-on-Trent residents aged 16 and over are being asked to share their experience and

October is Menopause Awareness Month
October is Menopause Awareness Month Menopause Awareness Month shines a light on the experiences of women going through menopause, promoting education, support and empowerment. The

Exploring loneliness, connection and stronger neighbourhoods
Exploring loneliness, connections and stronger neighbourhoods The issue of loneliness was identified as an important theme for further exploration in a consultation carried out by

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
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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