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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
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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

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