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After Wilberforce: an independent enquiry into the health and social needs of asylum seekers and refugees in Hull

Author: Prof Peter Campion | Published: March 2009 | 327.22KB

Commissioned by NHS Hull, this project has four aims:
a. to gather the views of asylum seekers and refugees in Hull about
their lives, and health;
b. to consult with all relevant agencies in the city concerned with the
health and social care of asylum seekers and refugees;
c. to identify best practice in asylum seeker and refugee care in other
parts of the country;
d. to propose a strategy for the health and social care of asylum
seekers and refugees in Hull.

Bradford LGB Health Needs Assessment

Author: Sarah Williams/Equity Partnership | Published: October 2007 | 538.7KB

A Health Needs Assessment conducted in Bradford in 2007 exploring the health needs of the LGB communities in Bradford & District

Care in a New Welfare Society

Author: Sophie Moullin | Published: December 2007 | 205.68KB

Unpaid care is critical for individuals to flourish, and for society to function. Literally from cradle to grave, receiving care from others can promote rather than diminish our capacity to live independently and in dignity. Whether we consider it in terms of economics or ethics, the care provided within families and communities makes an enormous contribution to our lives.

This report provides a policy framework for unpaid care in welfare and employment policy. It sets out a way to understand the value of care, and recognise the costs that caring involves.

Heartland Territory

Author: Linda Joy Mitchell and Helen Bush | Published: June 2005 | 253.42KB

Heartland territory is how one voluntary and community organisation decribed the involvement of the sector in all those quality of life, anti-poverty strategies and inclusion projects that are known as public health.

The Regional Forum has been working to find out what the sector needs to boost its engagement in the public health agenda. A small grant from the Regional Public Health Group (in Government Office) and the Health Development Agency provided initial resources to commission a study.

Making Connections

Author: Womens Health Matters | Published: July 2007 | 3.73MB

Report from a disabled women's networking event looking at experiences of using health services.

Whilst not based on acedemic research the report provides a great deal of valuable personal opinion about access to health services.

Mapping the Contribution of the Voluntary and Community Sector in Yorkshire and the Humber

Author: The Regional Forum, Graha,m Lewis | Published: May 2001 | 214.26KB

The Regional Forum's research providing regional level data on the sector's contribution, focusing on number of organisations, employment, volunteering, and contribution to regional economy.

Project Evaluation - Funky Chinese Moves

Author: The College of Chinese Physical Culture | Published: July 2003 | 229.45KB

The Funky Chinese Moves Project used an innovative and challenging programme of holistic exercise. It developed the
learning potential, health, fitness and life skills of disadvantaged people through a balanced mix of fun and training, which incorporated movement, dance and gymnastic-based exercise.
The Project commenced in September 2002 and ended in July 2003. Well-qualified tutors of the College of Chinese
Physical Culture (CPC) facilitated the Project in various community-based organisations in West Yorkshire.

The aim of the Project was to give disadvantaged and disaffected young adults as well as adults with learning difficulties, who have no or low levels of basic skills and qualifications, the opportunity to improve their life styles generally and to enhance their employability.

Project Evaluation - Mindful Exercise

Author: The College of Chinese Physical Culture | Published: March 2003 | 155.34KB

The Mindful Exercise Project is using an innovative and challenging programme of holistic exercise.

It is developing the learning potential, health, fitness and life skills of disadvantaged people through a balanced mix of fun and training, which incorporates movement, dance and gymnastic-based exercise.
The Project commenced in July 2002 and is ended in March 2003. Well-qualified tutors of the College of
Chinese Physical Culture (CPC) are facilitating the Project in various community-based organisations in North East Derbyshire.

The aim of the Project is to give people without basic or key skills who have not participated in learning for some time and who have no or low levels of qualifications the opportunity to improve their life styles generally and to enhance their employability.

Project Evaluation - People Plus

Author: The College of Chinese Physical Culture | Published: March 2003 | 179.68KB

The People Plus Project used an innovative and challenging programme of holistic exercise. It developed the
learning potential, health, fitness and life skills of people through a balanced mix of fun and training, which incorporates movement, dance and gymnastic-based exercises.

The Project commenced on the 1st June 2002 and ended on the 2nd April 2003. It consisted of eleven classes. These classes, facilitated by well-qualified tutors of the College of Chinese Physical Culture (CPC), are held onsite
in a number of businesses in York and North Yorkshire.

Stepping Forward - Evaluation

Author: The College of Chinese Physical Culture | Published: October 2002 | 182.88KB

The Stepping Forward Project used an innovative and challenging programme of holistic exercise.

It developed the learning potential, health, fitness and life skills of young people and adults through a balanced mix of fun and training, which incorporated movement, dance and gymnastic-based exercise.

This evaluation is an assessment of individual impact.

Teenage mothers and domestic violence in Leeds

Published: 2008 | 183.49KB

This report is An examination of the effects of violence from male partners on teenage mothers and pregnant teenagers in order to identify strategies for successful intervention
and good practice within Leeds.

Unsung heroes in a changing climate - Cambridgeshire Community Study

Author: Dorothy Runnicles MA | Published: February 2010 | 621.61KB

In 2006, Cambridgeshire Older People?s Reference Group (COPRG) representatives undertook a series of visits around the county?s villages and towns, where meetings were held in sheltered housing units/residential care settings, and where they learned of the relative isolation of residents from the mainstream of village/neighbourhood life.

This report is a follow up to that work and subsequent work, 260 groups were used to collect information as a sample of the total picture of community activity.