Voscur - Health and wellbeing https://www.voscur.org/core-categories/health-and-wellbeing en Community Health Promotion – Open Days https://www.voscur.org/calendar/event/community-health-promotion-%E2%80%93-open-days-0 <div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2>Community Health Promotion – Open Days</h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-datetime field-type-datetime field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Date/Time:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Saturday, 26 March, 2022 - <span class="date-display-range"><span class="date-display-start">10:00</span> to <span class="date-display-end">14:00</span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-event-contact-name field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Contact name:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Caafi Health</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-event-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="https://www.voscur.org/sites/default/files/styles/node_image/public/Caafi%20health.PNG?itok=bIUknciv" width="423" height="600" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-location field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Location:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Easton Community Centre, Kilburn St, Easton</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-event-contact-email field-type-email field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Email:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="mailto:info@caafihealth.com">info@caafihealth.com</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-cost field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Cost:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">£ FREE</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-organised-hosted-by field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Organised/hosted by:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Caafi Health</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Talk to a health professional about health. All welcome! Snacks and refreshments available.</p> <p>Hosted by Caafi Health.</p> <p>Talk to a health professional about:</p> <ul> <li>Women's Health</li> <li>Men's Health</li> <li>Cancer Screening</li> <li>Mental Health</li> <li>Blood Pressure Testing</li> <li>Sexual Health</li> <li>Diet &amp; Nutrition</li> <li>Vaccination</li> <li>Diabetic Eye Screening</li> <li>M.E. &amp; Long Covid</li> </ul> <p>Location:</p> <p>Easton Community Centre, Kilburn St, Bristol, BS5 6AW</p> <p>Contact for details: <a href="mailto:info@caafihealth.com">info@caafihealth.com</a></p> <p>Hosted by Caafi Health.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-how-to-book field-type-text-with-summary field-label-above"><div class="field-label">How to book:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Drop in - no booking required.</p> </div></div></div> Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:53:16 +0000 spencerb 101281 at https://www.voscur.org https://www.voscur.org/calendar/event/community-health-promotion-%E2%80%93-open-days-0#comments Community Health Promotion – Open Days https://www.voscur.org/calendar/event/community-health-promotion-%E2%80%93-open-days <div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2>Community Health Promotion – Open Days</h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-datetime field-type-datetime field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Date/Time:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wednesday, 16 February, 2022 - <span class="date-display-range"><span class="date-display-start">10:00</span> to <span class="date-display-end">14:00</span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-event-contact-name field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Contact name:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Caafi Health</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-event-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="https://www.voscur.org/sites/default/files/styles/node_image/public/Caafi%20health.PNG?itok=bIUknciv" width="423" height="600" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-location field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Location:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">St Lukes Church, Church St, Bristol</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-event-contact-email field-type-email field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Email:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="mailto:info@caafihealth.com">info@caafihealth.com</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-cost field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Cost:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">£ FREE</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-organised-hosted-by field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Organised/hosted by:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Caafi Health</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Talk to a health professional about health. All welcome! Snacks and refreshments available.</p> <p>Hosted by Caafi Health.</p> <p>Talk to a health professional about:</p> <ul> <li>Women's Health</li> <li>Men's Health</li> <li>Cancer Screening</li> <li>Mental Health</li> <li>Blood Pressure Testing</li> <li>Sexual Health</li> <li>Diet &amp; Nutrition</li> <li>Vaccination</li> <li>Diabetic Eye Screening</li> <li>M.E. &amp; Long Covid</li> </ul> <p>Location:</p> <p>Barton Hill: St Lukes Church, Church St, Bristol, BS5 9FB</p> <p>Contact for details: <a href="mailto:info@caafihealth.com">info@caafihealth.com</a></p> <p>Hosted by Caafi Health.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-how-to-book field-type-text-with-summary field-label-above"><div class="field-label">How to book:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Drop in - no booking required.</p> </div></div></div> Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:51:33 +0000 spencerb 101279 at https://www.voscur.org https://www.voscur.org/calendar/event/community-health-promotion-%E2%80%93-open-days#comments Left behind or levelled up? Research in areas of deprivation https://www.voscur.org/news/left-behind-or-levelled-research-areas-deprivation <div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2>Left behind or levelled up? Research in areas of deprivation</h2></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-article-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="https://www.voscur.org/sites/default/files/styles/node_image/public/Bristol%20street%20with%20cars.jpg?itok=73G6LD99" width="640" height="296" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-date-provision-is-due-to-b field-type-date field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">30 June, 2021</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p> <p class="paragraph"><span><span><span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Earlier this year, we were given public data that unsurprisingly showed the highest number of COVID-19 infections were found in parts of Bristol with higher than average national indices of multiple deprivation. We wanted to find out more about why this was happening and also what can be done to reduce inequalities in these neighbourhoods. </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="paragraph"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Voscur’s</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span> Community Outreach Officer, Clare Daley, used our existing networks to find out more detail about the challenges and opportunities for people and VCSE </span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span>orga</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span>n</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span>isa</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span>t</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span>ions</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span> in six key </span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span>neighbourhoods</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span>.</span></span></span> </span></span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" paraeid="{79d0e80d-588e-4bb9-9979-b359d9e566bc}{187}" paraid="393670352"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Three common challenges all the areas identified were:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <ul> <li class="paragraph" paraeid="{79d0e80d-588e-4bb9-9979-b359d9e566bc}{187}" paraid="393670352"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Social isolation.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li class="paragraph" paraeid="{79d0e80d-588e-4bb9-9979-b359d9e566bc}{187}" paraid="393670352"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">R</span><span><span><span>educed</span></span></span><span><span><span> mental wellbeing</span></span></span><span><span><span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li class="paragraph" paraeid="{79d0e80d-588e-4bb9-9979-b359d9e566bc}{187}" paraid="393670352"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Digital exclusion. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p class="paragraph" paraeid="{79d0e80d-588e-4bb9-9979-b359d9e566bc}{187}" paraid="393670352"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>However, we also found opportunities for n</span></span></span><span><span><span>ew</span></span></span><span><span><span> relationships between people and </span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span>organisations</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span> strengthened through the pandemic,</span></span></span><span><span><span> and </span></span></span><span><span><span>new collaborative projects</span></span></span><span><span><span> aiming to make community services safely available through new </span></span></span><span><span><span>delivery methods and locations</span></span></span><span><span><span>. </span></span></span><span><span><span>The pandemic has acted a trigger </span></span></span><span><span><span>for </span></span></span><span><span><span>volunteer </span></span></span><span><span><span>action, new</span></span></span><span><span><span> community </span></span></span><span><span><span>groups </span></span></span><span><span><span>and </span></span></span><span><span><span>increased </span></span></span><span><span><span>support for equalities groups</span></span></span> <span><span><span>in some </span></span></span><span><span><span>priority </span></span></span><span><span><span>areas</span></span></span><span><span><span>,</span></span></span> <span><span><span>but it also</span></span></span><span><span><span> seems to have</span></span></span> <span><span><span>worsened </span></span></span><span><span><span>existing inequalities</span></span></span><span><span><span> in others</span></span></span><span><span><span>.</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" paraeid="{f16abade-684d-460f-99ea-64e4a0bd6692}{10}" paraid="1992274232"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">New </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><a href="https://www.appg-leftbehindneighbourhoods.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/APPG-Community-Data-Dive-Report-for-APPG-S7.pdf" target="_blank"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink"><span><span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span><span><span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span><span>research from OSCI</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a></span></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"> underscores our findings and shows that “left behind areas” typically have less community</span><span><span><span> resources of every kind including</span></span></span> <span><span><span>cultural, </span></span></span><span><span><span>green, educational</span></span></span><span><span><span>,</span></span></span> <span><span><span>and </span></span></span><span><span><span>leisure</span></span></span><span><span><span>. They also receive less than half </span></span></span><span><span><span>the grant funding </span></span></span><span><span><span>to </span></span></span><span><span><span>‘third sector’</span></span></span><span><span><span> groups.</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" paraeid="{f16abade-684d-460f-99ea-64e4a0bd6692}{57}" paraid="950205145"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">So</span><span><span><span> what’s the answer?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The OSCI concludes: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" paraeid="{f16abade-684d-460f-99ea-64e4a0bd6692}{57}" paraid="950205145"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>“</span><span><span><span>Building community capacity, expanding third sector activity, and ensuring that residents have places to meet and make connections is likely to be an essential ingredient to addressing some of the currently unmet needs and complex deprivation challenges in these neighbourhoods.</span></span></span><span><span><span>”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" paraeid="{f16abade-684d-460f-99ea-64e4a0bd6692}{67}" paraid="707877060"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">In Bristol, this kind of building back better is evident in </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><a href="https://www.voscur.org/bristol-impact-fund2" target="_blank"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink"><span><span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span><span><span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span><span>targeted support</span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink"><span><span> for </span></span></span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink"><span><span>organisations</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a></span></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span><span><span><span><span> <span><span><span>to apply to the Bristol Impact Fund, promoting </span></span></span><span><span><span>grant </span></span></span><span><span><span>opportunities </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><a href="https://www.voscur.org/insight/news/strengthening-communities-fund-seeking-more-bristol-applications" target="_blank"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink"><span><span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span><span><span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span><span>specifically seeking to address a low level of </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink"><span><span>local </span></span></span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink"><span><span>awards</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a></span></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"> and the development of a </span><span><span><span>collaborative </span></span></span><span><span><span>Recovery </span></span></span><span><span><span>A</span></span></span><span><span><span>ction </span></span></span><span><span><span>P</span></span></span><span><span><span>lan </span></span></span><span><span><span>aiming to do things differently.</span></span></span>  </span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" paraeid="{f16abade-684d-460f-99ea-64e4a0bd6692}{115}" paraid="318090678"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">What else </span><span><span><span>could VCSE groups, policymakers and stakeholders do in Br</span></span></span><span><span><span>is</span></span></span><span><span><span>tol to help? </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><a href="mailto:info@voscur.org" target="_blank"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink"><span><span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span><span><span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span><span>Let us know </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink"><span><span>your thoughts</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a></span></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-category field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Core Category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/core-categories/funding">Funding</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/core-categories/health-and-wellbeing">Health and wellbeing</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/core-categories/policy">Policy</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-expiry-date field-type-datetime field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Expiry date:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wednesday, 30 June, 2021</span></div></div></div> Wed, 30 Jun 2021 19:26:16 +0000 David 99676 at https://www.voscur.org https://www.voscur.org/news/left-behind-or-levelled-research-areas-deprivation#comments