The Director of Public Health for West Northamptonshire has recently published her new Annual Report, which can be viewed through the attached letter here The letter also passports into several case study presentations about Public Health Inequality in West Northamptonshire across different and varying themes. The Director of Public Health’s contact details are also contained […]
With a focus on Schools and Children & Young people’s projects, Tesco community grants are rebranded as Stronger Starts! Applying now for the September to December voting period! Follow the link to find the application process! Lots of guidance and help or contact sean.silver:groundwork.org.uk for support! Tesco Stronger Starts (tescocommunitygrants.org.uk)Tesco Stronger Starts (tescocommunitygrants.org.uk)
The Northamptonshire Virtual Wellbeing Festival 2023 was a fantastic success and we would like to thank each and every one of you for joining us and getting involved. Last week from Monday 3 to Friday 7 July, thousands of health and care colleagues from across our county visited the Virtual Wellbeing Festival website, dialled in […]
The Local Collaborations programme provides grants of £100,000 over two years and development support for collaborations led by small charities to influence and achieve change locally around three themes: social security accommodation refugee and asylum seeker support. The Foundation is now open for applications until Friday 22nd September. The Panel decisions will be in late February 2024. You can […]
West Northants Council (WNC) have an exciting opportunity to bid for £5 million pounds to host one of a small number of Health Determinants Research Collaborations. Winning this money would help them to tackle the issues that have the biggest effect on the health and wellbeing of people living and working in West Northants. The […]
The government is providing £150 million over 4 years to support community groups in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland to take ownership of assets and amenities at risk of being lost. There may be several projects which are publicly accessible locations and may require renovations. Voluntary and community groups (and some councils) can bid […]
If you are working with people every day, it is likely that you will be in touch with someone experiencing poor mental health. This course will help you understand the factors that contribute to this condition, and what appropriate support looks like. Understanding this supports early intervention and can help prevent the serious consequences of […]
Connect Northamptonshire’s Alliances Manager, Claire Neilson, has been invited today to attend the service of celebration at Westminster Abbey to represent Northamptonshire’s voluntary and community sector, on the NHS 75th birthday. The National Lottery funded Connect Northamptonshire project brings funding into our county to support the development of local community involvement in designing preventative and early […]
Tuesday 27 June 2023 saw the official launch of the Northamptonshire Anchor Institutions Network, bringing together organisations who have a significant impact in the county to work together to address important social and economic inequalities to make Northamptonshire a great place for people to live, work and visit. It is only by working together with […]
NCVO have just released their latest Time Well Spent survey on volunteering. It’s a sequel to their last survey which took place prior to the advent of COVID. It’s a comprehensive examination of volunteering amongst their sample of 7,000 adults across the UK. Their 5 headline takeaways can be viewed by clicking on this link: […]
