Our Health and Wellbeing network gives you a voice in health and social care strategy development and ensures that you're informed about local health and social care policy.
We work with local charities, community groups, statutory organisations and government to influence how health and social care services are delivered by the voluntary sector in Kingston.
2021 Meetings
We meet three times a year giving local VCSE groups the opportunity to come together and discuss issues relating to health and social care in local communities. We usually cover a specific topic and then share news from your own organisation and offer you a chance to network and build partnerships.
July - Health infrastructure/ Linking into social prescribing
November - Reaching new audiences
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Previous Meetings
22 April 2021 (Focus topic BAME health inequalities)
How do we counterbalance mistrust, alienation and stigmatisation in ethnically diverse communities?
Dr. Tushna Vandrevala, Kingston University London
Ensuring digital access to reduce health inequalities
Isik Oguzertem, Refugee Action Kingston
Ensuring our community engagement reflects our community
Stephen Bitti, Healthwatch Kingston
Tackling Obesity & Health Inequalities among BAME groups
Dr Jabeen Shah, Kingston council
Philippa Leary, Superhighways
28 January 2021 (Focus on loneliness)
10 November 2020
- Wellbeing at Kingston Adult Education
- Exercise in Lockdown: A health and wellbeing project run by Kingston Eco-op during Lockdown 1
- Mind in Kingston Services
17 September 2020
- Making Families Stronger - Kingston WelCare
- How can we better support people with ME/CFS? - Richmond and Kingston ME Group
- Healthy @ Home - Kingston Council
- Creating Communities in Virtual and Brick Libraries - Tackling Social Isolation, Kingston Library Service
- Kingston - Overview of health response, Richard Simon, Lead Primary Care Manager (Kingston & Richmond)
- Tackling social isolation in lockdown at a local authority level - Lakhwinder Gill , Older People Health Improvement Lead
- Telephone Befriending - Sandra Morrison, Staywell
- Telephone Befriending - Emma Hill, Kingston Stronger Together
- Health and Care plan updates and plans for ‘Developing Place in Kingston’ (Hannah Keates – Engagement and Qualities Lead, Kingston and Richmond CCGs)
- Location, location, location – the Kingston Annual Public Health Report for 2019 – the importance of place in shaping our health and wellbeing and to reducing health inequalities (Katharine Dallas – Health in all Policies Lead Officer at RBK)
Health and Wellbeing Conferences