Unfortunately, we’ve had to stop taking referrals to our social prescribing service Healthy Futures again, leaving dozens of vulnerable people in Birmingham without support. Right now, we simply don’t have the money to continue. Back in February, we announced that we would be continuing to fund the service using our own savings. At the time, …
We know it can be hard to keep people motivated, especially after the Christmas break. That’s why we’ve come up with a range of tailored Workplace Wellbeing programmes that might just be able to help. Together, we’ll beat the winter blues! Our qualified, specialised Health and Wellbeing Advisers have been working with people in the …
The latest meeting of the Birmingham and Solihull Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP) took place on Thursday last week. Members of the public met up with midwives and other maternity professionals to talk about their experiences of the maternity system and discuss some of the latest developments. MVPs are a way for service users to share …
Almost three quarters of smokers say they would like to quit. But it’s not easy. More than a third (39%) go on to attempt it each year but only a small proportion (about 5%) successfully stop smoking. However, did you know that with specialist support — for example from a structured smoking cessation course — …
Over the last year, we’ve started encouraging people to use a digital app to stay in touch after their health and wellbeing courses end. Because so many people on our 12 week Lighten Up For Life course were telling us they wanted to keep in contact with each other, we decided to make it part …
Did you know that being lonely is actually harmful to physical health? Studies show that a lack of social relationships is a big health risk1. Researchers have found that it can be as big a mortality risk as smoking fifteen cigarettes a day! Now, the government has decided that loneliness is a problem worth tackling. …
On 19th July, we officially launched our Workplace Wellbeing services with a free Workplace Health Taster Day. The hospitality suite at the Chamber of Commerce building became a “health centre” for the day, with free activities including blood pressure and BMI checks (with personalised advice based on the results), an introduction to Tai Chi, impairment …
Last week a subgroup of the Birmingham and Solihull Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP) went to Birmingham Women’s Hospital to do the Fifteen Steps Challenge, and today they’re feeding back their observations at our first MVP meeting. What is “Fifteen Steps To Maternity”? “I can tell what kind of care my daughter is going to get …
We were horrified to read recent research showing that one in ten girls aged 14-21 have been unable to afford sanitary products. So when we heard about the Birmingham Live “#BrumFeeds” campaign, we knew straight away how we wanted to help. #BrumFeeds aimed to collect 100 tonnes of food for Trussell Trust foodbanks, by holding …
Do you have recent experience of maternity services in Birmingham or Solihull? We are putting together Birmingham and Solihull’s Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP): a team of people who provide feedback about their local maternity system. The panel will include maternity professionals (like midwives and doctors) and people with direct personal experience of the service. If …