Social Prescribing Link Worker We have rewarding opportunity for a Social Prescribing Link Worker to focus on ‘what matters to me’ and taking a holistic approach to people’s health and wellbeing. If you feel you could connect to people, community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support, we would love to hear from …
Senior Link Worker Job Vacancy
Senior Social Prescribing Link Worker We have rewarding opportunity for a Senior Social Prescribing Link Worker to focus on ‘what matters to me’ and taking a holistic approach to people’s health and wellbeing. If you feel you could connect to people, community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support, we would love to …
Community Connector – Job Vacancies
Community Connector We are currently seeing to employ a number of Community Connector’ roles to map voluntary and community organisations within the Edgbaston Locality and to share information about organisations across a range of services. Position: Community Connector Location: Birmingham (Edgbaston locality) Hours: Full time (37 hours) Salary: £18393 to £19986 dependant on experience Contract: …
Social Prescribing case study: “I just want to know my son is OK”
This is the second blog post in a series highlighting some of the real life cases our Social Prescribing Link Workers have worked on since they started in February. You can read the first one, about Wayne and his patient ‘Linda’, here: Social Prescribing case study: “Help me to sort this out!” “I just want …
New Covid-19 guidelines for Birmingham, Solihull and Sandwell
An outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) has been identified in Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull. That means some local restrictions are coming into place this week: New local guidelines from 15th September If you live in Birmingham, Solihull or Sandwell: from tomorrow, Tuesday 15 September, you should not: host people you do not live with, in your home …
Edgbaston NNS – fundraising support survey
Are you a community group or voluntary organisation based in the Edgbaston or Northfield constituencies? Do you need help with fundraising, or want support to find suitable grants and funding opportunities? We’ve been talking to Birmingham Community Matters, a charity which helps people develop and fund community projects, about how we could work together to …
Edgbaston NNS – Focus on Assets: Quinborne Community Centre
The Edgbaston Neighbourhood Network Scheme, which launched in July, has a bi-monthly newsletter for members, which you can subscribe to here. In each edition of the newsletter, we’ll be showcasing great community assets within the Edgbaston constituency. In this edition, Neighbourhood Network Scheme Community Worker Natalie Tichareva writes about her (socially distanced!) visit to the …
Social Prescribing case study: “Help me to sort this out!”
We thought it would be interesting to highlight some of the real life cases our Social Prescribing Link Workers have worked on since they started in February. We’ll be publishing a selection of these over the next few weeks and you can read the first one, about Wayne and his patient Linda*, below. But first, …
Ready for a reset? Start your journey to Better Health
Last week, Public Health England launched a major new adult health campaign to seize the opportunity for a national “reset” moment: Better Health. For many, the past few months have been a wake-up call, with people realising how precious their health is and recognising that it is time to get back on track. The Better …
Edgbaston Neighbourhood Network Scheme officially launches
At the start of this year, Gateway and Age UK Birmingham were appointed to lead the Edgbaston Neighbourhood Network Scheme (NNS). We were about to start planning our launch event when Covid-19 hit and the country went into lockdown. Rather than holding an event to launch the new scheme, we dived straight into supporting community …