We were founded in 2006 and aimed to reduce health inequality; while we believe we have played a key role, we look around and see there is still much to do, so we are more relevant now than ever.

We began work recruiting and training female community workers at start.

Led to the development of paraprofessional roles.

We gained two of our largest and longest contract-running POWS and Healthy health worker

Launched skills escalator and west midland PCT apprentice programme

Lighten up pilot we’ve been running got commissioned citywide.

 Founding CEO, Vicki Fitzgerald, left.

We won a Three Year Health and Wellbeing award from the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH)and the prestigious Health Ministers Award.

Branched into Social Prescribing (although we called them Navigators)

The first commissioned work in Solihull

Wide-Scale decommissioning of all our Birmingham Public Health Service.

For the first time, we focused on our own well-being to thrive at work

Appointed as one of Birmingham NNS area facilitators.

Welcomed our first NHS-funded Social Prescriber.

Our MVP work broadened. We are the facilitator of MVPs for Birmingham, Solihull and in 2022, our role in Sandwell and West Birmingham was expanded to the whole BlackCountry.