More than 1/5 people in the UK feel lonely sometimes. The solutions put forward for the @DCMS#Tech2Connect challenge, which ranged from a community events calendar to a physical kit which support people with #dementia, all aim to tackle #socialisolation#LetsTalkLoneliness
If you want PlaceCal for your neighbourhood, get in touch, we're looking for partners to pilot with in the new year. Ideally you would know a lot about the groups and people in your area and have strong ties with your local community in general. Curious? Shoot us a DM!
What about going a step further: is it really an asset based approach if its not tackling marginalisation? Is the problem asset based working or a lack of genuine engagement?
Our report, Asset-based Approaches & Inequalities, highlights the importance of recognising barriers faced by marginalised groups in order to avoid contributing to existing inequalities. https://t.co/hPgPi0tyVB
‘There’ll be lots of travel agents and no holidays’ has to be the best description of the what forgetting to properly invest in the voluntary sector to support social Prescribing will lead to. Link workers are only part of the solution. 👍
I urge anyone who has a beating heart to read this thread by my dear friend Rajesh. This is England. Face up to it. In one thread this is the nation right now!
We’ve worked hard on said ‘fantastic’ plan for an area with some of the worst health outcomes in the country. What we need is a firm and full financial commitment from govt to get it done.
Seriously tired of saying this. Racism is not an opinion, we should not treat it as such. Furthermore, getting this wrong places a disproportionate unacceptable burden on people of colour. This is a grave mistake by the @bbc . Full solidarity w @BBCNaga https://t.co/RDOjpBXS0u