Charli Dickenson

Putting people at the heart of health, CYP Rights, innovation and education. Winning Hearts and Minds Programme Manager, @MCRactive, all views my own.

[Sharon West @SharonWest21]

Want to come and work for Manchester Public Heath Dept. We are recruiting two community health equity officers.@MrMikeSam23 @doctorcordelle @what_claire_did @AdamHealthDev @CSDickenson @CheetCrumpINT @Gilbeye @gillylee @salimajones

[Charli Dickenson @CSDickenson]

@ChrissieWhm Merry Christmas Chrissie! Hope it’s gorge ❤️

[Charli Dickenson @CSDickenson]

Such a brilliant day ❤️ so good to finally see a @Camerados_org Public Living Room in action - and loved the christmas singalong!

[POPPY SOLDATOS 🇬🇷 🇨🇾 🐝 @PoppySoldatos]

My very first #publiclivingroom @Camerados_org and what a blast we had
Chatting to some amazing people and having a sing song thank you to @ShopHarpurhey for having us and to @123_chrissie 💛
Lovely to see @pip_the_human
and meeting @MaffPotts & @VictoriaHerrim1
@WHMmanchester

[Charli Dickenson @CSDickenson]

@WHMmanchester This is so lovely ❤️

[Charli Dickenson @CSDickenson]

@Naomiworldz @WHMmanchester Thanks Naomi - was lovely to see your face! Must catch up properly soon

[Val Bayliss-Brideaux @Val_BB]

Opportunities to work with Population Health team in #Manchester @ManCityCouncil @ManchesterHCC
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@roodle_pipski I'm so used to typing my own name that anything that starts with 'cha' automatically gets my own name typed in first

[Charli Dickenson @CSDickenson]

@HealthFdn The same messages keep coming up time and time again but the podcast also raised how entrenched inequality is, and how systemic change - namely driven by a bottom up, frontline approach, is really needed for our communities to see a difference in their lives

[Charli Dickenson @CSDickenson]

Started my day with a listen of the @HealthFdn's latest podcast - hearing the similarities and differences between Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester, as well as the fundamental (yet complex!) way to tackle health inequalities - 'ask people what they need to live better lives'

[The Health Foundation @HealthFdn]

NEW PODCAST: In the UK, life expectancy is lowest in Glasgow. Why is this? And what can we all learn from longstanding efforts to improve health there?

@JenniferTHF discusses with experts @HarryBurns16 & Dr David Walsh in our latest episode.

LISTEN ⬇️
https://t.co/L0ih1h6rSQ

[Charli Dickenson @CSDickenson]

@AdibaSultan There are writing groups that you can join on Meetup, some of my best inspiration is from @laurajaneauthor's writing courses, and she's got one coming up in September (£ though, but worth it). There's a Manchester FB group for Nanowrimo too that has lots of support/ideas too!

[Charli Dickenson @CSDickenson]

@KathSmythe @doctorcordelle Really enjoyed reading this, and can confirm we all love working with @doctorcordelle! Those strong relationships she has are essential to getting stuff done

[Charli Dickenson @CSDickenson]

@AdibaSultan @WHMmanchester @cfitzg2 @MCCCheetham @mcrlco It's so lovely to see - that was in my first few weeks of the job, what a two years!

[Charli Dickenson @CSDickenson]

@rutherfordkaty One of my favourite places to write is in coffee shops - so my word count this last year has been unsurprisingly low. I try to reacreate it at home with a nice coffee and 'coffee shop sounds' on spotify - a bit weird but the white noise works!

[Charli Dickenson @CSDickenson]

Getting stuck into the next @WHMmanchester report today - so many good stories to tell! I might need several people to edit this down at some point, I don't want to leave anything out 🙈

[Charli Dickenson @CSDickenson]

@CatDRees @WHMmanchester 🥰 well we couldn't do it without your help either! And that's the point of all this - can't do it on our own

[Charli Dickenson @CSDickenson]

@IdeasAlliance_ published a blog a few weeks ago from a Public Health professional - it struck a chord with the work we've been doing in Manchester to tackle health inequalities - so I wrote a response to reflect on how community led initiatives can tackle health inequalities

[Ideas Alliance @IdeasAlliance_]

@WHMmanchester Programme Manager Charli tells a story of what can be achieved in a crisis when your way of working is already driven by #listening #collaboration and #buildingtrust

Thank you @CatDRees for connecting us ❤️

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[Charli Dickenson @CSDickenson]

@CatDRees @WHMmanchester @ChrissieWhm @whm_nick @doctorcordelle @Naomiworldz @AlexandraBarke1 @angelacommcats @AdibaSultan @hayley07 @peoplesvoice @Camerados_org @MaffPotts @SamConniff @TheBoyMoon1 I'm doing a lot of processing of the WHM messages from the last 18 months this week, and this is what is jumping out, time and time again

[Charli Dickenson @CSDickenson]

When really, what we're saying is 'What would you love to do in your community? What can we do with you? What do you need us to do for you?' We say 'with, not for' a lot in this work, but there's still a place for 'for' if that's what communities say they need.

[Charli Dickenson @CSDickenson]

Yesterday, @Harriet_MCR said 'When we say we want things to be 'Community Led', communities can think we expect them to do all the work, but we're here to do that work too' and I thought it was a really clear way of putting one of the main barriers to 'community led' work...

[Charli Dickenson @CSDickenson]

The expectation that communities need to bear the burden of all they want to achieve - especially in communities who are most in need of support - is unrealistic and places the onus on them to fix themselves...