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Community Health Development Award 2019

Winner

Redthread’s Youth Violence Intervention Programme (YVIP) is run in 13 hospitals across London, Birmingham and Nottingham, and provides tailored support for 11-25 year olds impacted by violence and/or exploitation. We aim to integrate healthcare into the community and empower young people to lead healthy, safe and happy lives. 

A sensitive and timely intervention. Highly regarded by all partners, delivering a response to young people experiencing violence and or exploitation who have presented at 13 emergency hospital sites across Birmingham, Nottingham and London.

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 This project has also been awarded the Public Health Minister's Award

Community Health Development Award 2019

Finalist

Transforming existing community swimming pool assets into places for health, wellbeing and rehabilitation. Swim Enlgand have developed the Water Wellbeing model to be implemented by pools in England to create community health capacity to improve health outcomes for people with long-term health conditions.  

We are delighted to be considered for the Community Health Development Award. The Water Wellbeing project has helped a wide range of people up and down the country who can’t exercise on land due to their conditions. Our aim is to encourage and provide opportunities for everyone to take part in aquatics in the way that suits them and help people lead healthier, happier lives.

Jane Nickerson, CEO, Swim England

Community Health Development Award 2019

Finalist

Working in Stonehouse, one of the most deprived neighbourhoods in the UK, the pop-up centre aimed to address digital exclusion by introducing residents to eHealth (companion robots, virtual reality, apps and internet-based health and welfare resources) and to support business start-ups in digital technology. 

The project was a partnership between with community-benefit society, Nudge Community Builders, Plymouth City Council, Plymouth Community Homes, a local GP surgery and the University of Plymouth, who own, create and run community activities in disused urban spaces, the pop-up centre was based in The Plot on Plymouth's Union Street. Working with members of the community will allow researchers to explore how to make better use of eHealth solutions, and contribute to and influence future health technology research.

From December 2019 until September 2020, the pop-up centre also supported e health start-ups and the thriving regional, digital entrepreneur network through industry pop-up spaces.

This excellent project is working in Stonehouse, one of the most deprived neighbourhoods in the UK, with a pop-up centre aimed to address digital exclusion by introducing residents to eHealth and to support business start-ups in digital technology.

The assessors