Tags: yorkshire and the humber

Homes for Health Holme Wood

This 21-month project works with private and social tenants living on the Holme Wood estate in Bradford. Homes on the estate are in a poor state of repair with main…

ACORN - where you live should not affect your health

Tatiana, a private renter in Bradford and member of ACORN, talks about the damp and mould she found when she moved into her home and the impact it had on…

Health risks in private rented homes

WHISH - Looking to the future

Amy talks about her experience with her daughter Annabelle and how finding WHISH has been life- changing.

Artistic Spectrum: Creativity and wellbeing

Jo, who has autism, talks about how art classes in her former mining town provided relief following the death of her parents.

BCA Community Café: Keeping costs low in a crisis

Alyx Dawid, Volunteer Development Co-ordinator at the Highwood Café, has been involved with the Brackenwood Community Association in Leeds for seven years. She discusses how the project has adapted to…

Brackenwood Community Association Highwood Community Café

Residents of Brackenwood estate previously had few places to meet one another, and many felt isolated. BCA Highwood Community Café provides a space where residents can socialise, eat, or learn…

Young Again: Affordability is the biggest barrier

Young Again brings together older South Asian residents in Huddersfield. Jamil Akhtar, Treasurer of The Pakistan Huddersfield Association, reflects on their latest trip to Wales and the wider benefits of…

New funding available for local groups in parts of London West

New funding available for local groups in parts of Yorkshire

Honley Youth

Honley is a small village in West Yorkshire with pockets of low-income neighbourhoods. Honley Youth is a free to use youth club that all young people can access and contribute…

Foster Garden

The project was set up by Keighley Urban Meadows, a community group promoting the shared ownership of the local environment. The aim was to create social links within the neighbourhood,…

Tang Hall Food Co-operative

Locally-owned shops where people can buy affordable, healthy food and keep local wealth more equitably within communities is an important part of addressing local health inequalities. The Tang Hall Food…

Young Again

It’s often presumed that South Asian people look after and live with their elderly relatives. However, as people relocate for work, traditional structures and family ties are loosening. This can…

Our Roots in the Community

The group runs weekly activity sessions which are based around football and, once a month, the young people take part in a series of training workshops designed to build skills…

Stainforth Outdoor Activity Project

Stainforth has a proud mining heritage and the community experienced high levels of job losses and economic issues when the coal mining industry was wiped out in the 1970’s and…

#AbilitiesNotDisabilities

The project was set up by existing participants who had an interest in design and wanted to create a business. As more members have joined, the project has grown and…

Keighley Urban Meadows: Foster Garden project evaluation

Keighley Urban Meadows is a community group promoting the shared ownership of the local environment and community development. They set up the Foster Garden project with the aim of saving…

Community at Tang Hall

The places in which we are born and live have a huge impact on our health. People living in affluent parts of York live for an average of eight years…

Mental health in January

This month, we’re highlighting how projects we fund are supporting the mental health of local residents. Many people find that January can really challenge their mental health. People living in…

Trip to House of Commons

The Young Again project, run by Pakistan Association Huddersfield, promotes social awareness and integration in the local community for older South Asian people. Earlier this year, members visited London for…

Friends of Constable Street Field

Constable Community Allotment, run by Friends of Constable Street Field and based in Hull, encourages local residents to come together and foster community spirit. Members help to maintain and expand…

The Association of Blind Asians

The Association of Blind Asians (ABA) has been supporting visually impaired South Asian people and their carers in Leeds since 1989. Thanks to funding from People’s Health Trust, they have…

Taking positive action

A project in Hull is bringing residents together to make changes in their local area and connect the community. The Local People project in Hull is supported by the Youth…

Black Health Initiative

Black Health Initiative is a community engagement organisation that looks at inequalities within education, health and social care.Based in Leeds, they run the Love2Live project, funded by the Trust. Through…