Tags: yorkshire and the humber

  • Health risks in private rented homes

    https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/news/press-releases/health-risks-in-rented-homes

    1. Media Enquiries For media enquiries please contact Bradford Watson – press@peopleshealthtrust.org.uk / 020 4548 0940 2. Data - The latest English Housing Survey headline report was released in December…

  • WHISH - Looking to the future

    https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/projects-we-fund/project-stories/looking-to-the-future

    The Looking to the Future project organised by Whitby Hidden Impairments Support and Help (WHISH) a parent led support group working with families whose children have hidden impairments . It…

  • Artistic Spectrum: Creativity and wellbeing

    https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/projects-we-fund/project-stories/artistic-spectrum

    “Thorne, in Doncaster, is an ex-mining community so a lot of things have been lost, but so many people here are creative and good with their hands. They need a…

  • Brackenwood Community Association Highwood Community Café

    https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/projects-we-fund/projects/brackenwood-community-association-highwood-community-cafe

    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…

  • BCA Community Café: Keeping costs low in a crisis

    https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/projects-we-fund/project-stories/bca-community-cafe-keeping-costs-low-in-a-crisis

    “The project was initially set up in March 2021 with the aim to continue the community café which was set up during the first lockdown to provide affordable food for…

  • Young Again: Affordability is the biggest barrier

    https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/projects-we-fund/project-stories/young-again-affordability-is-the-biggest-barrier

    "The Pakistan Association Huddersfield took a group of 53 older people and their carers facing social isolation on a coach day trip to Llandudno, North Wales in June 2022. The…

  • New funding available for local groups in parts of London West

    https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/news/press-releases/new-funding-available-for-local-groups-in-london-west

    Local groups with great ideas to make their communities an even better place to live are now invited to apply for funding. People’s Health Trust has just launched Active Communities…

  • New funding available for local groups in parts of Yorkshire

    https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/news/press-releases/new-funding-available-for-local-groups-in-parts-of-yorkshire-2

    Local groups with great ideas to make their communities an even better place to live are now invited to apply for funding. People’s Health Trust has just launched Active Communities…

  • Honley Youth

    https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/projects-we-fund/projects/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

    https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/projects-we-fund/projects/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

    https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/projects-we-fund/projects/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

    https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/projects-we-fund/projects/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

    https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/projects-we-fund/projects/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

    https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/projects-we-fund/projects/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

    https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/projects-we-fund/projects/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

    https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/publications/case-studies/keighley-urban-meadows-foster-garden-project

    The project was funded with money raised through Health Lottery Yorkshire and Humber, as part of People’s Health Trust’s Active Communities programme. The project was evaluated by Ecorys as part…

  • Community at Tang Hall

    https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/news/stories/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

    https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/news/stories/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

    https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/news/stories/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

    https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/news/stories/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

    https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/news/stories/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

    https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/news/stories/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

    https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/news/stories/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…