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LifeLine is pleased to announce the launch of a new capacity building programme, SW!TCH Communities. The programme is funded by the
5 years ago
by LifeLine Comms Team
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The latest updates from LifeLine Projects.
News
We're delighted that, in October this year,
5 years ago
by LifeLine Comms Team
Articles
I read recently in a Metropolitan Police report that London youth crime figures have decreased by 50% over the last five years but, in the last year alone, the use of stop and search in England and Wales had risen by 24%. The Metropolitan Police made almost half (49%) of all stop and searches in England and Wales and the...
5 years ago
by Nathan Singleton
Team Spotlights
We are very pleased to welcome Fatma to the LifeLine team as manager of My parents are Bajun. The Bajunis are a mix of many different people including Bantus, Persians, Arabs and Somalis. When our community was pushed out of Somalia, my family resettled in Kenya. As we were classified as refugees, this gave my family the opportunity to move...
5 years ago
by LifeLine Comms Team
News
As acting manager of Healthwatch Barking and Dagenham, I'm proud to announce that we have won an award for working with integrated care systems as part of a partnership with seven other local Healthwatch organisations across North East London. This prestigious national award was presented to us at the Healthwatch Awards 2021, a virtual event held earlier this month and...
5 years ago
by LifeLine Comms Team
Articles
The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members. Coretta Scott King Ibn Khaldun, the Arab philosopher, popularised the concept of asabiyyah عصبيّة. The idea that a community has a sense of shared purpose that link members of different social groups to one another.Mpu Tantular, the 14th century Javanese poet, coined the term...
5 years ago
by Nathan Singleton
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We're pleased to announce that the
5 years ago
by LifeLine Comms Team
Articles
Here at LifeLine, when we're working with young people, you'll often hear us say,"If you trust me to tell me, you need to trust me to do the right thing with what you tell me."And that means, even if it's not immediately obvious, we're doing what we believe is in their best interest.A lot of what we do to help...
5 years ago
by Nathan Singleton
News
Our SW!TCH team will be holding dance sessions every Tuesday from 4PM to 5:45PM at the Frenford Youth Club at the Jack Carter Centre in Ilford.For more info, get in touch with Georgia at georgia.adkins@lifelineprojects.co.uk or on 07495 872310.
5 years ago
by LifeLine Comms Team
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This approach to supporting and helping disadvantaged young people has led them to turn away from knife crime and gangs, to improve their school attendance, gain a vision for their future and improve their relationships with family and community.We endeavour to cultivate long-term relationships with disadvantaged young people through listening and collaboration. These are key in creating and developing the...
5 years ago
by LifeLine Comms Team
News
LifeLine is known for placing great emphasis on how it works with people. But this is not always about individuals—sometimes we have to respond to the needs of the community as a whole.We have always recognised that different communities we work with have their own unique needs which require their own locally-based solutions. We listen together and we change together...
5 years ago
by LifeLine Comms Team
Team Spotlights
Manisha was born in India and came to the UK when she was two along with her parents and siblings. These were all great experiences and gave me the understanding of the health world from an academic aspect, our behaviours as humans, and how the health care system worked at the time. My interest in health came about when I...
5 years ago
by LifeLine Comms Team