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How do you keep healthy?

Here at Healthwatch Barking and Dagenham, we are currently undertaking a project to understand the needs of local people when it comes to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.We're aware that so much of our lives have been disrupted by the COVID pandemic these past two years and that it has changed the way we think, the way we feel, and what...

2 years ago

by Manisha Modhvadia

Do they know it’s Christmas?

But say a prayer, pray for the other ones. —'Do They Know It's Christmas?', Band Aid (1984) A little over six months ago, I was reflecting on the unpredictable period of events we were going through–the food shortages, lockdowns, demonstrations and the forced isolation from our communities. Building on this, I wrote an article to mark Loneliness Week, which highlighted...

2 years ago

by Jeremy Simmons

LifeLine launches new community capacity building programme

LifeLine is pleased to announce the launch of a new capacity building programme, SW!TCH Communities. The programme is funded by the

2 years ago

by LifeLine Comms Team

LifeLine’s FaithAction wins contract to support local Faith Forum

We're delighted that, in October this year,

2 years ago

by Andrew Welsby

SW!TCH Rights: Finding out how stop and search affects young people

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...

2 years ago

by Nathan Singleton

Team Spotlights

Introducing Fatma Mbwana, Little Learners Nursery Manager

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...

2 years ago

by LifeLine Comms Team

Healthwatch Barking & Dagenham wins national award

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...

2 years ago

by Manisha Modhvadia

What does community mean to you?

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...

2 years ago

by LifeLine Comms Team

Champions Support Network returns to support more parents and carers

We're pleased to announce that the

2 years ago

by LifeLine Comms Team

Safeguarding: “If you trust me to tell me…”

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...

3 years ago

by Daniel Chery

SW!TCH activity: Let’s dance!

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 [email protected] or on 07495 872310.

3 years ago

by LifeLine Comms Team

LifeLine shortlisted for CYP Now Charity Award

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...

3 years ago

by LifeLine Comms Team

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