Action on Poverty Conference – 20th June 2022, 9am to 5pm The Staffordshire University Action on Poverty and Hardship team, CHAD research centre and Connected Communities team welcome you to come and join us for our first Action on Poverty Conference on Monday 20th June 2022 9am to 5pm. Conference speakers include leaders from the…
On 5th April 2022, CHAD and the Faculty of Public Health hosted the fifth in a series of webinars relating to COVID-19, health impacts and inequalities: How use of natural environments changed during COVID-19. Our two presenters shared different but complementary research that explored engagement with natural environments during COVID-19 and associated lockdowns. Hannah Burnett…
The MaRG and considerations for the (Changing) Futures by Fiona McCormack, CHAD researcher. The CHAD team were delighted to be part of the VOICES legacy event last week. It was a real celebration of how much VOICES and Expert Citizens (now a Community Interest Company) have achieved over the past 8 years. There was a…
It makes financial and moral sense to support people experiencing multiple disadvantage by Christopher Gidlow and Andy Meakin. Chris was the Principal Investigator in the evaluation of VOICES, the Stoke-on-Trent implementation of the Fulfilling Lives programme. Andy was the Director of VOICES from 2014-2022, and is a Visiting Fellow at Staffordshire University. A relatively small…
On 15th February 2022, CHAD and the Faculty of Public Health hosted the fourth in a series of webinars relating to COVID-19, health impacts and inequalities: COVID-19 and deprivation: differences in exposure, outcomes and experiences. We were joined by over 100 delegates who heard our two speakers present their research and ideas on this topical…
On 11th January 2022, CHAD and the Faculty of Public Health hosted the third in a series of webinars relating to COVID-19, health impacts and inequalities: COVID-19 and Homelessness: Experiences, key learning and what comes next. Seventy-five delegates from a range of professions and sectors joined us to hear rich and powerful insights from speakers…
‘I was made to feel like I wasn’t disabled anymore’ – The experience of being moved to Personal Independence Payment for claimants with mental health problems: research paper available Total disclosure: it is such a nice feeling to be able to say, “Our paper is published!” after a huge amount of time spent working on…
On 30th November, Centre for Health and Development (CHAD) and Faculty of Public Health (FPH hosted the second in a series of webinars relating to COVID-19, health impacts and inequalities: COVID-19 – Will new public health and care systems improve pandemic preparedness? Delegates were treated to a wide-ranging, insightful and provocative discussion from two of…
On 28th October 2021, the Centre for Health and Development (CHAD) and Faculty of Public Health (FPH) hosted the first in a series of webinars relating to COVID-19, health impacts and inequalities: COVID-19: What went right, what went wrong and how do we learn from this? This session was attended by approximately 70 delegates. Professor…
Written by Sophia Fedorowicz, Fiona McCormack, and Rachele Hine Here, as members of the Centre for Health and Development (CHAD) and Expert Citizens, we discuss our recent experience of coming together (virtually at least!), for a training course. The training was on ‘Get Talking’ which is a community consultation approach designed to introduce and promote…