On 16th May 2023, CHAD and the Faculty of Public Health hosted the penultimate webinar of the 2022-23 series. Delegates heard from two expert speakers on Children and young people’s mental health inequalities: Charlotte Rainer from the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition, and Ed Davie from the Centre for Mental Health. The session…
On 18th April 203, CHAD and the Faculty of Public Health hosted the fourth in the 2022-23 webinar series. Alex Smith, a Senior Programme Manager at Homeless Link and expert in Housing First, presented ‘Changing the narrative on Housing First’. This provided a useful grounding in how Housing First, and how it has been situated…
On the 7th February 2023, CHAD and the Faculty of Public Health hosted the third webinar of the 2022-23 series, that focused on interventions for women experiencing multiple disadvantage. We were delighted to have over 130 people join us. Louisa Steele, the Housing First and Homelessness Programme Manager for Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse, shared…
On 8th December 2022, CHAD and the Faculty of Public Health hosted the second in the 2022-23 webinar series. Barry Knight, a social scientist with extensive knowledge and expertise in methods to combat poverty presented ‘Rethinking poverty: responding to the crisis and planning for the future’. Approximately 100 delegates were treated to an historical introduction…
On the 4th October 2022, CHAD and the Faculty of Public Health hosted the first webinar of the 2022-23 series that focused on the inequitable pathways to addiction, treatment and outcome, and the punishment of addiction. Rona Epstein, honorary Doctor of Law at Coventry University, gave an insight of failings of anti-social behaviour legislation, resulting…
COVID-19 impact and experiences in children and young people. On 12th July 2022, CHAD and the Faculty of Public Health hosted the last webinar in this series (note: new series starting Sept-2023 to be announced) that focused on how children and young people were affected by COVID-19. Sue North, MBE., Head of Quality, Learning Disability…
Gendered impact and experiences of COVID-19. On 7th June 2022, CHAD and the Faculty of Public Health hosted the penultimate webinar (for this academic year) that focused on how women have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, Director of the Women’s Budget Group, presented some stark statistics on the economic impact of COVID-19,…
On 23rd May 2022, CHAD and the Faculty of Public Health hosted the webinar, Discrimination in the delivery of care. The presenter, Dr Affifa Farukh, is uniquely well-qualified to speak on this topic, given her credentials as a Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, post-doctoral researcher, and non-practicing Barrister. Dr Farukh She presented her doctoral research that explored…
On 17th May 2022, CHAD and the Faculty of Public Health hosted the sixth in a series of webinars: Food security, healthy diets and Sustainability – how to narrow the gap. We were treated to a comprehensive and insightful talk by Professor Tim Lang, City University of London. Professor Lang, the leading authority on this…
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…