This CHAD seminar on ‘Resourceful Ageing: creativity and community in later life’, took place on Thursday the 15th June, 2017 at Staffordshire University, Leek Road Campus, Stoke on Trent. A cross section of delegates including academics, voluntary organisations and local authorities attended the seminar which began with Peter Kevern, Associate Professor for Values in Care, School…
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This CHAD seminar on the Natural Environment and Health took place on Wednesday May 17th at Staffordshire University, Leek Road Campus, Stoke-on-Trent. More than 30 delegates attended, including those from academia, voluntary organisations, local authority and NHS. Dr Christopher Gidlow and Dr Gemma Hurst provided an introduction to the association between exposure to natural environment…
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The Power of Working Together – Working in partnership really works! Welcome to the latest CHAD blog. We really value the opportunity that blogging creates for us as a team to draw a breath and reflect on our progress over the last couple of months and hope it is interesting to you too. We want…
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CHAD developing links with potential Japanese partners, Dr Peter Kevern (Associate Director and lead for Healthy Living) recently presented on the work of CHAD at a Symposium on ‘Healthy and Active Ageing’ hosted by the London office of the Japan Agency for Medical research and Development (AMED) in April. AMED is the Japanese equivalent of…
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The BIG Community Conversation Celebrating “making a difference in our communities” Please join us for the ‘Big Community Conversation’ event on the 7th June 2017 to share, listen and learn about some of the great work which is happening in our communities in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire. The event is being organised by the Centre for…
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This seminar on Social Value and Participatory Research Methods took place on Wednesday the 5th April 2017, 45 persons attended the seminar with a good mixture of internal and external people. Get Talking – the power of participatory research. Penny Vincent (pictured above), Senior Lecturer for Community Engagement and Community Partnerships, kicked off the proceedings with a…
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