Healthy Communities

The Healthy Communities COI started in 2021 in order to bring together partners across the Yorkshire and Humber region who were delivering Community Champions schemes. The group has since developed and widened in both theme and membership. We now cover a range of healthy communities themes and community development approaches.​

​We are a friendly and informal group who support each other, share best practice and learn together. We share a wealth of information and resources with each other and work with a range of partners in the Yorkshire and Humber region to improve health through community. We invite speakers to share their research, practice and learning with the group and can provide feedback, expertise and support where needed.

Priorities 

  • The meeting will provide a forum for: sharing best practice; providing local, regional and national updates; championing and developing community champions and community approaches programmes; feedback on successes and lessons learnt and supporting new evidence and research.

  • Our work will be aligned to the work of the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) Yorkshire and Humber Healthy Places and Sustainable Communities work on reducing health inequalities. 

  • The COI connects across Yorkshire and Humber including to other COIs and supports the priority ambitions of the Yorkshire and Humber Association of Directors of Public Health.​

  • The meeting will feed into regional and national partnerships, strategy and policy. It will provide local insight and intelligence and a better understanding of “place”.

  • The focus of the group will centre on the use of community champions and community approaches for:​

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    • Reducing health inequalities and supporting resilient, healthy communities.​
    • Building capacity, capability, and strong partnerships at local level.​
    • Supporting public health through the development and evaluation of community champions programmes.​
    • Promote and embed the family of community centred approaches in our work and that of our partners.

For queries please contact:
COI Chair: Steffi Rogers, OHID Lead Karen Horrocks

Email:
Karen.Horrocks@dhsc.gov.uk

Virtual Network:
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Link to Virtual Network:
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COI Resource Page:

Yes

Link to COI Resource Page:
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