If you’re at a loose end on Fridays, why not join Fun Club? If you’re a dab hand at arts and crafts or a budding actor, or you’d just like to meet new people, socialise or help out simply by …
Great news from Challenge Academy
Our friends at Challenge Academy CIC have some brilliant news to share – Reaching Communities has awarded them £311,000. It’s been great to play a small part in this success. Challenge Academy CIC (community interest company) is a social enterprise …
Spotlight on Moms Mindful Hub, a small group with a big heart
Moms Mindful Hub is a small, volunteer-led group that’s there for moms, their mental health and wellbeing. The group is brought together by Leonie McDonald, who has been an absolute pleasure to work with over the last ten years or …
Dudley High Intensity User Social Prescribing Service continues to achieve excellent results
Vulnerable patients are continuing to benefit from the High Intensity User (HIU) project in Dudley, which is now entering its third year. Year one saw a 33% reduction in A&E attendance and a 41% reduction in inpatient admissions saving the …
Airtime: A friendly space to meet other people living with COPD and related conditions
At the Dudley CVS Annual Awards and AGM this year we spotlighted some of the amazing groups and individuals we supported during 2018/19. One of those groups was Airtime, a weekly group for members of the community with COPD and …
Deafscope: Breaking down barriers for the Deaf community
We recently met with the people behind @Deafscope who are breaking down barriers for the Deaf community.
“It all starts with a phone call and a cuppa”
The High Intensity User (HIU) service (developed by NHS Blackpool CCG) has been rolled out across Dudley borough by the Integrated Plus social prescribing team as part of Dudley CVS. The service offers a robust way of reducing avoidable frequent …
How a weekly cake, cuppa and chat keep people connected
St Paul’s Community and Learning Centre is a haven on the Hawbush estate in Brierley Hill. No wonder, then, that it’s the location of the welcoming Cake, Cuppa and Chat Group (or ‘3 Cs’), which gets together every Monday afternoon …
Integrated Plus delivers a successful peer learning programme for staff delivering social prescribing schemes around the East and West Midlands
During January – April 2019, Dudley CVS’s Integrated Plus service delivered a social prescribing peer learning programme for link workers around the country. The programme enabled existing link workers from across the East and West Midlands to connect with each …
Integrated Plus Service – evidencing the value of social prescribing for people living in Dudley borough
During late 2018, Dudley CVS appointed an external consultant, David Waterfall, to work alongside the team to collate and analyse data regarding the Integrated Plus social prescribing service, and to use this information to produce an evidence-led evaluation report. Dudley …
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