Community-led and person-centred approaches to health and wellbeing
Networking opens Mon 1 July. Sessions go live Wed 10 – Thu 11 Feb. Catch up on demand until Sun 28 July when the event closes.
Date and time
Location
Online
Refund Policy
About this event
- 1 day 6 hours
Communities often have the closest connection to people’s lives. If services aim to improve the health and wellbeing of their local people, they must realise the power of community-led and person-centred approaches.
Communities and the places people live in profoundly shape how healthy and well they are, often having greater influence on health and wellbeing than health services. The impact of voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) groups on people’s health and wellbeing have been brought into sharp focus by their ongoing role in responses to the cost-of-living crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic.
However, when communities are not funded properly, not listened to by local services, and groups of people are continually marginalised, it can lead to devastating consequences, such as the Grenfell tragedy. In a health and care system under pressure, if integrated care systems (ICSs) truly want to reduce health inequalities and improve the health and wellbeing of their local populations, they must invest in communities and develop better partnership-working between VCSE, NHS, and local authority organisations.
Join us at this event to learn about the power of community-led and person-centred approaches and understand how the health and care system can invest in, and work with, communities to improve people’s health and wellbeing.
Sessions will explore:
- the strengths of community-led and person-centred approaches in improving people’s health and wellbeing
- lessons learnt from the Grenfell tragedy and how services and the wider system must build trust and engage meaningfully with the communities they serve
- why funding and investing in VCSEs and communities need to be improved so that communities are better able to meet the needs of people
- how integrated care systems (ICSs) can ensure working with communities is embedded at system level and delivered at place level through close partnership-working
- how social prescribing can help tackle health inequalities at the local level and how to increase its reach
- how communities and VCSEs can utilise their social and community assets to drive sustainable community-led activity.
There will also be an opportunity to network and make connections with others interested in community-led and person-centred approaches.
FAQs
Can I pay by invoice?
Yes. Please select your tickets and once you're through to the registration form, you can amend the 'payment method' from credit card to 'pay by invoice' . Please note, there is a £20+VAT surcharge to cover the cost of processing invoices. This is an addition to the ticket price and will be added to your invoice. There is one invoice fee per order, not per ticket. There is no charge for paying by debit or credit card.
What is the refund policy?
Cancellations confirmed in writing more than 14 days before the first live session will be refunded in full via the same payment method. We regret that no refund can be made after that date, however, if you contact us before the event start, we can offer a transfer of your ticket to another event taking place in the following six months. Please email us at events@kingsfund.org.uk with confirmation of your original booking to cancel or transfer your ticket. On completion of the confirmed booking the delegate and their supporting organisation are liable for the fees for the event (regardless of whether payment has been made).
Contact us
If you have any questions about this event, please contact The King's Fund events team at events@kingsfund.org.uk.