Communities in control

 - effective community engagement for health and well-being

Our first Pan-London Wellnet event was attended by over 100 delegates working to promote the health and well being of Londoners.

Event aims:

• increase understanding of community engagement methodologies and how to apply them
• refresh and enhance skills in designing and delivering improved community-led interventions for health and well-being
• inspire using innovative case studies and new learning from across London including the Big Lottery funded Well London programme
• and get up to date with latest guidance.

Presentations:

Introduction to Well London and Wellnet; Mayor’s Health Inequalities Strategy PDF (168KB) - Alex Bax. Senior Policy Advisor Health and Sustainable Development, Greater London Authority

Setting the scene for community engagement PDF (2.8MB) - Liz Richardson, Research Fellow, Institute for Political and Economic Governance (IPEG) at University Manchester

Introduction to the Well London Community Engagement Process and early findings PDF (1.42MB) - Adrian Renton, Professor of Health and Human Development, University East London

“Swapping ideas was the best thing, I really valued some of the things we were getting “right”, which gave us confidence.”

Event delegate

"Valuable opportunity to meet Pan-London colleagues and get informed."

Event delegate

Agenda

Communities in control white paper

NICE guidance on community engagement

Workshop discussions

 is a new learning network funded by the BIG Lottery Programme. The Network is for communities and professionals across London to share what works in delivering community-led interventions to increase health and well-being. For more information contact Jane Mulholland, j.mulholland@lsx.org.uk / 020 7234 9403