3 Labour Markets and Employment opportunities

Description: NHS Charities Together has launched its refreshed strategy, with a vision of a future with a thriving NHS and the best possible healthcare for everyone. Within this, ‘supporting people to live well through preventing ill health and holistic management of long-term conditions’ has been established as a key pillar in achieving our intended impact. The full strategy can be found here.   Reducing health inequalities and understanding what this means, as well as how it differs for underserved and marginalized groups, are key to this strategic theme. Research shows that social determinants can be more important than healthcare or lifestyle choices in influencing health. Inequalities in life expectancy and in years spent in ill health are increasing. Learning around this will need to be collated through the evaluation.  It is critical that we understand activity undertaken within this strategic theme, completed through our Urgent and Emergency...

Description: NHS Charities Together has launched its refreshed strategy, with a vision of a future with a thriving NHS and the best possible healthcare for everyone. Within this, ‘supporting workforce wellbeing through caring for NHS staff and volunteers’ has been established as a key pillar in achieving our intended impact. The full strategy can be found here.   The UK is facing a health and care workforce crisis, with unprecedented staff shortages and vacancies. Huge numbers of nurses and doctors report plans to leave their professions. Burnout is affecting not only staff wellbeing, but the quality of patient care. Any evidence and insight we can generate in this area will be critical to achieving a future with a thriving NHS and the best possible healthcare for everyone.  It is critical that we understand activity undertaken within this strategic theme, completed through our Urgent and Emergency Response Grant Funding (Stage 1), Community Partnerships...

Stroud District Council is looking to commission a consultancy exercise to assess our current progress in community wealth building activities and suggest ways in which additional progress can be made. Having committed to the principles of Local Wealth Building as far back as 2018 Proposals are being sought for support in taking our community wealth building aspirations to the next level. We are looking for partners who will develop an honest appraisal of our current work in these areas, including both our strategies and aspirations, as well as considering the impact of this work with our businesses, anchor institutions and communities across the District. A further desired outcome is consideration of next steps in taking our aspirations in community wealth building to the next level. This will include preparation of a report and associated action plan in partnership with the Council and others in the Community, and presentation of these findings to interested parties. Please see...