Community, as one of the major determinants of health, has a vital role in improving health and wellbeing. Schools, places of worship, community groups, businesses and more all play an important part, and the level of activity around health and wellbeing in Newham is outstanding. We want to celebrate, showcase and encourage this. We are relaunching our ‘Changemakers’ programme to celebrate people who go above and beyond to improve the health and wellbeing of their communities in Newham.
This is a constantly growing community, where people can meet, share ideas and inspiration, network and make connections. Changemakers will be celebrated at our annual health event and have the opportunity to access free training and capacity building.
There are also young Changemakers – celebrating the children and young people who already do so much to make Newham a healthier place.
Dollie has had an enormously transformative year, overcoming several personal trials in remarkable displays of resilience. She has gone from never eating at school since nursery to now regularly having lunch. Additionally, she has broken a generational cycle of being…
Jane set up The Magpie Project in 2017 to help local families facing insurmountable barriers to accessing help for their children – such as bus fares, concerns about immigration, lack of information, shame, and concerns that their parenting would be…
Bethan has worked with migrants in east London, including many Newham residents, for over 22 years. Through her work at Praxis she has been involved in identifying the many health problems caused by having restricted entitlement to services due to…
What started as a two-week secondment in 2007, ended with Ana being asked to run the Deanery Road Children’s Centre. Ana has been a fixture in Newham’s family support offer ever since. As Senior Family Support worker, she is also…
Peter grew up in Newham and loves how multicultural the borough is. He is passionate about the Ageing Well agenda; as co-chair of the Ageing Well Resident Advisory Group and member of the Older People’s Reference Group, he is very…
Bill has worked closely with the council as co-chair of the Ageing Well Strategy Delivery Board. He runs the LGBTQ+ Seniors group, which meets for coffee and a chat to give support, and identify issues affecting older LGBTQ+ people. Bill…
Having experienced mental health discrimination herself, Sandra is the Chair of the ASK group, which advocates for and supports residents whose mental health affects their daily lives. Sandra is an active member of the Adults’ Co-Production Forum, where she has…
Imrana is passionate about reducing inequalities. As a GP, seeing patients struggle to access the care they need made her want to make health systems more accessible and relevant for them. She therefore works with mental health services to support…
Ben’s focus is around the potential for education and health to work more collaboratively and strategically to improve outcomes for children: as Headteacher of Kensington Primary School, he has worked closely with Healthy Schools, with the result that Kensington became…
