Equity

Equity is a golden thread that runs through the 50 Steps to a Healthier Newham strategy. Find out more about the work that’s being done to increase health equity in the borough.

Equity is fundamental to health in Newham, and every step of the strategy has a specific equity objective and indicator. Each step addresses a key inequity, and commits to a specific and meaningful action that can be taken to address the inequity.

Newham Health Equity Programme

The Newham Health Equity Programme is releasing a toolkit that services can use to make small improvements that achieve maximum impact. The toolkit also helps colleagues to increase the impact of their services, by taking a deeper look at how…

Community Kitchen For People Seeking Sanctuary

We are delighted to announce that Highway Vineyard Church have been re-commissioned to deliver their community kitchen project for people seeking sanctuary in Newham. The project will run between January 2025 and March 2026, and provide 12 families/individuals a week…

We Are Food Secure

The challenge of food insecurity has received increasing attention in recent years, and children are more likely than adults to be in food insecure households. Newham’s ‘We Are Food Secure 11-19’ project set out to find out more specifically about…

Black Heritage communities HIV survey

The London HIV Prevention Programme has commissioned a survey as part of a needs assessment of Black heritage communities, to gain a deeper understanding of the HIV prevention needs within Black communities in London. The insights collected will directly inform…