Officebird
20th October 2009, 08:47
You Shouldn’t Have to be Wealthy to be Healthy!
Health inequalities in the north east are a major concern. Durham based social enterprise, Du, is working with the Department of Health Inequalities Unit to try to do something about it.
On Wednesday 25th November, Du is hosting an event at the Sage, Gateshead, where people running community projects all across the region, will come together with public sector officers and councillors who are charged with reducing health inequalities and promoting better community health, to find new ways to tackle the problems together.
Event organiser, Steve Day, told us: “The link between poverty and health is well known and things like housing, diet and employment all play a part. On top of that, people marginalised because of some difference from the “norm” are also often less healthy. As long as we keep spending the majority of the money on treating the symptoms of ill health, we are not going to change things. Community projects have the potential to play a much bigger role in improving the health of people long term and that is what we want to explore at this event.”
The day will be filled with all sorts of activity to engage hearts and minds, with performances of music, poetry and dance; lectures from academics, debates about child poverty and community cohesion and lots, lots more.
“We have booked lots of space at the Sage, so that people from all across the region who have a passion to do something about health inequalities, get their chance to take part”, Steve said.
The event website is www.hi3.org.uk (http://www.hi3.org.uk/) and you can follow the debates there as well as find the latest information about the event.
More info:
Sara Gill e: sgill@du-services.co.uk (sgill@du-services.co.uk) t: 08456346502
Health inequalities in the north east are a major concern. Durham based social enterprise, Du, is working with the Department of Health Inequalities Unit to try to do something about it.
On Wednesday 25th November, Du is hosting an event at the Sage, Gateshead, where people running community projects all across the region, will come together with public sector officers and councillors who are charged with reducing health inequalities and promoting better community health, to find new ways to tackle the problems together.
Event organiser, Steve Day, told us: “The link between poverty and health is well known and things like housing, diet and employment all play a part. On top of that, people marginalised because of some difference from the “norm” are also often less healthy. As long as we keep spending the majority of the money on treating the symptoms of ill health, we are not going to change things. Community projects have the potential to play a much bigger role in improving the health of people long term and that is what we want to explore at this event.”
The day will be filled with all sorts of activity to engage hearts and minds, with performances of music, poetry and dance; lectures from academics, debates about child poverty and community cohesion and lots, lots more.
“We have booked lots of space at the Sage, so that people from all across the region who have a passion to do something about health inequalities, get their chance to take part”, Steve said.
The event website is www.hi3.org.uk (http://www.hi3.org.uk/) and you can follow the debates there as well as find the latest information about the event.
More info:
Sara Gill e: sgill@du-services.co.uk (sgill@du-services.co.uk) t: 08456346502