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Community Health Champions: Amina from City & Hackney Carers Centre talks about how the organisation supports the various needs of carers
This is a series about the City and Hackney Community Health Champion (CHC) Programme, which Volunteer Centre Hackney delivers in partnership with City and Hackney Public Health and 200+ Champions to break down health inequalities.
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Together Better: Another success for our RSPH Health & Wellbeing award winners
They’ve done it again! One of our fabulous Together Better Community Engagement Care Coordinators, Frauke, has won yet another award for the project.
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