Social Value UK: members survey report 2021

By: Social Value UK

The findings of the Social Value UK survey that was carried out with its members and network at the end of December 2020 to gain a greater insight into the affects the global health pandemic was having across their membership community in the UK.

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Learning from the Community Response to Covid-19: how the NHS can support communities

Through interviews with people with lived experience, community representatives and healthcare professionals, Neil McGregor-Paterson's paper explores how the community responded during Covid-19, identifying the attributes, enabling attitudes of organised communities, solutions to barriers and recommendations on how the NHS can work better with communities.

Policy and Influencing

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Community Development National Occupational Standards

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Guides/Factsheets/Toolkits

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Making Sense of Social Prescribing

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