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Coastal Community & Creative Health
@coastalcch.bsky.social
Research project on health equity in coastal regions in England, funded by AHRC (2024-27). ⛱️🩺🧠
Principal Investigators: Barbara Mezes & @lucyselman.bsky.social
Blackpool, Hastings & Weston-super-Mare
https://coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk
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Coastal Community and Creative Health is a 3 year, £2.4 million national partnership funded by AHRC to tackle health inequalities in 3 coastal communities, Blackpool, Hastings and Weston-super-Mare
capcnews.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/02/15/n...
National partnership to tackle health inequalities in coastal communities awarded £2.4 million – News
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CC&CH Workshop: Why does it matter? Understanding accountability for community outcomes, 4 December 1-3pm. More information and registration here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/why-does-i...

@lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Introduction to Ripple Effect Mapping 5 Nov 1-3pm This interactive workshop will introduce the ripple effect mapping method and guide participants through how it can be applied in practice www.eventbrite.com/e/introducti...
@lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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SPCR trainee Anna Pathmanathan reflects on engaging or involving the public in research: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/blog/th...

Reblogged from @capcbristol.bsky.social

#PPIE #PrimaryCare #Research
October 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Lovely article in @bristol247.bsky.social about an exhibition 'turning grief into art', which was held in Bristol on Saturday. The exhibition was curated by @goodgrieffest.bsky.social intern Isis Blake.

www.bristol247.com/culture/art/...
Turning grief into art
A new exhibition aimed to “unite people in love and loss”
www.bristol247.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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When her mum died, student Melanie Wolff felt hit by a ‘hurricane’ of emotions. This panel on 13 Nov will explore challenges of grief at uni & how to improve support, feat 3 people bereaved as students www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffest/loss-and-learning-navigating-grief-at-university/e-ogxlev
October 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Listen to CC&CH Co-Investigators speak
David Moss BNSSG ICB & Teresa Salami-Oru Consultant in Public Health
Register here lnkd.in/euB5HEfu
@lucyselman.bsky.social @profnigelsherriff.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @eastsussexcc.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
CC&CH Workshop: Why does it matter? Understanding accountability for community outcomes, 4 December 1-3pm. More information and registration here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/why-does-i...

@lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Introduction to Ripple Effect Mapping 5 Nov 1-3pm This interactive workshop will introduce the ripple effect mapping method and guide participants through how it can be applied in practice www.eventbrite.com/e/introducti...
@lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Creative Health-our latest Blackpool Discussion Forum included a great rendition of Hey Jude & an opportunity to hear about the work of Blackpool's diverse & talented community organisations
coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/news/
@lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The CC&CH project aims to generate evidence and resources to improve mental health and tackle health inequalities in coastal communities by enhancing and widening access to community assets coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk
@lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Watch our live scribe video by Liam Calllebout from our Weston-super-Mare community meeting last month. Plenty of discussion as you can see!
@lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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A fairer GP funding system is essential to tackling health inequalities.

We welcome the government's review of the Carr-Hill formula — a long-overdue chance to make funding fairer and improve access for those who need it most. buff.ly/Wd7ROzh #HealthInequalities #NHS
October 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Another brilliant community meeting in Weston-super-Mare recently, discussing and shaping exciting new plans for a Creative Health Board and community chest funding coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/news/#Third_...
@lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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A new report, which features Mobilising projects, published by the Creative Industries Council & Arts Council England highlights how creativity is improving the nation’s health & wellbeing - and saving the NHS money.
www.thecreativeindustries.co.uk/download-hub/health-wellbeing-forum-report
CIC Health & Wellbeing Forum 2025 Report - Download Hub: The Creative Industries
A cross sector group of experts advises greater use of innovative creative health approaches to help the UK meet long-term challenges. Download now in the Download Hub.
www.thecreativeindustries.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Three Research Schools' Online Seminar | What should emotionally safe coproduced research with lived experience researchers on sensitive topics look like?, 22 October 2025, 12 - 1pm: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/events/emoti...

#MentalHealth #Research

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@georginaspcr.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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📢Research Handbook on End of Life Care and Society (eds Clark & Samuels) now out OPEN ACCESS.

Delighted to contribute the chapter on bereavement. PDF available here: www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-o...
September 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Webinar: Evaluating impact in Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE).

Join us for this FREE 90-minute session on the different approaches to evaluating PPIE in health research, led by PPIE experts.

📆Tues 21 Oct 2025, 1-2.30pm

Register: tinyurl.com/5xvmpdmw

@nihrspcr.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Evaluating Programmes & Creative Engagement Initiatives. Register for our Collaborative workshop exploring methods for evaluating creative engagement initiatives and participatory methods for evaluating programmes www.eventbrite.com/e/evaluating...
@lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Co-creating Services: Stakeholder Engagement from Design to Evaluation. Recording & slides from our latest capacity building workshop are now on our website. coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/capacity-bui...
@lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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If you're new to research, involving patients & the public in your work can seem daunting.

In this blog, CAPC PhD student Anna Pathmanathan shares how she overcame her nervousness & learned to appreciate the value of #PPIE.

Read the blog: tinyurl.com/y9wx6jv8

@nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk
September 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Grief’s Grace: Launching our Living Archive in Weston-super-Mare. Read Louise Hill-Davis' blog here coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/news/
How do we carry loss and still find strength and connection? When we share it, grief can become a source of grace.
@lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Join our online capacity building workshop, "Co-creating Services: Stakeholder Engagement from Design to Evaluation", Tue 16 Sep 1-3pm. Free registration here: lnkd.in/eTqe3Zth
@lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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The first seminar of our new series is now available on YouTube! Thanks again to Christy Denckla @hsph.harvard.edu @harvard.edu for a fascinating discussion exploring a public health perspective on grief & bereavement with @lucyselman.bsky.social.

Watch here: griefcentre.bristol.ac.uk/events
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August 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Three Research Schools' Online Seminar | What should emotionally safe coproduced research with lived experience researchers on sensitive topics look like?, 22 October 2025, 12 - 1pm: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/events/emoti...

#MentalHealth #Research

@ashmore1973.bsky.social
@georginaspcr.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Creative Health Associates: The role of Creative Health Connectors
10 Sept 2025, 10:30am - 12pm, online.

Join us as we will present at a forthcoming @mobcommassets.bsky.social webinar exploring job roles that connect health systems with creative health

Register www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-h...
August 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM