Big Lottery Wellbeing Portfolios in the North

Date of the event: 13/10/10
Organised by: Gillian from the NW Healthy Living Network
Venue: Stockport MBC
Report by: Maggie Moody, Portfolio Manager

Rhiannon, Lawrence and I went to a meeting of the four BIG Lottery Fund funded wellbeing portfolios in the North of England last week.

Represented at the meeting were:
North West Healthy Living Network (NW),
Altogether Better (Yorks and Humberside),
New Leaf New Life (NE),
and, of course, Target: Well-being (also NW).

The opportunity to share experiences, challenges and solutions was invaluable, and the openness of the discussions and willingness to share information was very refreshing. Networking at its best!

Whilst the portfolios are all working towards the same objectives to increase physical activity, increase healthy eating and improve mental wellbeing, the diversity of the portfolios and their projects is amazing. There's also huge innovation around evaluation and communications, just to mention a couple of examples, and the Altogether Better work with Health Champions is an inspiration.

I will endeavour to highlight forthcoming events and opportunities, but I encourage you to visit their websites (links above) and sign up to their newsletters, etc. to find out more.