Community

23 June 2025. This month in our Food with Friends event we highlighted the importance of building healthy connections in the community. The event was supported by City of Portsmouth College, Portsmouth City Council’s Independence and Well-being Team (see activities) and Southsea Beachwatch. We also presented research findings on engaging migrants in local climate action.  …

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18 June 2025. Our community researchers Anita David and Fatma Tuylu attended a community-led research workshop in London earlier this week, organised by the Institute for Voluntary Action Research. This is the third stage training under the Community Participatory Action Research programme. Funded by NHS England’s School of Public Health, the programme identifies health inequalities …

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9 June 2025. We are fortunate again to be recipients of the Community Inclusion Grant Scheme from the Portsmouth City Council which aims to advance community cohesion and promote equality, diversity, and inclusion. Our director Shipa Ahmed Khan and Community Researcher Fatma Tuylu attended the award event at Portsmouth Guildhall.  It was such an honour …

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24 April 2025. This month’s Food with Friends was a special gathering focused on Healthy Relationships, hosted by Anita David, WBI Director of Community Engagement. Attendees from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds came together to learn, reflect, and share ways to foster healthier relationships. The interactive and engaging session was aimed at raising awareness and …

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22 March 2025. WBI hosted another fantastic Food with Friends event on “Cancer and Smoking” led by Shipa Ahmed Khan, health inequalities lead from Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust and our executive director, Bonny Ling. The community gathered to learn about early detection, screening, and ways to reduce the risk of cancer. We were fortunate …

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26 March 2025. WBI Director of Community Engagement, Anita David, reflects on her participation in a national Community Participatory Action Research (CPAR) project, along with our community researcher Fatma Tuylu. Their research training started in Oxford in October 2024. In this blog, Anita and Fatma write about the impact of raising the importance of community …

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10 March 2025. Our Food with Friends last month was another fantastic outreach session in collaboration with Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust and Portsmouth City Council. The incredible Sharon Court, Patient and Public Involvement Facilitator from Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, led an insightful discussion on community involvement in public health research. She explained the various roles research participants …

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