Below are the latest updates on the work to deliver the 50 Steps. Click on the headings to read the full piece on the 50 Steps blog.
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50 Steps Blog
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Ageing Well Festival 2024
Save the date! Newham’s free Ageing Well Festival will be held on Saturday 5 October. Please join us to celebrate International Day of Older Persons. Everything will be FREE including all activities, entertainment and the international food available. The celebration forms part of our wider Ageing Well strategy, aimed at improving the health and wellbeing […]
Published: 24 Jun 2024
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Improving food safety, standards and access for people seeking sanctuary
Home cooked food is not only important for health; it is an integral part of cultural identity. Preparing and eating food can help associate with our past lives, create new and lasting memories, provide social connection and enable families to have control over the food they eat. People seeking sanctuary who live in catered hotels […]
Published: 18 Jun 2024
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Community Interpreting Programme
This Refugee Week we are celebrating the first graduates of Newham’s Refugee Community Interpreter training programme and the amazing impact they will have in the community. In partnership with Welcome Newham, the charity, REAP, delivered their innovative community interpreter training programme to 13 refugees seeking sanctuary in the borough. Together participants spoke 20 languages. Training […]
Published: 17 Jun 2024
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Let’s talk about autism
Following the launch of our All-age autism strategy  during Autism Awareness Month, we want to keep the conversation going. We are pleased to present a video we have commissioned which features four autistic professionals who live or work in Newham sharing their lived experiences. According to official data, only 22 per cent of autistic people […]
Published: 13 Jun 2024
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Introduction to Healthy Equity
As we all begin to implement the 50 Steps strategy, our Step teams are being supported to create action plans not only for their Steps but more specifically, for the equity objectives. Equity is the golden thread that runs through the entire strategy because doing the work to deliver equity isfundamental to delivering better health […]
Published: 12 Jun 2024
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Spring into action
This spring, we can all make our borough a healthier, better place to live by simply downloading the BetterPoints app, joining the BetterPoints Newham Challenge and getting on the move. Walking or cycling for smaller trips can make a difference to how we feel and our environment. Thanks to BetterPoints rewards, the technology can also […]
Published: 10 Jun 2024
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Good Thinking Newham small grants programme
This programme is aimed at improving the mental health and wellbeing of Newham’s residents. Good Thinking Newham seeks to increase awareness and use of Good Thinking across Newham – and to learn more about what people want and need from Good Thinking. This programme focuses on spreading Good Thinking to more people in Newham. It […]
Published: 06 Jun 2024
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Loneliness Awareness Week – 10th to 16th June
Loneliness Awareness Week raises awareness of loneliness and empowers everyone to make local connections. This year’s theme of Random Acts of Connection encourages everyone to increase those simple, everyday moments of connection which help us feel happier and less lonely. Join us in a series of inspiring activities to help forge stronger bonds within our […]
Published: 04 Jun 2024
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World No Tobacco Day
Quit Well Newham delivered two outreach events partnering with Change Grow Live (CGL) Newham Rise and Blakeberry Pharmacy to mark World No Tobacco Day on the 31st May 2024. This was an opportunity to call on the borough’s smokers to quit this habit and highlight the benefits of the free stop smoking support available. One […]
Published: 03 Jun 2024
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Leisure centre improvements and extended opening times
As you may have noticed, our leisure centres have seen some recent improvements. It’s been several weeks since GLL, operating under the Better brand, took over the management of the three sites. While there have been changes, residents can continue to enjoy all of the existing activities previously offered. Free Swimming for under-16s and over-60s remains […]
Published: 03 Jun 2024