Mobilising Community Assets to Tackle Health Inequalities
Research programme bringing together academics, community organisations, health and care systems, and people with lived experience to explore the system change needed to support community-based approaches to health equity.
Funded by UKRI-AHRC
- The Mobilising programme, w/ @ncch.bsky.social @coastalcch.bsky.social and Blackpool Researching Together, is proud to launch a participatory research study investigating the surge of ketamine use - and Blackpool’s powerful approach to tackle it ➡️ ncch.org.uk/uploads/Blac...
- 📣📣We’re proud & excited to announce the publication of our deep dive report, in collaboration with @ncch.bsky.social and NHS Gloucestershire. A brilliant exploration of how Gloucestershire ICB is embedding #creativehealth across its system. Read (& share widely!) here➡️ ncch.org.uk/blog/embeddi...
- New NCCH & @mobcommassets.bsky.social report shares how Gloucestershire ICB has embedded Creative Health across its system, as part of the UKRI-funded Mobilising Community Assets programme. Read the report: ncch.org.uk/blog/embeddi... Photo credit: Leylan Ozkan
- In September 2025, MobCommAssets & TheNCCH, in association with Prof. Vicky Karkou and @artswellehu.bsky.social, held a webinar about the role of creative health associates. Head over to our website for more information & a recording of the event => ncch.org.uk/news/the-rol...
- Listen to 2 of our Co I's, David Moss & Teresa Salami-Oru speak at the APPG on Creative Health – Neighbourhood Health and Creative Health Roundtable held earlier this week youtu.be/ndrW1r3mnVY @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social @bnssgresearch.bsky.social @eastsussexcc.bsky.social
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- From the vault: The Mobilising programme held a Creative and Participatory Methods knowledge exchange workshop in March 2025. Head over to our blog for more insights on all things creative & participatory methods => ncch.org.uk/blog/knowled...
- ICYMI: Art4Us celebrated a year of achievements earlier this summer at an event held at Edge Hill University which gathered young people, academics and project partners. Catch up on the event on our blog ncch.org.uk/blog/mca-art...
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- Committed to bringing about lasting systemic change in mental health and empowering local communities, The Abundance Project has developed a Theory of Change to ‘offer a counter-narrative: one that insists abundance is possible’. Find out more here ➡️ ncch.org.uk/blog/chartin...
- ICYMI: Read this thorough overview of the MCA’s workshop on creative planetary health in association with Dr Zoe Moula and Arts4Us, addressing the fundamental need for a creative health approach to ‘tackle the environmental, commercial and social determinants of health’. ncch.org.uk/blog/mca-cre...
- 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
- 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
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- Spearheading an urgent investigation into the growing misuse of ketamine, Mobilising Community Assets & NCCH - along with Coastal Communities & Blackpool Researching Together - make a case for a ‘coordinated, multi-sector response’ to this increasingly devastating issue. ncch.org.uk/blog/ketamin...
- 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
- 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
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- 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
- 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...
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- Watch our capacity-building workshops "A changing landscape and the need for complexity-informed approaches" and "Trauma-informed practice: Tools, stories, and strategies for impact" coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/capacity-bui... @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social @buketkara.bsky.social
- Last week we had our annual in-person team meeting in Weston. Lovely to welcome colleagues from across sectors from Blackpool/the NW and Hastings/the SW and show them around Weston in the sunshine! Blog here coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/news/#WSM-me... @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social
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- Eleanor Lockley's thought-provoking blog about advocacy for Creative Health investigates how to widen the reach of Creative Health, in Doncaster and beyond. Head over to the Creative Health Boards' website to have a read - creativehealthboards.org.uk/advocacy-for...
- As part of our project, we are running creative workshops supporting mental health in our 3 focus areas: young people’s mental health, substance use, serious illness and bereavement. Read more coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/project-acti... @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social
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- This week is Mental Health Awareness week. The CC&CH project aims to generate evidence and resources to improve mental health in our focus areas by enhancing and widening access to community assets. Read more coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social
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- Read about our second discussion forum and World Cafe held in Weston-super-Mare last month coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/news/#WsMDis... @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social
- Our last knowledge exchange event saw all twelve MCA projects get together to share insights & experiences one year into Phase 3. An invigorating moment of collaboration and dialogue captured in an insightful blog by @ncch.bsky.social & stunning illustration by Temujen ncch.org.uk/blog/mobilis...
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- Last week, we hosted an online knowledge exchange with all 12 Phase 3 MCA projects. The event was insightful and inspiring, highlighting many connecting themes such as systems approaches, lived experience, and creative methods. Check out the excellent summary sketches from the sessions:
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- A fantastic series of essays on community-engaged research from @britsciassoc.bsky.social, featuring our own Kiz Manley and Celeste Ingram's essay 'A lived experience journey in health inequalities research'
- Exciting news! 🎉 Our lived experience producer, Kiz Manley, and advisory group member, Celeste Ingrams, have been published by @britsciassoc.bsky.social! Their essay explores the lived experience journey in health inequalities research — check it out www.britishscienceassociation.org/essay-1-ucl-...
- How can we build a stronger partnership between Government & Civil Society? Our latest blog breaks down our response to the government consultation on the Civil Society Covenant—exploring key lessons from the MCA programme: ncch.org.uk/blog/resetti... #CivilSociety #PolicyChange
- Check out this video with MCA Programme Director, Prof. Helen Chatterjee @h_chatterjee as she discusses creative and community-based approaches to health! 🎥✨ #CreativeHealth #HealthInequalities www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXVO...
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- Masters student, Manal Aldabbagh, collaborated with our team and the Culture Health and Wellbeing Alliance on a dissertation exploring the connections between #CreativeHealth and #PlanetaryHealth. Discover more in this blog post 🌍 www.culturehealthandwellbeing.org.uk/exploring-li...
- Read about our upcoming creative workshops coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/project-acti... and the community artists who will be co-designing and delivering the workshops with our co-researchers coastalcch.bristol.ac.uk/people-2/com... @lucyselman.bsky.social @mobcommassets.bsky.social
- Congratulations to our master's student, Hanna Morris, on publishing her dissertation: 'An Exploration of the Role of Lived Experience in Researching Creative Health Research'. Read more about it in her blog 👇
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- Our latest newsletter is here! 📢 Get the latest updates and news from our Phase 3 projects. Read it here: mailchi.mp/0b745a1e86bb...
- The Creating Change project, funded through Phase 2 of the Mobilising Community Assets programme, explores how community assets can be integrated into health systems across West Yorkshire. Read more here 👇
- 📢 We are hiring! We are looking for a maternity cover Programme Coordinator to join our team at UCL Arts and Sciences, in partnership with National Centre for Creative Health (NCCH). Could you join our team? #CreativeHealth #HealthInequalities
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- Our newest blog considers some of the key takeaways from Phase 2 Mobilising Community Assets projects… ‘Cross-cultural consortia can successfully help reduce health inequalities in communities across the UK’ ncch.org.uk/blog/mobilis...
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