Winter Health Vaccination Programme
Creating empowered communities to tackle health inequalities
This project aims were to deliver a Winter Health – Health Creation Programme in collaboration with leaders from Manchester BAME communities to help drive a reduction in health inequalities and enhance communities’ winter health and wellbeing, including through access and equity of vaccination uptake.
9 organisations from the areas of Cheetham Hill & Crumpsall Vale, Ancoats, Clayton & Bradford and Ardwick & Longsight completed the project which lasted for 1 year Oct 1st 2023-Oct 1st 2024.
Project Outcomes - Manchester Local Care Organisation (MLCO)
• Reduce health inequalities
• Enhance health and wellbeing.
• Improve contact between people in communities.
• Increase confidence and develop greater control to positively impact upon the determinants of health.
Outcomes - Manchester Settlement
Improved understanding and trust in vaccination programmes
Improving locality data regarding vaccine uptake (Flu, Covid)
Increased feelings of control, contacts and confidence when confronted by complex health systems
Methodology- what we did
The Project Plan describes the interventions throughout the year; beginning with the recruitment of the organisations to the final celebration! Please click on the links to get further information for each intervention.