‘Promoting a healthy community’ was a year long project run in collaboration with the Bevan Commission that had provided information with a minimum of three healthcare experts to deliver information, facilitate a discussion and answer questions on a topic chosen by the community itself. We have also held sessions on mental health and diabetes and would love to be able to extend this further covering health topics that the community itself deems important. This was part of the let’s get cooking, healthy eating sessions we had ran every Wednesday afternoon at Eyst, South Loudon Place, Butetown, for the community. Also there are Virtual Yoga Practice morning Sessions held every weekday via zoom.

Over the course of one year, we delivered three targeted online healthcare sessions. To ensure the content was relevant, we conducted extensive research and maintained consistent communication within the community to identify the most pressing health topics. Following these sessions, we held follow-up meetings to assess knowledge retention and gauge how the information was received. This process allowed us to evaluate the effectiveness of each session and identify areas where further support was required.

Recognising that health misinformation was most prevalent among our most isolated and vulnerable residents, we prioritised reaching those who were traditionally difficult to engage. By hosting our sessions online, we successfully extended our reach to as many people as possible. These sessions served as a reliable, trustworthy source of information, providing the community with a clear alternative to the conflicting advice they had previously received.