Social Action for Health (SAfH)

Welcome to
Social Action for Health (SAfH)!.

SAfH is a community development charity, which works alongside marginalised local people and their communities towards justice, equality, better health and wellbeing. We currently operate mainly in East London and train local people to work with their community in their mother tongue, including Bengali, Somali, Turkish / Kurdish, Congolese, Gujarati, Urdu, Arabic, and English.

Please click here to read more about SAfH values and approaches

Hackney LINk Steering Group Elections:
Your chance to get more involved!

Hackney LINk is having its first election onto the Steering Group, which is open to all members of Hackney LINk to stand and vote in the elections. Hackney LINk members can either be individuals or representatives from voluntary or community organisations that operate in Hackney, and membership is free of charge. Please click here to sign up as a member.

The Hackney LINk Steering Group governs the direction and work undertaken by the organisation, and aims to be representative of the communities within Hackney. Therefore Steering Group candidates should have knowledge and / or experience of local services, and a local community and its needs, and a wish to improve services within Hackney.

If you wish to stand for this influential organisation you will firstly need to be a member of Hackney LINk. Hackney LINk members have to get a Nomination Pack, and fill in the Nomination Application Form, which must be received by 5pm on Wednesday 1st July 2009.

The election will take place by postal vote, with the count undertaken by Hackney Council’s Electoral Services on Tuesday 21st July 2009. For more information on the election please click here.

Interview with Elizabeth Bayliss

Recently an interview with Elizabeth Bayliss, CEO of Social Action for Health (SAfH) has been featured in the Young Foundation's Launchpad.
It is an uncomfortable fact that inequality and racism pervade the UK health system. Whether this is down to institutional history, the behaviour of individuals or unwillingness to change is debateable. But, the consequences continue to be felt by the millions of people across the country who are being failed by the system. SAfH tackles this injustice face-on and its approach is always to start and end with the people and Elizabeth gives insight into this approach in her interview. Please click here to read the interview (link opens in a new window).