Social Action for Health (SAfH)

Welcome to Social Action for Health

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.

Community, well being and food

Social Action for Health is hosting a seminar around health and food growing in communities. The aim of the day is to:

To draw local activists together
To enable them to promote their projects more widely;
To share good practice across East London
To find out what is already going on in the local area
To explore how to capture and evaluate impact for evidence/funding purposes

The day will consist of talks from people active in running projects and workshops based around community food growing, health and evaluation.
It will also provide an opportunity to meet new people working in similar fields.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Date: 14th April 2010
Time: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Venue: Ment House, 1B Mentmore Terrace, E8 3DQ

Who should attend?
Anyone who represents a community organisation or group with an interest in food growing, healthy eating, gardening, community development.

How to register
Spaces will need to be reserved on a first come first served basis. To book your place please contact Ross Stonier at Social Action for Health on:
Email: Rosss@safh.org.uk
Telephone: 020 8510 1970

A tribute to Nigel Jackson, our former Treasurer

It is with great sadness and a deep sense of loss that we have to tell you that our Treasurer, Nigel Jackson, was tragically killed in an avalanche in the French Alps on Christmas Day.

Nigel had been our Treasurer for only eighteen months, but in that time had made a great and valuable contribution. As well as his expertise, he brought humour, sensitivity and generosity to our Board and we will really miss him.

In memory of his contribution, we are intending to establish a Nigel Jackson Award, for someone in the organisation who contributes over and above the norm, in particular in support of their colleagues.

We send our condolences his partner, family, colleagues and friends; he was a very special person

SAfH Board Member Success

NHS Tower Hamlets disability counsellor Gulrook Begum has been appointed a Member of the British Empire (MBE).

Gulrook received the award, announced in the New Year’s honours list on 1 January, in recognition of her services to disabled Bangladeshi people in Tower Hamlets.

Gulrook said: “I was shocked to find out I had been nominated but very happy, and my husband and children are very proud.” Mrs Begum has been working for NHS Tower Hamlets since 1988.

All at SAfH send our congratulations.

City and Hackney Patient Network

Self Management graduates are invited to join a patient network. The Network aims to support patients in being able to utilise the skills they have learnt in their Self Management course and take them towards the next stages of the spiral of participation.

What is the Network for?
Residents from City and Hackney will be invited to participate in consultations, research and to become members of committees around health care provision.

How will it work?
Graduates will be able to access the network by becoming a member. Members will be sent information in the post and electronically. There will also be an opportunity to have discussions through an e-network and message board format. NHS City & Hackney will communicate with the network on health related issues.

If you would like to join this network then please click here to download a form. Once completed, please send it back to us. If you have any enquiry then please contact Susie Crome on 020 8510 1967 or by email (susiec@safh.org.uk).