Whole Community Health

A healthy conversation for a healthier Harwood?

Do your social connections make you healthier or do they make you sick?

The RSA has been commissioned by Blackburn with Darwen Council to look into how social connections and resources in Little Harwood could help everyone be as connected and as healthy as possible. People who are more connected to others are healthier and happier: we are asking what can be done to make this happen in Little Harwood.

Do you want to be healthier? Do you want to be more connected to your local community? Could services be run in a way that is better for you and your family? We are looking into how social connections and the great things happening in Little Harwood could help everyone be as connected and as healthy as possible.

We need YOU! Local people to tell us what to look for; to help us shape and do research; and to give us great ideas for projects and businesses that will increase local health, wellbeing and social connections. People who are more connected to others are healthier and happier: what can we do to make this happen in Little Harwood? Find out when we'll be having these conversations.

Got some skills? We will be looking for local people who want to shape and do the research to help us find out all of Little Harwood’s stories. You’ll get accredited training to show for it! Find out when and where training will be held.

Got great ideas? As part of the project we will be looking to find local people with great skills and ideas to help them set up healthy living and connectedness projects and businesses in Little Harwood. Email Gaia Marcus with your ideas.