Blogs

By James Hammond, Policy and Partnerships Co-ordinator, Richmond Group.

Improving the health and wellbeing of our communities isn’t just the job of the NHS. The King’s Fund’s recent online conference, Community-led approaches to health and wellbeing, highlighted the invaluable contribution of the VCSE sector to building healthier, resilient communities.

By James Hammond, Policy and Partnerships Co-ordinator, Richmond Group.

This summer the Activity Alliance released its third Annual Disability and Activity Survey* followed by an impairment specific report, revealing slow progress in engaging disabled people in physical activity since the COVID-19 pandemic. The reports are a sobering read: many disabled people are fearful about returning to physical activity, experience inadequate support when they do, and have heightened financial and health-related barriers since the pandemic.

by Juliet Bouverie OBE, Chair of the Richmond Group of Charities 

A new resource pack to help healthcare professionals and organisations support people with long term health conditions to be active has been launched.

Michelle Roberts, Physical Activity and Health Programme Lead, explains: 

This post was authored by Juliet Bouverie OBE (Chair, The Richmond Group of Charities)

Last week, the government announced its long-term strategy for living safely with Covid. The Richmond Group is urging a rethink of the approach, which has left many vulnerable people feeling abandoned and invisible.  

Sara Hazzard, Assistant Director of Strategic Communications at the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, continues our guest blog series responding to our 'You Only Had To Ask' report on what people with multiple conditions say about health equity.

A recent report from The Taskforce on Multiple Conditions, You Only Had To Ask,  paints a disturbing picture of those struggling to make sense of a healthcare system in desperate need of a redesign.

Peter Goldblatt, Senior Advisor, UCL Institute of Health Equity, continues our guest blog series responding to our 'You Only Had To Ask' report on what people with multiple conditions say about health equity.

Our Director Neil Tester blogs about why we're supporting a new consensus statement on physical activity

Today The Richmond Group of Charities is proud to endorse the important new consensus statements on the risks of physical activity for people living with long-term conditions. The statements’ publication is a big step forward in helping health professionals to support people with health conditions to get the many benefits of moving more in ways that work for them.

Yasmin Ibison, Programme and Partnerships Manager (Employment) at Black Thrive Lambeth, kicks off our new series of guest blogs in response to our #YouOnlyHadToAsk report on what people with multiple conditions say about health inequality.