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    Forgingalliances

    We linkcommunity groupsfor mutual benefit

    Working

    togetherWe help communitiesto organise

    TakingControlWe teach people

    to manage theirown health

    Grass roots workWe engage with

    local peoplesown agendas

    BuildingnetworksWe sustain services

    for local people

    Influencing PolicyWe take local peoples agendasto decision makers

    ChangingpracticeWe seek to make

    practice moreresponsive

    Social Action for Health

    Accessto servicesWe improvepeoples knowledge

    of their entitlements

    Aim: To work with local people towards justice, equality and community

    Values: We start with the people People have the right to take control of their lives

    Peoples health can be improved by tackling isolation, poverty, racism and unemployment Healthy communities are good for the whole society

    Changing practiceSusie Crome, Project Manager

    "We asked the GP practices we work with

    if we could have direct access to their

    patient lists. Some agreed provided we

    signed a confidentiality statement. Now

    we phone people directly in their own

    language. It's quicker and simpler, and it's allowed us to

    work towards a rolling programme of courses, whichmeans lots more people will benefit."

    Taking controlTina Patel, Project Manager

    When people manage their condition

    themselves, it has far greater impact than

    a symptomatic solution, such as a nurse

    telling you how to use your inhaler. One

    woman didn't feel able to get a bus to her

    course so we had to send a minicab each week. By the

    last week, she felt confident enough to get the bus by

    herself. She just felt better about herself and her skills."

    Forging alliancesPhilip Morgan, Volunteer

    "Alliances are about human

    relationships. They embody friendship

    as well as business. Society doesn't like

    diversity, but when you're part of an

    alliance you have to live with difference

    and work with it. That's what community is all about."

    Influencing policyShabira Papain, Project Manager

    "We're successful because we make local

    people's own agendas the start and end

    of our work. It's the only way to make an

    impact on health inequalities. We have

    lots of conversations with decision

    makers where we say these are the issues highlighted by

    local people and here's how services could be improved."

    Access to servicesNirban Chowdhury, Project Manager

    "We train frontline workers to lead

    groups in their own communities

    informing people about cancer and

    cancer services. Communication between

    GPs and community members is a major

    barrier. People just don't get taken seriously. We tell

    them to actually use the word 'cancer'. Then at least they

    stand a chance of being investigated properly."

    Building networksEyarun Choudhury, Project Manager

    "As part of a network small community

    service providers can support one another,

    train together and access funding more

    easily. It also gives them a bigger voice.

    We convene meetings, organise training

    and more. We tell people, 'You provide the services and

    we'll bend over backwards to support you'."

    Working togetherAndy Benson, Network co-ordinator

    "SAfH's work is directed towards trying

    to interest individuals in being more

    collective. We try to convince people of

    the advantage of combining forces to

    do something together. It's about

    helping people to take an interest and engage with

    things around them."

    Grass roots workJoe Walker, Project Manager

    So much service provision is about

    setting agendas and hitting targets.

    Sometimes we don't have an agenda at

    all. We'll go to a community and start to

    construct one from scratch with them.

    They'll say these are the issues and we'll say, well, how

    can we help you to generate change. The work involves

    and is owned by local people.

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    Social Action for Health

    air's report

    The year from April 2006 has been a busy one for the Board and for Social

    Action for Health (SAfH). We said goodbye to Anwara Dewan as Chair at the

    AGM in October. Anwara has brought much commitment to SAfH. We would

    like to thank her for her leadership and commitment over her time as Chair. She

    continues as a trustee. Other changes have happened too: Liz Corder resigned

    due to the pressures of motherhood and Hasneen Choudhury also resigned due

    to work and family commitments. We would also like to thank them for their

    hard work and commitment to SAfH. We welcomed Janet McMillan (Vice Chair

    e January 2007), Azom Mortuza and Andy Turner in October 2006. Janet now runs her

    consultancy and was formerly Executive Director of Partnerships for the North Easton Strategic Health Authority; Azom is a Community Development Team Leader

    ntal Health) for Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust and Andy is Manager of the Church

    n Fund Exchange (CUF Xchange). Together with existing trustees, the Board has a

    d mix of public, private and voluntary sector members and brings a wealth of

    rtise to bear.

    k over as Chair in October 2006 and feel very privileged to have done so. I am really

    ng to grips with the issues faced by the organisation and by its constituency. It is

    ugh world for an organisation that wishes to work to the agenda of the

    munities it serves and tackle their issues in ways that suit them. We continue to

    a lot of success with commissioning through the public sector but still seem to

    it impossible to cover our management costs through this route, despite the best

    rances of the government that full cost recovery is a reality. As a result, we still

    ggle to fund enough resource at senior management level and this causes a strainhe organisation.

    see as a priority to build up our senior management capacity and allow us to use

    experience in community development and reaching 'hard-to-reach' communities

    a wider geographical region. We are asked continually to help advise policy-

    ers and other a gencies on how to follow a community-led approach but there is not

    gh time to undertake this capacity-building and sharing of expertise.

    ite the financial strain, we continue to maintain our reputation for the quality and

    ivity of our work, both locally and, with policy makers, more nationally. We

    nue to broaden the work we do (a very exciting project with St Joseph's hospice

    just commenced); a new website is in progress; we have invested in thelopment of our project managers, held a number of strategy meetings with thed, had a fantastic Away Day for all staff, appointed new auditors, have plans to

    ate the constitution and maybe undertake, more formally, consultancy work

    ding on our experience. So there is, as always, a lot happening.

    H continues to live by its values, do work led by the communities, tackle issues

    y would find it hard to tackle and maintain an enthusiasm and energy that makes

    reat place to be.

    k you to all those not mentioned here who, in various ways, support the

    nisation. I hope you enjoy reading our annual report.

    Boultonr of SAfH Boardber 2007

    Executive director's report

    Ten full-time and 20 part-time staff, and 88 sessional workers delivered 30 projects in

    SAfH during 2006-7.

    They are all to be congratulated on their achievements. Starting at different points on the

    spiral of participant, staff members a nd sessional workers have worked with vigour,

    purpose and commitment.

    Central to our day-to-day lives in SAfH is the fact of the short-term funding (6,12 or 18

    months) that we rely on. This creates both organisational and personal uncertainty that

    wastes creativity. Despite this, SAfH manages to hang onto staff members for longperiods, which has allowed the organisation to develop its memory so that we are able

    to learn from our practice. This is the reason we are able to undertake work that is so

    highly rated.

    However, in 2006-7 we did lose a valued and very long-standing member of staff,

    Jahanara Loqueman, who retired in March after 16 years. We wish to thank her for her

    hard work over so many years and wish her well in the future.

    For many of our sessional staff - self-management tutors, Healthy Moves tutors, health

    guides, community researchers - their experience with SAfH leads into secure

    employment or further education, often after long-term unemployment. The training we

    offer and the experience gained as a sessional worker provide the confidence necessary

    for people to step into the mainstream. Over 200 people have now been trained in oneway or another through SAfH to work in their mother tongue in their communities.

    Whether they work with us or not, they act as role models, demonstrating in their daily

    lives their readiness to engage with the public arena, thus contributing positively to our

    democratic society. We thank them all for the ir witness.

    I would like to extend my personal thanks to Shanti Kar, our Finance Manager who has

    kept our finances under control and to the SAfH project managers who, this year, have

    stepped up to the broader task of helping to manage the organisation as a whole. With

    so few resources for management, their application has led to growing skill and

    confidence, upon which the future stability of the organisation rests.

    Elizabeth BaylissExecutive director

    AFF MEMBERS AT JULY 2006

    AFF MEMBERS AT JULY 2007

    a Akhte r Proje ct work er - Self Ma na gement,

    and self-management tutor

    wk et A li Pr oje ct w or ke r - S el f M ana ge me nt , a nd s el f-

    management tutor (left April 2007)

    a A ti k O ut re ach w or ke r - R ef ug ee Out re ach S ch oo ls Pr oje ct

    be th Bay liss Exe cutive dir ector

    es an a B ib i P ro je ct wo rk er - H ea lt h G ui de s ( le ft A ug us t 2 00 6)

    y Benson Co-ordina tor - Hackney Adv ice Forum

    ell Bergmann Administ rator /Communi ty worker - Tower Hamlets

    Healthy Living Network (left March 2006)

    et Ca mp be ll S en io r p ro je ct ma na ge r ( le ft No ve mb er 20 06 )

    mimara Choudhury Project worker - Healthy Moves (Newham) (left May 2006)

    run Chowdhury Pro ject manager - Health & Advice Links Project

    (Tower Hamlets and Hackney) and Information& Advice Consortium (Hackney)

    an Chowdhury Project manager - Bengali Cancer Awareness Project and

    lead on Healthy Moves development

    e Crome Project ma na ge r - Self Manage me nt

    m Eyigurbuz Pro ject worker - Refugee Outreach Schools P ro ject

    (left August 2006)

    ine Fa ce y F ina nc e a nd ad mi ni st ra ti ve as si st an t

    hu Fr anc in e Pr oj ec t w or ke r - Se lf Ma na ge me nt

    a ye l Isla m Pr oje ct work er - Hea lth Guide s

    nti Kar Finance manager

    a K ha tu n P ro je ct ma na ge r - Do in g Yo ur Pa rt (l ef t N ov em be r 2 00 6)

    se l K on ca P ro je ct wo rk er - R ef ug ee Ou tr ea ch S ch oo ls P ro je ct

    nara Loqueman Pro ject manager - Community-Based Cont inence

    Project, and self-management tutor (left March 2007) Ma la olu Community de velopme nt worke r

    Maleque Pr oje ct work er - H ea lth Guide s

    eda Maleque Pro ject worker - Do ing Your Part (l ef t December 2006)

    he l M bo yo O ut re ac h w or ke r - Re fu ge e O ut re ac h S ch oo ls Pr oj ec t

    o Mo ha me d Pr oj ec t w or ke r - H ea lt h Gu id es

    run Nessa Cleaner

    o N oor Pr oj ec t w or ke r - H ea lt hy Mo ve s f or S om al i El de rs

    bi ra Pa pa in Pr oj ec t m ana ge r - H ea lt h G ui de s

    ey Pa lmer Community deve lopment work er

    Patel Project manager - Self Management

    eena Rahman Administrative support assistant and self-management tutor

    R et zm an n D ir ec to r - To we r H am le ts H ea lt hy L iv in g N et wo rk

    (left June 2007)

    rie R icha rds Administra tion m anagera Thomas Capacity-building and support worker -

    Tower Hamlets Healthy Living Network (left June 2007)

    Wa lk er Pr oj ec t m an ag er - C om mun it y D ev el opm en t Te am

    and Refugee Outreach Schools Project

    k Why te Pr oject work er - Mental H ea lth Guide s

    fH Projects 2006/7

    MMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

    fugee Outreach Schools Project

    ct Manager: Joe Walkerject team works in four Hackney primary

    ols to make contact with refugee parentskish/Kurdish, Congolese and Somali),

    ging them in health information,uraging people to manage their ownh and that of their families more actively.

    s done through group meetings, Healthe information sessions, through talks onh issues, coffee mornings and one-to-

    advice sessions, facilitated in their ownage.ct worker: Yuksel Konca

    ct assistants: Racheal Mboyo, Leyla Atik

    mmunity Development Teamct Manager: Joe Walker

    Community Development Team workse grass roots in Hackney to engage

    people from marginalised

    munities in the public arena. The aim isar about their concerns, encourage thelopment of networks through

    ifying common concerns andurage community-led initiatives thately improve health and wellbeing.

    ct workers: Abbey Palmer, Lola Malaolu

    ower Hamlets African and Caribbeanal Health Organisation (THACMHO)

    ct Coordinator: Sidney MillinCMHO is an independent organisation

    orted by SAfH. It promotes the all-roundh and wellbeing of African andbean people living or working in Tower

    lets through educational andmunity-awareness programmes.

    ESS TO SERVICES

    HEALTH INFORMATION

    alth Guides Project

    ct Manager: Shabira Papainproject trains and supports local peoplet as own-language health guides within

    communities. The aim is to provideuded people with information andnce on positive health and how to

    ss health services. The health guides alsoas representatives, bringing issues ofern to policy makers.

    ct workers: Nimo Ali, Thufayel Islam

    SESSIONAL WORKERS(Self-management tutors,Healthy Moves tutors,health guides andcommunity researchers)

    Abdi Hassan

    Abdi Hussan

    Abdi Mohamed

    Abdirahaman Hassan

    Adnan Saleem MalikAmeena Rahman

    Ann Miller

    Arpana Rohatgi

    Ashraf Choudhury

    Asma Akther

    Ayan Abdi

    Corrine Douglas

    Diafiana Wasaulwa

    E Eyigurbuz

    Emma Triggs

    Eyarun N ChowdhuryF Abdi

    Fakhrul A Chowdhury

    Farhiya Sharif AbdullahiFatima Bibi

    Flosent Chastagner

    Fousia Duale

    G Kelly Kinsala

    Hafiza Begum

    Hasina Akhtar

    Hazel Roach

    Husneara Khanom

    Jahanara Loqueman

    Jusneara Khanom

    Kalphana A Khan

    Kaveri Harriss

    Khaleda MalequeLeila Ali

    Leyla Atik

    Loleta Cumberbatch

    M K Barbhuiyan

    M N Barbhuiyan

    Madhushree Francine

    Maryam Ali

    Masuma Begum

    Md Enamul Haque

    Md Mahbubul Alam

    Md Thufayel Ahmed

    Md. Said Abdulkadir

    Mirash Ali

    Misbah Uddin Khan

    Mohamed Kako

    Mohammed Abdus Salam

    Mohammed Fokor Uddin

    Mohamoud A Ali

    Monjila Khatun

    Monwara Khatun

    Nimo Mohamed

    Nurcan CahillOnagete Louison

    Palmira Avelino

    Rachel M Mboyo

    Rebeka Nasrin Chowdhury

    Rizwan Rasheed

    Roma K Islam

    Rowshan Ara Khanam

    Sadek Syed

    Sadia Duale

    Sadiqul Islam

    Sam Ampnsah

    Sam Shakes

    Sayeda A Begum

    Saynab DualehShadia Ibrahim

    Shahid Sharif

    Shahid Yasin

    Shahida Parvin

    Shamimara Chowdhury

    Shareen Akhtar

    Sheila Fleming

    Shireen Sultana

    Showket Ali

    Shukri Jama

    Solma Khatoon

    Stephen Laudat

    Subrosa Kabir

    Syeda Zinath RahmanTanvir Ahmed

    Ulupi Patel

    Zahida Khalil

    Zahir Raja Chowdhury

    Zainab Warsame

    USER WORKERS

    Philip Morgan

    VOLUNTEERS

    Shahida Parvin

    Subroza Lisa Kabir

    BOARDOF MANAGEMENTMalcolm Alexander

    Mrs Gulrook Begum

    Jean Boulton PhD MBA -

    Chair

    Dr Simon Dein

    Anwara Dewan

    Janet McMillan

    Azom Mortuza

    Andy Turner

    Patrick Vernon

    Shahab Ahmed (resigned)

    Hasneen Choudhury(resigned)

    Liz Corder (resigned)

    PATRON

    Baroness Uddin

    9. Self Management research trial

    Project Manager: Tina PatelThis research trial, carried out in partnership with

    Queen Mary Westfield College, University ofLondon, is assessing the impact of self-

    management training on south Asian peopleliving with asthma.Project workers: Asma Akhter, Showket Ali

    10. Diabetes research trial

    Project Manager: Tina PatelThis research, carried out in partnership withQueen Mary Westfield College, is assessing the

    impact of self-management training on localpeople living with diabetes in Hackney.Project worker: Madhu Francine

    10. Healthy Moves projectProject Manager: Nirban Chowdhury

    This project is building up the capacity to runculturally sensitive body-oriented courses onhealth and wellbeing. The courses are run by local

    people in mother-tongue and aim to giveparticipants the knowledge, skills and attitudeneeded to trust their own body. Social networks

    are built up as participants tell each other theirstories, using movement.Project worker: Asma Akhter

    NETWORKS AND ALLIANCES

    11. Health Links project

    Project Manager: Eyarun ChoudhuryThis project provides advice on benefits, debt,housing and other social-welfare problems for

    people from disadvantaged communities at GPpractices in Hackney. The work is delivered by theHackney Information & Advice Consortium, a

    network of independent advice providersmanaged by SAfH.

    12. Health and Advice Links projectProject Manager: Eyarun ChoudhuryThis project provides advice on benefits, debt,

    housing and other social-welfare problems forpeople from disadvantaged communities at GPpractices in Tower Hamlets through a network of

    local advice agencies managed by SAfH.

    13. Hackney Advice Forum (HAF)Forum Co-ordinator: Andy Benson

    The forum is for community advice agencies inHackney. It aims to provide a platform from which

    agencies can be heard and can negotiate with thestatutory sector and influence policy.

    5. Bengali Cancer Awareness ProjectProject Manager: Nirban Chowdhury

    The project trains frontline workers to lead groupsin their own communities informing people aboutcancer and cancer services. It aims to raise

    awareness of cancer and the importance of earlydetection, treatment and self-managementamong Tower Hamlet's Bangladeshi community.

    6. Bengali Community Continence ProjectProject Manager: Jahanara Loqueman

    The project outreaches to people in theBangladeshi community in Tower Hamlets topromote understanding of managing continence,

    increasing awareness of continence services andpromoting understanding among statutoryservices of cultural sensitivities around

    continence among Bangladeshi people.

    SELF MANAGEMENT

    7. Doing Your Part on the Ocean EstateProject Manager: Nina KhatunThe project works alongside people on the Ocean

    Estate in Stepney to improve their confidence inmanaging their own health, through taking part inSelf Management and Healthy Moves courses,

    delivered in mother tongue by peers. The mainoutcomes are threefold:- people take more active control of managing

    their chronic condition, such as diabetes- people are less dissatisfied with their GPs

    because they gain the skills to take more active

    control of the consultation process- people's local social networks are nurtured and

    developed so that people are better supported.

    Project worker: Khaleda Maleque

    8. Self Management (Tower Hamlets, Hackneyand Newham)

    Project Manager: Susie CromeThe project provides generic training for peoplewith a mix of chronic conditions on how to take

    charge of managing their condition. There arealso courses for people with a specific condition,such as asthma or pain. The outcome is that local

    people become more confident in themselves

    and in managing their chronic conditions, suchas asthma, diabetes and pain. Tutors work in

    mother tongue in Bengali, Somali,Turkish/Kurdish or English.

    14.Service Users Network (SUN)

    Project Manager: Joe WalkerThe members of this network of mental health

    service users are supported to provide self-help services and to develop them. The

    network aims to empower user groups tocombat the isolation and stigma that mentalhealth services users face.

    15. Healthy Living Network

    Director: Lis RetzmannNetwork of Tower Hamlets-based communitygroups and voluntary agencies helping local

    people to manage their own health and improvetheir lifestyle. Aims to promote a holistic, client-centred and culturally sensitive approach to

    health and wellbeing.Project worker: Adina Thomas

    ACTION RESEARCH AND INFLUENCING POLICY

    16. Managing Death in the Muslim Community

    in Tower HamletsProject Manager: Shabira PapainDevelopment work arising out of Health Guide

    sessions at which Somali and Bengali peopleidentified the problems surrounding the processof death. A report was produced that describes

    the situation and identifies ways after-life servicesfor the Muslim community in Tower Hamletsmight be improved.

    Project worker: Thufayel Islam

    17. Tell Us About ItProject Manager: Susie Chrome (Redbridge)

    Project Manager: Shabira Papain(Tower Hamlets)Consultation exercises using forum theatre as

    a means of gathering local people'sexperiences of health services generally(Redbridge) and urgent care services (Tower

    Hamlets) to feed back to the NHS with the aimof improving services for users.Project workers: Nimo Mohamed

    Thufayel Islam

    rity no: 1040496 Company no: 2954744

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    bsite: www.safh.org.uk

    ail: [email protected]

    itors:

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    kney Road London E2 7PR

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    Brady Centre 192 Hanbury Street London E1 5HU

    phone no: 020 7247 1414

    Now I actually talk to my doctorUlupi PatelSessional worker, Self Management

    "If you'd seen me 18 months ago you wouldn't have thought I'd last the month. My blood

    pressure was sky high and my asthma was so bad I had to take my inhaler every time I

    walked anywhere. I was also very depressed: I was more like a robot than a living person.

    "My daughter Tina, who works for SAfH, told me she needed self-management tutors who

    could speak Gujarati and Hindi and I agreed to do the course to help her out. In my mind I

    was thinking, "I can't do this", but ev eryone was so encouraging. Julie, the tutor, told me,

    'Don't put yourself down. You have the ability to do this.'

    "When I led my first group I was so nervous my mouth dried out every time I tried to speak.

    But going on the tutor's course had given me a new approach to life. I told myself, 'Just

    keep going and you'll learn.' Now I really enjoy doing the courses. The feedback I get gives

    me encouragement and I hope people think, 'If she's up there doing that, so can I.' I feel I'm

    giving something back to my community.

    "I've also learned to manage my health much better. Before I used to run to the doctors atthe last minute and, by the time I got there, I couldn't breathe and my blood pressure

    would be right up. Now I take my time. I actually talk to my doctor - ask him questions and

    fight for the right medication. I would never have done that before. Now I take the

    minimum blood pressure tablets and I don't take my inhalers at all. I feel I have the ability

    to go anywhere."

    SAfH Staff Team2006-7 -Gender

    SAfH Staff Team2006-7 -Ethnicity

    SAfH Staff Team2006-7 -Age Range

    Number of Peopleworked with 2006-7(overall total 6,733)

    Total Number of Sessions 2006-7(overall total 4,175)

    Total Number of Contacts 2006-7(overall total 23,505)

    Social Action for Health

    Summarised Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2007

    2007 2006

    Gross incoming resources: Voluntary income - 405Investment income 407 1,185Incoming resources fromchari table act ivit ies 1,251,605 1,365,784Other incoming resources 15,735 1,276Total incoming resources 1,267,747 1,368,650

    Gross resources expended: Chari table act ivit ies 1,272,210 1,348,926Governance costs 7,688 7,660Total resources expended 1,279,898 1,356,586

    Net movement in funds (12,151) 12,064

    Fund balances at 1 April 2006 25,977 13,913

    Fund balances at 31 March 2007 13,826 25,977

    Summarised Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2007

    2007 2006

    Fixed assets: Items we use overseveral years, such ascomputers and furniture 6,375 6,841

    Current assets: Amounts owed to us

    a nd f un ds i n t he b an k 1 81 ,5 17 1 51 ,3 20Total assets and funds we have for our own use: 187,892 158,161Less creditors: Amounts we owe (174,066) (132,184)B ala nc e of a sse ts a nd f un ds a vai la ble t o us: 1 3,8 26 2 5,9 77

    Unrestricted funds 13,031 13,031Restricted funds 795 1 2,946Total funds: Accumulated surpluses made since we began 13,826 25,977

    Trustees statement

    The above accounts are a summary of information extracted from the auditedaccounts, on which the auditor's opinion was unqualified. The full report andaccounts were approved by the trustees on 12th September 2007 and have beensubmitted to the Charity Commission and the Registrar of Companies. Thesesummarised accounts may not contain sufficient information to allow for a fullunderstanding of the financial affairs of the charity. For further information thefull accounts, the auditors report and the Trustees' Annual Report should be

    consulted. Copies of these may be obtained from the operating office.

    Signed on behalf of the Trustees: Dr J. Boulton, Trustee12th September 2007

    Auditors' statementAs auditors of the charity, we have reviewed the summarised accounts aboveand consider that they are consistent with the full accounts on which we gave

    our opinion.

    Armstrong & Co, Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors12th September 20074a Printing House Yard, London E2

    I've changed my lifestylefrom unhealthy to healthy

    I feel I'm givingsomething back tomy community

    My professional birthhas been within SAfHAsma Akhter

    Project Worker, Self Management

    "I've always wanted to do something health related, so when I saw SAfH's adverts in the

    local newspaper for Healthy Moves tutors it really attracted me. It seemed to offer lots

    of opportunity to work on your own and to use your creativity. I felt really enthusiastic

    about it.

    "When I started doing the courses it became clear that the women I saw were not just

    physically inactive - their whole lifestyle was poor. In one group, 11 out of 12 women

    were diabetic, so I started to bring along basic information about diabetes, diet and so

    on. We always break for 10-15 minutes in the middle of class for tea or juice, so it's a

    natural opportunity to share information.

    "Now we're working on updating Healthy Moves to reflect new government policies.

    Most Bengali people aren't exposed to government advertising, but we have 45 Healthy

    Moves tutors spreading the word to their own communities. It's very effective.

    "In March 2005, I became a Project Worker working 21 days a week with SAfH. Having a

    fixed income meant I could afford tuition fees, and in September 2005 I started a degree

    in public health. I've enjoyed every single moment of it. At one time I thought about

    studying medicine, but I think it's more important to talk about how we can preventdiseases than how to cure them. Through my work, I've discovered that I have a gift for

    research work and I'm considering doing a Masters degree in research techniques.

    "I always say that my professional birth has been within SAfH. I've also changed myown lifestyle from unhealthy to healthy and my whole family has benefited. It's brought

    me more happiness in my daily life than I ever thought possible."

    Valerie Richards

    Shanti Kar

    and Elizabeth Bayliss

    PARTNERSHackney Information& Advice Consortium:Age Concern Hackney

    City & Hackney CarersDerman

    East End CABEast Hackney Legal and Advice Work

    Hackney Community Law CentreHoxton Trust Legal Advice Serv ice

    Healthy Living Network:Account 3

    Age Concern Tower HamletsBethany Project

    Bethnal Green Methodist ChurchCommunity Organisations Forum

    Drug and Alcohol Service for LondonEast London Asian Family Counselling

    Jagonari Women's Resource CentreNeighbours in Poplar

    Oxford HousePathways Trust

    PraxisSt Hilda's East Community Centre

    St Peter's Community and AdviceCentre

    Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia GroupSocial Action for Health

    Toynbee Hall

    East London Self Help Network:Blackand EthnicCommunityCare Forum

    Disability Hackney

    Refugee Outreach Schools Project:De Beauvoir Primary SchoolHoxton Trust Legal Advice Service

    Learning TrustShacklewell Primary School

    Southwold Primary SchoolThomas Fairchild Primary School

    Health & Advice Links Project:Bromley By Bow Centre

    East End CABIsland Advice Centre

    Limehouse Project Ltd

    The following GP Practices:Harley Grove PracticeIsland Health Centre

    Jubilee Street PracticeLimehouse Practice

    St Stephen's Health CentreSpitalfields Practice

    Stepney Green Health CentreWapping Group Practice

    FUNDERSAsthma UKBig Lottery Fund

    Black and Ethnic MinorityWorking Group in Hackney

    (BEMWG)City and Hackney PCT

    Hackney CommunityEmpowerment Network

    Hackney NeighbourhoodRenewal Fund

    Kings FundLondon Borough of Hackney

    London Borough of TowerHamlets Neighbourhood

    Renewal FundLondon Borough of Tower

    Hamlets Social ServicesMacmillan Cancer Support

    North East London StrategicHealth Authority (NELSHA)

    unscheduled care networkOcean New Deal for

    Communities (NDC)Queen Mary College Westfield,

    University of London(Department of General

    Practice)Redbridge PCT

    Sports UKTower Hamlets PCT

    University of Central Lancashire(UCLAN), NIMHE

    University of Sheffield

    Working with local communities on issues affecting their health