Cardiff Medics Seek Some Answers on the Multi-cultural Streets of Cardiff

Posted on 21 November 2016 by Mel Evans

Blog by Dr Martin O’Neill The first week of November 2016 saw the third Strong Communities Healthier People Initiative’s Student Selected Component for Cardiff University medical students.  The aim of this component is to introduce second year medical students to the reality of engaging and working with communities to begin to famaliarise them with the
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Cardiff School of Social Science Visit from Representatives from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences to Merthyr Tydfil 9th November 2016

Posted on 21 November 2016 by Mel Evans

Blog Written by Dr Martin O’Neill On the 9th November 2016 the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University through their Strong Communities Healthier People (SCHeP) community engagement initiative hosted a visit from the Chinese Academy Of Social Sciences (CASS) which is the premier social science research institution in the People’s Republic of China. The
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Communities First provides a life-line for many: change must be built on its strong foundations

Posted on 9 November 2016 by Mel Evans

Blog Author: Dr Eva Elliott with Professor Emma Renold and Professor Gareth Williams On the 13th October 2016 the BBC Wales website announced: ‘Communities First anti-poverty scheme to be dropped’.  This was the way in which most of the hundreds of Communities First staff, working in 52 of the most economically and socially excluded areas
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