Action for Happiness is a movement of people taking action to create a happier and kinder world, together. They bring people together and provide practical resources, helping you to learn evidence-based skills for happier living, feel a sense of belonging, and commit to personal action to create more happiness (both for yourself and for others).
May 10, 2022
Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, brings together the five North East Universities in a unique collaboration to deliver world-class research to improve health and wellbeing and tackle inequalities. They offer a range of fantastic events, helping individuals to think creatively about ways forward in public health.
Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria works with NHS Trusts, the Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Universities across the region to help them identify, evaluate, adopt and disseminate transformative innovation. On their website you will find blogs, podcasts, events, and funding opportunities.
Take a look at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS FT’s staff website for some great user guides on Microsoft Office and Teams, as well as other acute and community-specific systems.
A foundation for life-long personal development, the MBTI tool provides a constructive, flexible and liberating framework for understanding individual differences and strengths. If you have taken part in one of our MBTI sessions, you might want to visit The Myers-Briggs Company website to access resources on type dynamics, and ways you can illustrate and share your type.
The Quality Improvement (QI) Learning Platform provides a range of free online improvement courses, available to anyone working in health or social care. Their aim to help build improvement capability at all levels, and you will find topics such as QI theory, measurement, spread, and more.
The NHS Leadership Academy provides a curriculum of programmes, resources, and activities that are designed to help everyone in the NHS discover their full leadership potential and achieve the highest standards in health and care. Take a look at their website for opportunities to develop your career, connect with peers, and grow as a leader.
May 9, 2022
NHS North East and Yorkshire Leadership Academy provides a wide range of development opportunities including coaching and mentoring, formal development programmes, workshops and masterclasses, organisation and systems development consultancy, and thought leadership. Through all of this, they aim to continuously develop leaders and managers to improve health services for patients and communities.
Our Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) for the North East and North Cumbria is a partnership that brings together six regional universities, the NHS, health and social care providers, local authorities, the voluntary sector, community groups, members of the public and others. Their vision is to achieve better, fairer health and care at all ages in all places, and on their website you will find information on their research and projects, opportunities to get involved, news, training, events, and resources.
May 10, 2022
The pressures of the last few years have affected every one of us, both at home and at work. It’s normal to feel anxious, sad or overwhelmed in response to stressful circumstances, but these feelings can be difficult to manage sometimes. It can also be hard to navigate all the different offers of help out there. That’s where the Staff Wellbeing Hub comes in – there is a helpline available, a wellbeing diary and toolkit, information on wellbeing offers, and a range of useful resources.
From giving grants to those working at the front line to carrying out research and policy analysis, the Health Foundation shines a light on how to make successful change happen. Here you will find information, articles, podcasts, webinars and events, funding opportunities and resources, all of which aim to achieve a healthier population, supported by high quality health care that can be equitably accessed.
May 9, 2022
Q is a connected community working together to improve health and care quality across the UK and Ireland. Their mission is to foster continuous and sustainable improvement, creating opportunities for people to come together to share ideas, enhance skills, and collaborate to make health and care better. Join Q to connect with others, access journals and learning resources, attend visits and events, and get involved in other activities.
May 10, 2022
The Ways to Wellbeing ‘open narrative system’ website is a way of capturing some examples that work towards the prevention of wellbeing difficulties at work, addressing problems once they arise or are aiming for growth, development and innovation. It is an attempt at collective action and community based wisdom for a cultures of wellness, and aims to capture and share lots of great practice around staff wellbeing and mental health. It is structured so you can search examples around certain needs and flows of compassion.
July 12, 2023
