It’s safe to say our focus group at Brixton Impact Hub on Thursday 5th of May was a complete success and has invigorated everyone further to ensure this is just the start of genuine change and innovation. We were able to meet and engage with 20 black youths, aged 18-30 years, to uncover some of… Continue reading ‘Feedback Thursday’ – Young people, unemployment and isolation
Historically, health research has not considered the experiences of black people and people from other minority ethnic groups, leading to inequitable health insights. At the start of the pandemic, Shaun Danquah and Paul Addae resolved to address this issue. Their aim, in partnership with Impact On Urban Health, was to describe how community research could… Continue reading History and Methods of Community Research – A Literature Review
We are pleased to announce we are working with Lambeth Together-Neighbourhood and Wellbeing Delivery Alliance on an important piece of work on loneliness and employment among young black people. There have been issues in the post-pandemic landscape regarding the uncertainty, lack of career aspiration and increased aspersion to regular employment, feeding into wider apathy around… Continue reading Exploring Social Isolation and Employment Among Young People In Lower Income Communities
Our medical scepticism project revealed that many individuals in deprived communities have serious reservations about established mainstream healthcare services and professionals. This has raised the issue of how communities can play more of an active role in their own healthcare, whether via becoming more responsible for their health and wellbeing, patient-led initiatives, co-designed treatment plans… Continue reading Urban Innovation and the Future of Healthcare
Centric comprises people with lived experience and upholds a collaborative research ethos for working in partnership with marginalised communities to co-design interventions and services which can minimise risks and offer tangible and innovative solutions in healthcare. Marginalised patient groups are particularly vulnerable to experiencing a variety of patient safety issues which indicate the gaps… Continue reading Marginalisation, Healthcare and Distrust – New Approaches for Supporting Local Authorities
In May 2020, St Thomas Charity commissioned Centric to understand the impact of Covid-19 on the communities of Lambeth and Southwark in South London. The need was generated because of the emerging ‘medical scepticism’ and apathy of diverse Black and minority groups encountered by the hands of the NHS and its health care system. Centric… Continue reading Medical Scepticism – Case Study
My experience and engagement with community research (CR) methods began between 2003 to 2010 while working on the Clapham Park Project. The programme was ineffective until the community were placed at the forefront of the work, consistently, from top to bottom. I realised that you can’t really help the community effectively without including them meaningfully.… Continue reading Bringing the power of upskilling to our people
After some initial meetings, we then decided to formulate a piece of research which combined academic rigour with community-based nuances related to health within parts of the urban locale which possess health narratives and activities often regarded as being under-the-radar. The particular locale which we wanted to focus on was Brixton, South London, due… Continue reading Health Activism in Brixton
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