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Healthcare Workers Charity Launches Tech Platform To Provide Support Services And Goods To NHS Staff

Stuart Mitchell

The Healthcare Workers’ Foundation (HWF), a charity founded by NHS workers for NHS workers, has launched Healthchain – a brand new bespoke digital platform and one-stop-shop to give NHS and frontline staff access to essential goods and services.  Healthchain will act as a hub for NHS staff to gain access to much needed essentials. The digital platform (which is being developed into a mobile app) will not only be available to medical practitioners, but all healthcare staff, from porters to cleaners to care home workers and community staff. The new…

New study on the mental health of Generation Z from The Prince’s Trust and Education Policy Institute

Stuart Mitchell

The Education Policy Institute (EPI) and The Prince’s Trust have published a major study on the mental health and wellbeing of young people in Generation Z. Based on data from the Millennium Cohort Study and supported by Tesco, the report reveals new insights into the determinants of young people’s wellbeing, including how it is affected by their relationships, background and use of social media. The study examines the personal experiences of young people in England at age 11, 14 and 17. This is supplemented by focus group responses from November 2020. The…

FCB Health Network Announces “The Trial for #ClinicalEquality”

Stuart Mitchell

Why do clinical oncology trials discriminate against people of color when cancer kills indiscriminately? In honor of World Cancer Day, FCB Health Network is proud to announce “The Trial for #ClinicalEquality,” an initiative dedicated to achieving racial equity in clinical trials. Clinical equality is a fundamental first step to dismantling systemic racism, as there is no more inalienable right than the right to have an equal chance in the battle for life. African Americans have the highest death rate and shortest survival rate of any racial and ethnic group, according…

Charity Encourages Public To ‘Show Love For Healthcare Workers’ Instead This Valentine’s Day

Stuart Mitchell

With Valentine’s Day expected to be incredibly difficult this year as the nation remains under a third lockdown, the Healthcare Workers’ Foundation (HWF) is calling on the UK’s romantics  to ‘show their love’ for someone else this year, and donate what they would otherwise have spent going out to  exhausted healthcare workers on the frontline. Brits are said to have spent a whopping £1 billion on the national day of love in 2020, but with a very different world this year, the charity which was founded by NHS workers for…

Legacy Collective Announces Campaign to Raise Funding for Mental Health Services in the Black Community

Stuart Mitchell

Legacy Collective, a giving community dedicated to funding nonprofits addressing systemic issues with sustainable, innovative solutions, today announces a giving campaign to raise money for mental health services in the Black community. Funds raised will benefit Breakthrough and Eustress Inc. Donors who would like to give to this cause can do so on the Legacy Collective web site by making a one-time donation to the 100 Campaign. Breakthrough partners with those affected by poverty to build connections, develop skills and open doors of opportunity in East Garfield Park, a predominantly Black…