Health and Wellbeing is key to prosperity.
As an organisation we are highly focused on ensuring the health and wellbeing of our communities, reducing isolation and tackling mental health. From running a special LGBTQ+ meeting space, to distributing tens of thousands of pounds through the Household Support Fund, to being a community champion during the covid pandemic, our team is ready to support in the delivery of projects that support all of our communities. Below are a few examples of projects that are current and from the past.
Age Friendly Radio
Communities Together and Radio Sangam have a long-standing record of promoting community cohesion, health awareness, social inclusion and wellbeing across Kirklees.
Building on nearly two decades of community broadcasting and engagement, the proposed Age Friendly Radio Initiative will create a dedicated community media platform designed by older people and for older people.
The initiative aims to reduce loneliness, improve access to health information, increase participation in community life and strengthen social prescribing pathways across Kirklees.
The programme will use trusted community radio, podcasts, outreach sessions and volunteer-led broadcasting to reach older residents, particularly those who are digitally excluded, socially isolated or living with long-term health conditions.
Covid Champions
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Communities Together and Radio Sangam played a vital role in supporting communities across Kirklees by acting as trusted sources of information, connection and reassurance during a time of unprecedented uncertainty. Through multilingual radio broadcasts, community outreach and partnership working, we helped disseminate essential public health guidance, vaccination information and NHS updates to diverse communities, ensuring that accurate and culturally appropriate messages reached those most at risk of exclusion. The organisation worked closely with local authorities, health partners and voluntary sector organisations to signpost residents to food provision, welfare support, mental health services and community resources. Radio Sangam's presenters and volunteers provided regular wellbeing programmes, community discussions and call-in shows that helped reduce loneliness and social isolation during lockdowns, while also amplifying the voices of local residents, key workers and community champions. By combining trusted community relationships with accessible communication channels, Communities Together helped keep people informed, connected and supported throughout the pandemic, strengthening community resilience and cohesion across Kirklees.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Communities Together and Radio Sangam played a vital role in supporting communities across Kirklees by acting as trusted sources of information, connection and reassurance during a time of unprecedented uncertainty. Through multilingual radio broadcasts, community outreach and partnership working, we helped disseminate essential public health guidance, vaccination information and NHS updates to diverse communities, ensuring that accurate and culturally appropriate messages reached those most at risk of exclusion. The organisation worked closely with local authorities, health partners and voluntary sector organisations to signpost residents to food provision, welfare support, mental health services and community resources. Radio Sangam's presenters and volunteers provided regular wellbeing programmes, community discussions and call-in shows that helped reduce loneliness and social isolation during lockdowns, while also amplifying the voices of local residents, key workers and community champions. By combining trusted community relationships with accessible communication channels, Communities Together helped keep people informed, connected and supported throughout the pandemic, strengthening community resilience and cohesion across Kirklees.
Covid Champions
Don't Suffer In Silence
Don't Suffer In Silence is a project that is run by Communities Together. We help anyone who feels that they are suffering from Domestic Abuse. We have expertise in South Asian languages and our trained telephone staff can speak in Punjabi, Urdu, Pathwari, Arabic, Mirpuri and English. Our telephone line is confidential but we may have to report to the police any information which we feel will stop anyone causing themselves or others danger.
We are here to help, to advice or just to listen and we can put you in touch with statutory and non statutory services that are best suited to your needs.
This project is supported and funded by The National Lottery Community Fund, One Community Fund and Communities Together.
Domestic abuse can occur in any kind of relationship - between intimate partners, family members, people with additional needs and their carers.
There are different kinds of abuse, but it's always about someone having power and control over you. Some people need to use violence to control another person, but some people can gain that control through threats and manipulation. Anyone can be a victim of domestic abuse, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, socio-economic status, sexuality or background.
If you answer yes to any of the following questions, you might be in an abusive relationship.
If you think you may be in an abusive relationship, there is help available. Go to https:www.dontsufferinsilence.com for more information in ethnic minority languages.