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What are Community Conversations? We asked people across the country to share their health and care experiences, to help bring about national change. Miriam Levin, Engage Britain’s Programme Director, walks through how this important first step in the process worked. Health and care is the biggest challenge facing our country – as prioritised by you, the British
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There’s a growing sense that British politics is out of touch with the public. People don’t feel they’re being heard and that’s a problem. It’s corrosive for our society. The country continues to face huge challenges, beyond the difficulties posed by Coronavirus. Like how we fund our healthcare properly. How we build enough housing for
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Dame Julie Mellor to join Engage Britain Board of Trustees New charity, Engage Britain, today announces that Dame Julie Mellor will join its Board of Trustees. Julie, who joins the Board in November 2020, brings with her a wealth of experience. She is currently the Chair of the Young Foundation: an organisation that puts people at
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I’m looking forward to helping Engage Britain find a new direction that brings the wisdom of the frontline to Westminster. To find solutions to our hardest problems, we need to work together.
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What’s the number one issue facing Britain right now? It doesn’t matter who you are – where you live, how old you are or how you vote. There’s one challenge we – the people of this country – all believe needs sorting, according to our recent BritainThinks national poll. And that’s health and care. Brits
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Digging into the numbers The public’s views on the NHS and social care Explore our national polling results, following our work with BritainThinks. Want to find out what different groups in our society think about key issues? Simply click on the drop down to the left-hand side of each chart to select a split you’re
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Engage Britain appoints Francis Elliott as Director of Advocacy Political Editor of The Times to join charity in the new year Engage Britain, a new charity putting the people of Britain at the centre of finding ways forward on some of the biggest challenges facing our country, has appointed Francis Elliott as its first Director
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Join our team Engage Britain’s mission is to show that we can be optimistic about the future, by putting people at the heart of finding ways forward on the biggest challenges facing our country. We’re an inclusive, dynamic organisation. We’re looking for people to help drive our vision, and who have a strong commitment to
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After a troubled childhood, I worked in the financial sector. I met Solomon Smith, founder of the Soup Kitchen, at a mutual friend’s wake, quit my job and now volunteer full-time. Food is the facilitator. We bring the old Brixton and the new Brixton together – the free school meals kids and the private school
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I like to think that Men’s Sheds offer a ‘health by stealth’ approach to overcome mental and physical health problems. Men talk shoulder to shoulder not face to face, so they’ll have a more honest conversation if they’re working on something together. It’s how they worked in the mines and factories. Individual sheds – which