FaithAction are delighted to announce that Greater Manchester Council have commissioned them to run Creative English for Health: Caring for my Family with places of worship, faith-based and 
community organisations across Greater Manchester and they are recruiting new delivery partners to work with them.
Creative English for Health: Caring for My Family is designed to help learners take care of their own health and the health of their families by empowering them to better navigate the NHS. There will be a focus on building trust with primary care services and reducing vaccine hesitancy, particularly with regard to the COVID-19 and seasonal flu vaccines.
There are sessions on talking to doctors, going for blood tests, understanding / managing / preventing conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes, child respiratory health and using NHS 111, emergency services, pregnancy care, mental health, screening checks and more.
The project aims to help address the health inequalities that people experience as a result of having English as an additional language needs.
Faith Action had great success delivering the pilot project in Birmingham last year, with over 500 learners engaged and more than 88% reporting greater understanding of which NHS services to use and when, and greater confidence attending appointments and discussing their health in English.
Faith Action are holding an informal Zoom Information Session on 7 September, 10.30am-12pm.
For more information about the programme and to join the information session visit: www.creative-english.org.uk