community catalysts
02 Mar 2026
Strengthen Your Neighbourhood Health Work
Community Catalysts is inviting practitioners and partners to join its next New Social Leaders cohort, starting this March – a peer support programme designed to strengthen neighbourhood and place-based health...
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29 Jan 2026
Finding Community Spaces and Social Leaders – the latest stories from Community Catalysts
Finding a community space Local Social was founded by Andy, a Shared Lives carer, and James who has a learning disability. Its mission has been to bring people together across Ware...
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24 Jul 2025
Vision to action: the NHS 10-Year Plan
Pip Cannons, CEO at Community Catalysts, reflects on the ambitions of the NHS 10-Year Plan and what is needed to put the vision into action. The NHS 10-Year Plan sets out a...
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28 Apr 2025
Connecting Communities Through Small Good Stuff
Community Catalysts is a social enterprise that works in partnership to make sure that people can be part of strong, inclusive, communities with real opportunities to connect, create and contribute. Since 2009,...
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11 Nov 2024
Connecting Communities Around Shrivenham to Health And Wellbeing Services
Neighbouring villages around Shrivenham are benefiting from a new community transport service, supporting residents to live well and independently within their own communities. West Vale Mobility has been developed by...
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23 Oct 2024
Creating more choice of care and support in Westmorland and Furness
The area of Westmorland and Furness is a historic and scenic county of northwestern England. Geographically the third largest local authority in England, it is home to approximately 225,000 people....
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24 Sep 2024
Local Innovation: Community Micro-Enterprises Transforming Rural Care
In the regions of Westmorland and Furness, a groundbreaking initiative has been making significant strides in reshaping local care through the power of community micro-enterprises. Spearheaded by Community Catalysts, the...
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26 Jul 2024
The Impact of Local Area Coordination
The recent multi-site evaluation of Local Area Coordination (LAC) in England and Wales, funded by the National Institute for Health and Social Care Research and conducted in collaboration with leading...
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24 Jun 2024
Community Catalysts Revolutionise Care Through the Care Act
Community Catalysts, led by Pip Cannons and Helen Allen, are revolutionising health and social care in hard-to-reach areas through community micro-enterprises. This groundbreaking initiative, highlighted by The Local Government Association,...
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30 May 2023
Fairer funding for rural communities
Kerry Booth, Chief Executive of the Rural Services Network, recently wrote in the Care Management Matters periodical, asking the question how can we ensure an ageing rural population can access...
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