Charity and Voluntary Sector

KF: Ten UK charities have each won £25,000 in recognition of their outstanding contribution to improving health care.  The charities beat more than 400 entrants to become winners of this year's GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) IMPACT Awards, run in partnership with The King’s Fund.
 
The awards – GSK’s flagship UK corporate social responsibility programme – highlight the crucial role played by the voluntary sector in meeting health needs among deprived & vulnerable communities, often bridging gaps other services are unable to fill.  With NHS & local authority budgets under pressure, the awards provide a vital source of funding for the winners and play a key role in promoting innovation and good practice across the sector.
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DUKDiabetes UK has released a FREE interactive CD-ROM about Type 2 diabetes tailored towards the South Asian community, to help people better manage their diabetes and ultimately improve their quality of life. South Asian people who live in the UK are up to 6 times more likely to have diabetes than the White population.
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CRUK: People with an active lifestyle are up to 3 times less likely to develop large or advanced polyps in the bowel – which can develop into bowel cancer – according to a new analysis published in the British Journal of Cancer last week. Bowel cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK after breast and lung cancer.  In the UK more than 38,000 people are diagnosed with the disease each year.
Press release ~ Related press release
 
BIG: An anti-bullying arts scheme, a community choir and an outdoor sensory classroom are among the projects making a difference to communities in the East Midlands - with a little help from the Big Lottery Fund (BIG).  Across the region 78 groups are sharing a total of £550,904 from the BIG’s Awards for All programme.
Press release ~ Awards for All programme
 
BHF: End of life care for heart failure patients in Glasgow & Clyde will be improved thanks to the launch of a new initiative. British Heart Foundation ScotlandMarie Curie Cancer Care and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde are developing an innovative approach to palliative care for heart failure patients in hospital, hospices, care homes and at home.
 
‘Caring Together’ is a 5-year programme which aims to improve quality & access to care for local heart failure patients with palliative care needs, as well as giving patients choice in their place of care by improving co-ordination of care among healthcare providers.
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