COVID-19 Support
SWIM’s COVID-19 outreach events have already engaged many hundreds of people from ACH backgrounds in the Hackney and the City of Westminster.
Our Support Workers pitched stands in highly trafficked areas to talk about the implications of any pre-existing health conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol. We also interviewed people about their experience of the pandemic, collating the data into a community-specific health report for each borough.
The reports, and the follow-up forums we hosted for Council representatives, community leaders, primary care representatives and other third-sector community organisations, are guiding better strategic health policy and planning for seldom heard communities in Hackney and Westminster.
