Beacon Voices Christmas Concert

In December our Children in Care Choir, Beacon Voices, performed in front of a packed audience of carers, family and LCC staff at Attenborough Arts Centre.

The choir members had been practising really hard all term, and had the opportunity to show everyone the Choir’s own touch to crowd favourites such as Hey Brother by Avicii, Eye of the Tiger by Survivor, and Santa Claus is Coming to Town. Audience members had the opportunity to join in and sing along to some of the songs with the help of choir members. The evening ended with guests and young people tucking in to a selection of festive snacks and some fun group games. All in all a great way to enter the festive season and break off for the Christmas holidays on a high.

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Grassroots placement reflection, Sarah Carter

The NIHR funded Public Health Grassroots* placement provided Sarah a unique opportunity to learn a little more about research and engage with multiple stages of the research cycle. This strengthened Sarah’s understanding of how research develops from an idea into evidence that informs service design, delivery, and decision-making.

Listening to Leicestershire - grassroots grants programme gets underway

Five community organisations across Leicestershire were awarded funding through the NIHR HDRC Community Grants Programme to run local events that gathered insights into the lived experiences of residents and informed key research priorities.

Working together for inclusive change

As technology continues to reshape how we live, work, and connect, it is opening new opportunities. From applying for jobs online to accessing essential services and support, digital tools are now central to everyday life.

Funding opportunity for local community groups in Leicestershire

Grassroots community groups across Leicestershire are being invited to take part in an exciting opportunity to shape local research and improve health and wellbeing in their area.

Evaluation workshop to reflect, learn and strengthen the HDRC team

The HDRC Leicestershire team met in mid-January for an evaluation workshop, hosted by Rose Harvey - our external evaluation partner for the duration of our funding period, helping us reflect, learn and increase impact.

Young Voices workshops

We held workshops across Leicestershire schools to hear about young people's priorities within their local areas to support community health and wellbeing.

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