Get your hands on a copy of the Superheroes! book

The VS Superheroes! book is now available to buy online.

The Leicestershire Virtual School's "Superheroes!" book, a compilation of stories written by our children in care, is now available for purchase online.

The books retail at £6.00 per copy with postage and packaging of £2.70 per copy.

The publication was facilitated by makeourbook.com, a company who specialise in publishing books on behalf of schools to enable their pupils to have high-quality professionally produced books that evidence their writing accomplishments.

Buy a copy of Superheroes! online

 

Leicestershire Matters

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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