• Highlights from the previous week
  

           - CAHN Health Hour    

• Upcoming Weekly Sessions
  - Healthy Hearts 
  - Health Hour

• Upcoming Events  
  - Black History Month Launch Event 
  

• Campaigns
  - COVID-19 Vaccination
  - Stroke Awareness
  - Precious Life Savers 
  

• Research                                                                                                               - Collaboration For Change 
  - Social Investment Survey 
  

• Community Engagement 

           - Collective Community Response Meeting

• Programmes & Services
  - Community Engagement
  - Family and Advocacy Service
  - Black Health Improvement Programme (BHIP)
  - Black Cultural Anti-Racist Programme (BCAP)
  - Domestic & Sexual Violence Service
  - Counselling Service

• Health and Wellness Tip

• Partner with us

• Call for Volunteers 

• CAHN is Disability Confident Committed 

CAHN's Health Hour last week, Saturday 4th September 2021 - focused on the "Diabetes". 

This was a very engaging session learning about the causes and symptoms of Diabetes. We appreciate all our attendees who tuned into last weeks session, including our guest speaker Dr Ugo Umeadi. 

If you missed the event, you can watch it below.

Join us weekly via Zoom and ask your questions live during the event.

Our CAHN Healthy Hearts sessions is back this week!

Did you know hypertension can be prevented or reduced by eating healthily  and exercising regularly? 

Join this weeks session a we focus on building our dietary strategies for hypertension, followed by some physical activity too.

Date: Tuesday 7th September 2021

Time: 18:00 hrs – 19:00 hrs
 
#CAHNHealthyHearts 
Join us on Zoom, YouTube or, Facebook.

Do you have any questions concerning organ donations - more specifically concerning kidney transplants? 
 
Join our Health Hour sessions this week - as Kidney Physician Dr Ibi Irekosima will be focusing on the topic of "Kidney Transplantation and what you need to know" in line with Organ Donation Week. 

Date: Saturday 11th September 2021

Time: 11:00 hrs – 12:15 hrs
 
#CAHNHealthHour 
Join us on Zoom, YouTube or, Facebook.

Have you registered for our annual flagship Black History Month Launch Civic event yet? 
 
Tickets are still available for you and your families to attend this year's event. 

Date: Thursday 30th September 2021

Time: 18.30 - 21.00hrs

Stalls | Poetry | Commemorations | Food for sale supporting Black businesses | Presentations | Keynote Speech

Venue: Manchester Cathedral 

We will also be live streaming to YouTube and Facebook.

Email bhm@cahn.org.uk to book a stall.

Have you taken the vaccine or a member of your family or friends, colleagues? What was your experience?  
 
Share with CAHN NOW in a 1-minute video sharing your experience with us. Let's help encourage members of our community who are uncertain about taking the vaccine. 

Please, send us your video at stories@cahn.org.uk  

If you have any questions, please read our Covid-19 Vaccines Event Report.

A quarter of strokes occur in people of working age. Are you unsure of whether this may involve you?

Join us in raising awareness about stroke. Help share with others in your community and inform your family and friends about the early signs of stroke. 

Watch our interview with Gloria Ekeng, Stroke Consultant Nurse.

To find out more about the effects of stroke in the UK, visit: www.nhs.uk/stroke. You can contact us at help@cahn.org.uk or call our helpline at 07710 022832.

This project is funded by the Greater Manchester Integrated Stroke Delivery Network.

This week is Organ Donation week!

Did you know that the organ donation law has changed to an opt-out system in the UK? This is to ensure that more lives live on and shows how you can continue to be of benefit for someone even after passing. 
 
To find out more, visit https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/preciouslifesavers 

CAHN is proud to be a part of a new collaborative study.

Collaboration for Change: Promoting vaccine uptake will help us understand how to increase vaccine uptake across different communities, building on the experience of our community leaders.

Read more about the #Collab4Change study: www.collaborationforchange.co.uk 

Do you have an appetite to learn about 'social investment'? 

CAHN is working with Good Finance to improve access to information on social investment education.  

Your feedback will be used to design a programme of engagement activities around social investment, sustainability and innovation.

 You can watch this short two-minute animation to find out: What is Social Investment?

Are you an African or Caribbean non-profit organisation interested in sharing your work or make awareness with other Africans and Caribbean organisations and persons? 
 
Our Collective Community Response Meeting (CCRM) is the platform to be here. You can speak and engage with the community. 
 
This session takes place fortnightly on Fridays via Zoom between 1 pm – 2.30 pm. 
 
To find out more, contact us at communityengagement@cahn.org.uk or call us at 07853 984563.  

Families are facing challenging times in today’s climate. CAHN is here to support you - our Family and Advocacy Service is a safe space to talk about family problems. 

Discuss with our team to find better solutions for you and your loved ones.

If you need any help, please email: help@cahn.org.uk or call/text 07710 022382

Our Service is available 7 days a week from 9 am – 9 pm.

CAHN’s Black health improvement programme (BHIP) informs, assists, and trains care staff and healthcare professionals about African and Caribbean religious beliefs and culture. The Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership (GMHSCP) and partners have endorsed the programme.
 
For further information and to book a training session, please visit https://www.cahn.org.uk/bhip/ or email bhip@cahn.org.uk
 
Book a training session by emailing: bhip@cahn.org.uk

Would you like support to develop anti-racist practices within your organisation – register for our Black Cultural Anti-racist Programme (BCAP) today. 

If you are a staff or volunteer in any organisation, Black Cultural Anti-racist Programme (BCAP) is for you. 
 
For further information and to book a session, please email bcap@cahn.org.uk

CAHN is providing support to the victims of Domestic & Sexual Violence Abuse (DSVA).

Contact us via our Domestic & Sexual Violence Helpline if you have experienced/or witnessed violence and in need of help.

Please email us at help@cahn.org.uk or call us on 07710 022382.

You are not alone. We are here to help.

Are you experiencing an unexpected life event? Are you unsure of where to seek help? CAHN has the Service for you.

The CAHN Counselling service offer Bereavement support and emotional and wellbeing support in general. No matter your issue, you can find assistance purposed for you with CAHN.

If you need help, please email: help@cahn.org.uk or call/text 07710 022382

Our Service is available 7 days a week from 9 am – 9 pm.

Counsellors would work flexibly to respond to the needs of service users.

Alcohol awareness 

Did you know that it is advised by the NHS, that men and women should not drink more than 14 units of alcohol per week? 
 
Here is some information on what units are and the effects of excessive drinking on our bodies.  

What are units? 

Unit is a way of expressing the quantity of pure alcohol in a drink. One unit is equivalent to 10ml or 8g of pure alcohol, which is about the amount of alcohol that can be processed in an hour by an average adult. Knowing your units will help you to keep your drinking under control. 

What are the benefits of drinking within the alcohol limit? 

Drinking alcohol within the recommended units could prevent damage to organs like the liver, heart, pancreas, brain, and nervous system. Your blood pressure and blood cholesterol levels can also be elevated by heavy drinking, which are risk factors for heart attacks and strokes, and that can also be prevented by following the given recommendations. 
 
(National Health Service, 2018)

We would like to say a huge thank you to all of our partners, supporters and funders, that have been supporting CAHN over the years!

Are you a business or organisation looking for a new partnership in 2021?

Do you have a passion to stop health inequalities?

Do you want to support the black community?

Well, CAHN would like to work you in 2021! 

For further, information please contact us at https://www.cahn.org.uk.

We appreciate all of our CAHN volunteers. Thanks for supporting our various projects, events and services over the years! Let us continue to serve our community together. 
 
Do you have a passion - to stop health inequalities?
 
Do you want to #support the black community?
 
Become a CAHN Volunteer today!

Please, complete our Volunteer Expression of Interest form to sign up. 

For further information, you can contact us at https://www.cahn.org.uk.

As Level 1 Disability Confident Committed, CAHN will work closely with Black-led and Disability organisations to identify disabled people who can gain employment skills through a work experience programme.

CAHN will be ensuring that all its recruitment and selection processes are inclusive, and an interview guarantee scheme will be introduced for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.

You will now see the Disability Confident Committed logo on all of CAHN’s promotional and marketing materials relating to recruitment, selection and workforce issues.

More information about Disability Confident Committed Level 1 can be found by following this link.