The Richmond Group of Charities has published Millions more moving, a report informed by lived experience insights on how national policymakers can tackle inactivity by supporting people with long-term conditions to move more. It sets out three ‘shifts’ in the policy landscape that will help maximise the role of movement in health.
Eighteen months into our role as a Sport England system partner, we have taken the opportunity to reflect on the progress in our work to influence the systems that could enable more people with health conditions to be active, helping them to tackle the barriers that currently exist.
The Richmond Group of Charities represents more that 15 million people living with long-term health conditions and, as our population ages, this number is set to grow. One in four of us are now living with at least two health conditions. We think getting it right more people with multiple health conditions holds the key to a stronger NHS. This manifesto demonstrates why the current system doesn’t work for people living with multiple health conditions, and what a better system could look like. It outlines the three main actions needed from government and national system leaders to secure the fundamental shift in approach: 1) support for people with multiple health conditions to live well 2) a drive towards the redesign of multiple conditions care 3) promotion of health in all policies.
This report draws together data, insight and patient stories from The Richmond Group’s 12 member charities, with wider evidence, about the impact of the pandemic on people living with long-term, chronic or complex illnesses, who were amongst the hardest hit and still now find themselves lagging far behind in terms of recovering their health and well-being. Our analysis highlights the issues for this group of people before the pandemic, the impact of the pandemic and cost-of-living crisis, and the ongoing and long-term effects.
With our programme evaluators, Traverse, we bring together learning from a number of intervention and insight projects as well as recommendations based on what we’ve learned over the past few years working together collaboratively to support people with long term conditions to be active. If you’re looking to deliver and evaluate physical activity projects for people with long term conditions, want to collaborate with similar organisations to deliver behaviour change projects or are looking to embed physical activity into the strategy and day to day business of your organisation then check out our report today.
This report presents the findings from the first phase of The Richmond Group's work with Britain Thinks to understand how the pandemic has shaped the experiences and views of patients, professionals and the public.
Marking the culmination of three years of the Taskforce on Mutliple Conditions work and representing its final output, this report sets out the findings from ethnographic research to better understand life for people experiencing inequity and disadvantage and how this impacts the management of their multiple long-term conditions. The research was conducted by Revealing Reality for the Taskforce on Multiple Conditions, who work to ensure that people living with multiple conditions have their voices heard by policymakers and practitioners.
A joint vision laying out a shared ambition of what integrated care and improved ways of working could mean for people and communities.
This report presents the findings from the final phase of The Richmond Group's work with Britain Thinks to understand how the pandemic has shaped the experiences and views of patients, professionals and the public.
This report presents the findings from the second phase of The Richmond Group's work with Britain Thinks to understand how the pandemic has shaped the experiences and views of patients, professionals and the public.
