Day 29: Life Skills and Housing

A significant determinant of health is where you live.  This includes the quality of housing you live in and sense of belonging and being part of a community.  The fabric of building being poor can lead to or worsen physical illnesses; and not feeling part of a community can lead to loneliness and social isolation, which itself impacts physical health.

I had a virtual service visit to our Beacon Lodge Service in Nottingham; over just 8-weeks, they do a fantastic job in in rehabilitating people who’ve been in acute mental health units to become capable of greater independence, including housing.

Day 16: It Takes A Village To Raise A Child

Recent experience of a missing child (not my own) showed me how quickly, and unquestioningly, communities will altruistically support each other.

Can you replicate this community feel in organisations or teams?  We don’t want our teams constantly in crisis; We’ve learnt through Covid that people will go above and beyond, but crises are exhausting and while some thrive on them, others don’t.

Know each other on a more personal level to feel belonging to the community of your team.  I loved our recent MS Teams Board Christmas ‘Gathering’; even just an hour of sharing our festive traditions was really engaging.