May 2022

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Cheshire and Wirral Community Wellbeing Alliance is made up of representatives with lived experience and partners from health, social care, housing, employment services and the voluntary, charity and social enterprise sector.

By working together, we want to pave the way for more holistic, person centred mental health support  that is easy to access for everyone in the community.

We’re better when we work together
In her first blog as deputy CEO of Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP), Suzanne Edwards discusses the importance of the newly formed Cheshire and Wirral Community Wellbeing Alliance and how now is the time to change community mental health services for the better…
Read Suzanne's blog >>>

Patients working alongside professionals
WATCH: Expert by Experience, Arlo King shares his thoughts on why we have a once in a lifetime opportunity to modernise community mental health and how valuable it is to have people with lived experience leading the way.
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WATCH: Arlo King >>>

BOOK NOW: Shape mental health services for the future
For most people with severe mental illness, the diagnosed problem isn’t all they need or want help with. They need mental health services that go beyond symptoms and illnesses; integrated services that see a person rather than a diagnosis and that work together to promote all-around wellbeing.

At Cheshire and Wirral Community Wellbeing Alliance, we have joined together to create a new way of working that provides holistic, person centred care for people with severe mental illness, so that people with long term needs, or specific mental health concerns will receive faster access to higher quality care. 

Share your views at one of our events below. Please note details of health and social care staff events will be circulated separately.
  • Tuesday 5 July | Civic Hall, Ellesmere Port | 10am - 12.30pm
  • Thursday 7 July | Online event | 6-7pm
  • Tuesday 12 July | Tranmere Rovers Football Club, Wirral | 1-3.30pm
  • Friday 15 July | Town Hall, Macclesfield | 1-3.30pm
  • Tuesday 2 July | Wishing Well, Crewe, CH1 2QA | 10am-12noon
Share you views. Click here to sign up for one our events today >>>

We want your views to check we’re on the right track to improving mental health care for everyone.

Tackling inequalities
One of the top priorities for the Alliance is improving access to wider practical support in the community to tackle issues which contribute to poor mental health including loneliness, support with welfare issues and improving physical health and fitness.
The Alliance has funded 14 additional community projects, in Cheshire and Wirral, like JourneyMEN (pictured above) to really get to the root of some of the issues that contribute to poor mental health. Find out more here. We will be sharing further details of these projects in a series of upcoming videos so watch this space.

IN DETAIL: The NHS Long Term Plan for Mental Health
WATCH: This film is a short visual walk-through of the NHS Long-Term Plan commitment on community mental health transformation.

MEET THE TEAM
Please follow the link below to meet the team behind the Alliance. 

Meet the team
Share your news with us. Get in touch: cwp.communitywellbeingalliance@nhs.net