A project which aims to address mental health and wellbeing issues worsened over the last two years has been launched.
The Huntingdonshire Community Group (HCG) invited residents to a curry and games night.
Residents were able to share their views on the activities they would like to see help contribute to health priorities in Huntingdon.
Daniel Davis, volunteer at HCG, said: “It was uplifting to gather local residents together to discuss how we can best support our community.
“We look forward to providing an activity that benefits our community, after listening to and acknowledging views of our residents.”
The initiative is part of the Health Inequalities Project, in partnership with Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC) and funded through the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care System.
HCG is one of 15 groups in the district working on the project, which aims to work with local recognised community groups to find solutions to challenges that residents face.
Mental health challenges that may have amplified due to the Covid pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis is one area that the HCG looks to tackle.
“HCG hope to be able to support residents with wider matters such as employment and access to health programmes,” said Daniel.
“Our next step is to put together a proposal, with support from HDC, for our project to receive funding and be implemented in the new year.”
HCG was formed around 2002 as a platform to bring together people of different nationalities living and working in Huntingdonshire under one organisation.
The group says this was to recognise “the need for such an organisation that would as a vehicle to promote and celebrate our rich cultural diversity within a growing community”.
Cllr Ben Pitt, executive councillor for community and health at HDC, said: “HCG’s community event demonstrated the fantastic work they do to support residents.
“It gave them the opportunity to speak to people about what they would like to see in their area to address health inequalities.”
Cllr Pitt added: “I look forward to seeing their project develop, giving the community the opportunity to engage in a new activity to help improve their health and wellbeing.”
For more information on the Health Inequalities Project, visit: https://www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/healthinequalities.
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