2024 GSK IMPACT Awards: Hamara Healthy Living Centre
Hamara Healthy Living Centre is an organisation working to reduce health inequalities and poverty in Leeds, particularly among people from ethnic minority backgrounds.
Judges’ comments
'Through its broad range of services, Hamara Healthy Living Centre is embedded within its local community, dedicating itself to tackling stark health inequalities faced by its population whilst ensuring the community voice is heard at a strategic level. It has effectively identified various challenges – such as food poverty and language barriers – and created targeted programmes of work to address these sensitively, with a culturally-appropriate approach. Hamara Healthy Living Centre is a trusted partner of local communities, who greatly benefit from the committed work of the charity, Leeds City Council and the NHS.'
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