There will be another opportunity to apply for the Health, Work and Wellbeing Challenge Fund in 2010, for projects to start in the following year. Bids will be welcomed from small and medium sized enterprises and local partnerships, with grants available of between £1,000 and £50,000. The Challenge Fund supports projects that focus on: alleviating [...]
Health And Unemployment In The UK
Last week’s ONS figures showed the UK remains mired in the longest recession since records began. Read the full article here
Unemployment and young people’s health
A study from Australia looking at the links between unemployment and health. Morrell, Taylor and Kerr, from the University of Sydney’s Department of Public Health, review the evidence of an association between unemployment and psychological and physical ill-health in young people aged 15-24 years. Aggregate data show youth unemployment and youth suicide to be strongly [...]
