Supporting you to live a healthier life
The Communities Keeping Well Programme is working with eight communities in Tower Hamlets to prevent Type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease and lung diseases. Over two years, residents will come together through a series of community events to co-design and lead activities for a healthier life.
Communities Keeping Well Programme
From exercise classes to community planting groups, so far CKW has funded 65 resident and voluntary sector led projects. These projects were selected by residents at Community Voting Days in each neighbourhood in December 2024 and January 2025. We are now in the middle of a second round of Community Voting Days giving residents the chance to choose even more projects run by their neighbours from early in 2026. To find out more about our resident-led neighbourhood projects, click on the locality buttons below.
Co-production
As well as making these eight neighbourhoods healthier places to live, Communities Keeping Well is an opportunity for residents to get their voices heard on health and community life, become health champions, run their own projects and become community researchers.
Partnerships
Communities Keeping Well is a partnership between residents, GPs, Public Health, local voluntary sector organisations working together with local communities. A full list of our community partners is available on our locality pages.
Volunteering opportunities
There are many different volunteering opportunities available to residents and others through the programme. For example, supporting community projects, becoming a health and wellbeing champion, helping out at events, being a community researcher, being on advisory groups.
Evaluation
The University of East London is providing an independent evaluation of the programme to understand it's impact on preventing long term conditions and understanding system change. In particular how Primary Care can engage with communities and learn from programme delivery. 12 citizen researchers have been trained to support the evaluation.
Contact Us
To find out more about the programme, including volunteering opportunities contact [email protected].
