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How to support refugees’ and asylum seekers’ health and wellbeing

By Jo Biglin Filed Under: All posts, Growth and Inclusion, Health and Care, Health and Social Care, Urban Posted: August 10, 2020

Spending time in an allotment was permitted as a form of exercise throughout the COVID-19 lockdown, and as it eases, provides a physically distanced way of socialising. In this blog, researcher Jo Biglin outlines the vital role these spaces play in the mental and physical wellbeing of asylum seekers and refugees, and suggests policies to […]

Tagged With: asylum seekers, communities, COVID-19, environment, green spaces, inequalities, local authorities, loneliness, mental health, Pandemic, refugees, SoSS

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The Space to Thrive: Public parks and everyday participation

Abigail Gilmore By Abigail Gilmore Filed Under: Urban Posted: March 9, 2017

 To celebrate the launch of the Manchester Urban Institute, and to highlight  the expertise of its academics in terms of urban research, MUI have joined up with Policy@Manchester to deliver a series of blogs focused on  the Manchester urban area. To safeguard the future of our cherished public parks then communities and institutions must think […]

Tagged With: everyday participation, green spaces, Manchester, MUI

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