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29 April 2025

AWRC Responds to the UK Government’s National Cancer Plan Consultation

Based on our research in physical activity and cancer, we identify prevention as the most effective long-term approach to improving health outcomes. We argue that equitable, community-led preventative measures are essential to reducing deaths from cancer, which remains one of the UK’s leading causes of mortality.

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Living Well with a Health Condition
2 April 2025

AWRC Voices: Better Learners Better Workers – How Young People in Sheffield are Leading the Way in Challenging Physical Inactivity

In February 2025, the Training and Education pillar at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre hosted students from nine schools across Sheffield as part of the Better Learners, Better Workers Programme, supported by Sheffield Hallam University. Work experience student Michelle Hicken - who helped to organise the event as part of her AWRC placement - writes about the day for this month's AWRC Voices.

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AWRC Voices Training and Education
15 January 2025

AWRC Hosts Inaugural UK Mayoral Innovation Exchange

The UK's first Mayoral Innovation Exchange was held at at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) today. Organised by South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) and PricewaterhouseCooper, the event convened the UK’s elected metro mayors to foster collaboration, enable innovation, and share best practice between mayoral combined authorities.

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Health Innovation
10 December 2024

AWRC Voices: The Doncaster Muslim Wellness Conference – How our Embedded Researcher Roles are Making a Difference in Communities

Richard Gettings is an embedded researcher on our Doncaster Health Determinants Research Collaboration. He was recently part of a team that designed and organised the first Doncaster Muslim Wellness Conference. Richard has written  for AWRC Voices about the circumstances that led to the development of the conference, some of the challenges faced, and its underpinning philosophies.

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