The difference our Partnership is making

​‘Together We Can’ is West Yorkshire’s long term campaign to minimise pressure on urgent and emergency services. This is the fifth year the campaign has been rolled out as a West Yorkshire wide winter campaign. ​

A new Healthy Working Life workplace health initiative in Wakefield is helping people spot serious health risks early - without needing to visit a GP surgery.

Matilda was referred into NHS Talking Therapies, delivered by Vita Health Group, as one of the Healthy Working Life initiatives. Following her assessment, she was offered prioritised, combined support from both a therapist and an employment adviser,

A new Healthy Working Life pilot programme in Calderdale is helping people manage breathlessness, improve their health and take steps towards returning to work.

Through the Healthy Working Life, Sara was able to access dedicated employment support straight away. This meant she received the right help at the right time, without being passed between services.

In this video we find out how Healthy Working Life was a natural expansion to what students at the University of Huddersfield's Health and Wellbeing Academy already do in the community and how the Go Set Goal health checks are getting great feedback too.

The TSL Kirklees Wellness Works initiative supports people whose health is affecting their ability to work or stay in work by providing personalised one-to-one support and local wellbeing activities. Find out more in the fifth in a series of five video case studies.

The Proper Job Theatre Company uses creative practice to support people experiencing mental ill health to remain in or return to meaningful work. This fourth video case study in a series of five shows how, building on their successful LAB wellbeing model, people recently signed off work with mental health and other issues are being supported.

Locala’s Wellness to Work programme supports people living in Kirklees, aged 18 to 64 who are out of work and want help getting into, or back into, employment. Watch the third video in a series of five to find out more.

This second video case study shows how, with funding from Healthy Working Life, Kirklees Active Leisure (KAL) developed Fitness for Work, a 12-week bespoke, easy-to-access structured exercise and social activity programme.

In this video case study, the first in a series of six, you can hear from young people about their experiences with C+K Careers and how the support provided is opening up employment opportunities

For teams delivering the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Pathway, work itself is seen as an important health outcome. This is Debbie's story.

This is Alexandria's story of her journey through the Employment and Pain Service which supports people living with long-term musculoskeletal (MSK) pain to stay in or return to work, especially those at risk of going off sick or losing their job.

The Community Wellness Champion project in Wakefield, funded by Healthy Working Life, brings simple health checks and advice into local community spaces where people already feel comfortable. This is Maria's story

With over 60 Healthy Working Life (HWL) pilot projects underway evaluation is essential to help understand what works well, what needs to change and what we can improve in the future.