WFCVS Health and Well-Being Network

Why This Network, Why Now?

Every day, small charities across Waltham Forest work miracles on shoestring budgets. You're the ones who know your communities inside out. You're the trusted faces people turn to in their moments of need. You're delivering vital mental health support, combating isolation, promoting physical activity, and addressing health inequalities – often without the recognition or resources you deserve.

But imagine what we could achieve if we weren't working in isolation. Imagine if we could pool our knowledge, share our resources, and speak with one voice when it matters most.

What's In It For Your Organisation?

This isn't another talking shop or tick-box exercise. This network is about practical solidarity and real change:

Connect & Collaborate – Find partners for joint funding bids, share training costs, and discover organisations doing complementary work you never knew existed.

Amplify Your Voice – Together, we can influence local health strategies and ensure commissioning decisions reflect the reality on the ground. One small charity might struggle to be heard; a network of twenty becomes impossible to ignore.

Share & Learn – From that brilliant volunteer management system you've developed to navigating the latest safeguarding requirements, we all have expertise worth sharing.

Build Resilience – In an increasingly challenging funding landscape, our collective strength can help us weather the storms and spot new opportunities.

WF Health and Well-Being Network Our First Meeting: Setting the Foundation

We have talked about it for some time - this inaugural gathering is your chance to shape what this network becomes. We'll be:

• Mapping our collective impact across Waltham Forest's health landscape
• Identifying our shared challenges and opportunities
• Setting priorities that reflect your real needs, not what funders think you need
• Creating practical working groups around the issues that matter most to you

You Belong Here

Whether you're a volunteer-run mental health peer support group, a small charity tackling food poverty, a community sports club promoting wellbeing, or anything in between – if you're working to improve health and wellbeing in Waltham Forest, this network needs your voice.

We know your time is precious. We know you're juggling multiple priorities with limited capacity. That's exactly why this network needs to exist – to make all our jobs a little easier and our impact a lot stronger.