On Monday 28th April 2025, SIS Projects & Quality Assurance Manager Vikki Gimson and Learning & Development Manager Rosie represented SIS by attending a lecture for Master’s students on the Health Care Leadership and Commissioning Course at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School. The teaching topic was Health Inequalities as part of the module on…
As part of the Pan-Sussex Diversity in Research Engagement Network (Sussex REN), SIS has helped to develop a set of materials to support organisations that are working in health and care research. These resources outline best practices for building effective and successful relationships with Community Researchers They were created via a series of collaborative workshops,…
SIS is very proud to have been delivering Bilingual Social Prescribing for over 10 year. On National Social Prescribing Day we would like to offer our heartfelt thanks and celebrate the achievements of our dedicated team of volunteer and professional social prescribers, past and present, who have made a huge difference to the lives of…
Keeping loved ones safe and protected is everyone’s priority. The NHS have been campaigning to raise awareness for the seasonal vaccinations that vulnerable people should be getting. SIS was commissioned by Brighton & Hove City Council Public Health Team to help with this campaign and ensure that our Service Users are included and have the…
In Autumn of 2023, SIS was invited to join the Pan-Sussex Diversity in Health and Care Research Engagement Network (REN) to work alongside partners from the NHS, Universities and VCSE to create a regional network of diverse Community Researchers who could support Sussex-based health and care research. To build the capacity of Community Researchers through…
SIS is delighted to have been shortlisted as finalists, from 200 entries, in the Social Prescribing Awards 2024. This honour is in recognition of fantastic work carried over the past 8 years by our team of volunteer linguists and paid caseworkers. We have supported nearly 3000 people with their social, emotional and practical issues. Our…
NHS Sussex commissioned SIS to contribute to the second phase of insight gathering to find out “What do Women in Sussex want from Women’s Health Services?”. An Arabic Speaking SIS Bilingual Community Researcher (BCR) interviewed 5 Arabic Speaking Service Users to help give a voice to women and girls with language needs. Their contribution has…
In March 2023 Bridging Change published their report into The Food Access Needs of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities, Refugees and Asylum Seekers. SIS immediately responded with suggestion about how we might be able to help take forward some of the recommendations. We have subsequently been working with Brighton and Hove Food Partnership, Brighton…
At an event on 17th October 2023, The Volunteer Centre at Community Works brought together VCSE organisation to discuss volunteering in the city; how this has changed over years (particularly since the pandemic), what motivates people to volunteer and how organisation can support and retain volunteers. SIS was asked if one of our volunteers would…
On Monday 26th June 2023 SIS welcomed 33 SIS Service Users in 6 languages (Arabic, Cantonese, Farsi, Italian, Pashto, Portuguese) to a specially organised lunch time event to help us get to know them better, hear their opinions about SIS, understand their needs and share knowledge about communities and culture. “We are grateful for having…
