Over the past year, the Director has used her lived experience, professional systems background, and community connections to help bring people, organisations, and ideas together around health inequalities, advocacy, and prevention. Through WISE+ CIC, she has supported conversations across the VCSE sector, local health alliances, research networks, and community groups, particularly in areas of multiple deprivation in both the North East and Kent. She has developed and shared accessible resources and awareness materials relating to hidden and under-recognised conditions, patient advocacy, and the challenges people face navigating fragmented systems. She has also worked to connect community voices with professionals in health, research, and social enterprise spaces, helping ensure lived experience is represented in wider discussions. Alongside this, she has been developing practical concepts and tools designed to improve accessibility, signposting, and support for people experiencing complex health and social challenges. This includes early work on advocacy resources, support pathways, and community-led approaches to better use of health data and lived experience insight. Much of this work has been voluntary and relationship-based, focused on collaboration, prevention, reducing isolation, and helping people feel seen, heard, and better connected to support.

WISE CIC's stakeholders include: People with lived experience of hidden and under-recognised health conditions, complex health needs, and those navigating fragmented health and social care systems Community groups in areas of multiple deprivation across the North East and Kent Organisations within the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector Local health alliances and partnerships Research networks Professionals working in health, research, and social enterprise spaces Patient advocates and individuals affected by health inequalities How stakeholders have been consulted Consultation has been relationship-based and largely conducted on a voluntary basis, drawing on the Director's lived experience, professional systems background, and community connections. Engagement has taken place through: Ongoing conversations across the VCSE sector, local health alliances, research networks, and community groups Direct engagement with communities in areas of multiple deprivation in the North East and Kent Connecting community voices with professionals in health, research, and social enterprise spaces, to ensure lived experience is represented in wider discussions Sharing accessible resources and awareness materials relating to hidden and under-recognised conditions, patient advocacy, and the challenges of navigating fragmented systems, and gathering responses to these Collaborative working focused on prevention, reducing isolation, and improving connection to support Action taken in response to feedback Feedback and insights from stakeholders have directly shaped WISE CIC's work during the period. In response, the company has: Developed and shared accessible resources and awareness materials addressing the gaps identified by people with lived experience Begun developing practical concepts and tools designed to improve accessibility, signposting, and support for people experiencing complex health and social challenges Started early work on advocacy resources, support pathways, and community-led approaches to better use of health data and lived experience insight Worked to ensure lived experience perspectives are carried into wider professional and research conversations, helping bridge the gap between communities and decision-making spaces Focused activity on collaboration, prevention, and reducing isolation, in direct response to what stakeholders have said matters most

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