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The coronavirus pandemic has had a huge impact on our wellbeing, with many people feeling anxious about its impact on them and their loved ones. Many also have concerns about coming out of lockdown and the future. As we pass the milestone of one year since the first lockdown, Thrive LDN and partners are launching […]

As we approach the first anniversary of the first national lockdown, there is growing evidence that the pandemic has widened pre-existing inequalities. The coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has not affected everybody equally, says a new report from Toynbee Hall and Thrive LDN. Pandemic Stories Publishing early findings today, Pandemic Stories -a peer-to-peer research report by Toynbee Hall with […]

Fast-Track Cities London and One Voice Network  are marking Black History Month 2020 by documenting the stories, work and opinions of Black people living with HIV in London and the people and organisations supporting them. Black people in London are disproportionately affected by poor sexual health Of all heterosexual people diagnosed with HIV in 2018, […]

 Young Londoners were at the forefront of a virtual festival hosted by the Mayor of London’s Peer Outreach Team and Thrive LDN to mark World Mental Health Day 2020. The virtual World Mental Health Day Festival programme was designed to support young people build resilience and promote positive wellbeing. The festival also aligned and coincides with […]

Following a pause of the Fast-Track Cities London stigma subgroup, we’ve now reconvened so we can review the plans we developed together with the HIV community and sector to end stigma in London. Back in January and February we heard from over 100 people and agencies about what London should do to end the stigma around HIV. […]

Watch our videos All our past videos and webinars can be found on the Healthy London Partnership You Tube channel on our Fast-Track Cities playlist here. Read about and watch previous webinars here.   Working together to end stigma Following a pause of the Fast-Track Cities London stigma subgroup, we’ve now reconvened so we can review […]

Watch the latest webinar Over 150 people joined us live last Tuesday for the second Fast-Track Cities London webinar. This time it was on on COVID-19, inequalities and BAME communities: implications for HIV prevention. It was presented by Professor Kevin Fenton, our Co-Chair and London’s Regional Director for Public Health England. Read more about it […]

Good Thinking, London’s digital mental wellbeing service, has published its first COVID-19 Insights Report. The report includes information about how people are using the website, and how this has changed through COVID-19. It also includes key insights from an ongoing research programme that Good Thinking has been working on with Partnership for Young London and […]

You are invited to join a London Fast-Track Cities webinar on COVID, inequalities and BAME communities: implications for HIV prevention? This will be presented by Professor Kevin Fenton, co-chair of the London Fast-Track Cities Initiative Leadership Group . The webinar will take place from 4:00pm to 5:00pm GMT on Tuesday 28 July 2020. You can watch […]

A new Right to Thrive grants scheme has today (Friday, 10 July 2020) awarded more than £170,000 to 24 community and grassroots projects across London to help support the mental health and wellbeing of those who are experiencing higher levels of unfair treatment and discrimination. The projects range from supporting mental health outcomes for refugees, […]