People

Students, staff and volunteers from health, social care and the arts link with people of all ages and with diverse needs to jointly plan events. H2h is cross cultural, cross generational and cross ability, and mixes together people from all walks of life to share a learning journey.

Achievement

The focus is on the individual and enabling personal targets to be set and met through the support of the team. We recognise that each person may have different views on what achievement means to them. For some it may be a physical challenge, and for others it may be finding a way of furthering their academic education.

Participation

The events help to break down barriers between our local community and the professions, acting to facilitate widening participation and inclusivity. The events encourage those who are socially isolated, or who feel that they are excluded from access to heritage sites and the arts to become involved.

Learning

We offer a shared learning experience. H2h enhances collaborative learning, applied research, innovation and entrepreneurship by building bridges between diverse groups of people.

Challenging

The use of challenge events creates teams and networks between people, making for participative teaching, learning and exploration. The expectation is that everyone takes away something from the challenge event.

Sustainable

Creating links and relationships across all age groups and cultures, empowering people for the benefit of present and future generations. The shared learning journeys in these inspirational environments teaches the value and importance of our countryside and heritage sites.


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Our Vision

We develop shared solutions to improving wellbeing and creating an environment for shared learning. We believe that all age-groups, all abilities and all cultures enrich our learning journey. We recognise that everyone has something to teach and something to learn. We share the process and this learning journey. A journey that is just beginning.

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How h2h Works

h2h is a co-ordinated approach to shared learning and understanding and takes place not in a traditional classroom or university setting but in the huge creative space of outdoors, in heritage and countryside sites. Our objective is to make this a sustainable process by embedding the h2h method into the education of future health, social care and creative industry practitioners. Events are co-designed and hosted by student groups and their guests to create memorable and personal experiences for everyone involved.

Who Is h2h For?

h2h is collaboration between higher education, the community and heritage sites and the countryside. H2h events break down barriers between people of all ages, abilities and cultures so that they can work together in developing health, social, art, historic or wellbeing interventions and products. Ages of those involved range from 2 to 94 and come from all walks of life; students, carers, parents, single parents, children, teachers, unemployed, refugees, those with learning difficulties, able bodied and disabled. It is for everyone.

Our Community Says

Theresa Nash, Director of h2h
"It is about bringing people together, I think it's just diverse people across generations which is really important. We've created a bridge-building event between communities, universities and health. People come and share a journey but when they share the journey they help each other and create a supportive network. "
Staff helper aged 52
"I felt great having met with some of the participants and the carers and finding a little bit about them and generally just having a chat which socially you just don't do, you don't have a lot of time for it, also to be aware of how you communicate with people. "
National Trust Learning Manager
"It was certainly an eye opener in terms of the potential that there is and it was lovely to see people enjoying the place who haven't been anywhere like this before. Even when we did the planning days with some of the students, some of them had never visited places like this before."
Carer aged 46
"The best thing was the place. For our residents that place was free, you know what I mean, there was no boundaries they can go wherever they want and the way it was planned we got together in individual groups so we could look after each other, helping each other."
Student aged 25
"It was good to see the problems that needed to be overcome, to gain more understanding, to gain understanding of someone's life."
Student aged 18
"I was there to help anyone who needed general help, holding a hand, to chat to and to listen to their lives....brilliant really, I enjoyed interacting with people of all ages and making new friends, developing my communication skills, to listen and to talk to people as human beings."
Participant aged 65
"Learning, discovering and supporting and feeling very good, creating, discovering, thinking. Learning something different from people. Learning, feeling and supporting, creating and sharing. Sharing each other, sharing. Everyone is nice, I really enjoyed it."
Participant aged 87
"I like to learn. Always learning. If I am a hundred years (old) so I can learn, the best thing (in life) is caring for people, looking after people. Lovely place! I like the garden, lovely place and lovely when I go out I can have a different fresh air."

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Getting in touch with us

Email

  • Kasia Cierach: kasia@heritage2health.co.uk
  • Suzanne Corbett : s.corbett@sgul.kingston.ac.uk

Telephone

  • 020 8725 2077 (Suzanne Corbett)
  • 07880 786774 (Denise Forte)