Different impacts of asthma
Asthma can affect anyone, 5.4 million people in the UK have asthma but it has greater impact on some people's lives and affects the opportunities they have.
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Women are more likely to have asthma and experience severe symptoms of asthma
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People from disadvantaged socio-economic groups are more likely to be exposed to the causes and triggers of asthma, including smoking and air pollution
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People living in more deprived areas of England are more likely to go to hospital for their asthma
How does asthma affect you and your family?
Asthma can affect anyone, but where you live, how old you are and how much money you have can all affect your chances of developing asthma and the care you receive. These health inequalities can have a big impact on people with asthma. We’re aiming to raise awareness of the hidden and misunderstood impacts of asthma as well as current research into the condition.
If you’re a woman with experience of asthma and health inequalities and you’d like to share your story with others, we’d love to hear from you.
Do you enjoy creativity, craft and making things?
In the project you’ll take part in a series of creative workshops and share your experiences of asthma through embroidery, pottery and jewellery making. You’ll also be hearing from other women whose lives are affected by asthma and researchers who study asthma.
How you could benefit from taking part:
Meeting other women affected by asthma and learning from their experiences
Meeting researchers who study asthma and finding out more about how asthma affects people
Learning new creative skills such as knitting, pottery and photography
Having fun in a relaxed and friendly creative group
You’ll be paid £25 per hour for taking part in the project workshops
How to get involved and find out more:
Please complete this online form by Tuesday 16th of May at 10 am.
If you’d like support completing this form, please contact:
Deirdre via phone on 07821 791 405 or email at d.figueiredo@craftspace.co.uk,
Paolo via email at paolo.arru@mft.nhs.uk
Dates of the sessions
Please note, to take part in this project you’ll need to be available for the planned sessions. A further 9 h of workshops will take place in September/October, but these are currently to be confirmed.
Saturday 20th May, 10am - 3pm, in person workshop (lunch included)
Saturday 10th June, 10am - 1pm, Zoom workshop
Saturday 1st July, 10am - 1pm, Zoom workshop
Important information
This project is for women who have a diagnosis of asthma or severe asthma or who care for someone with a diagnosis of asthma.
We want to make sure that women who experience health inequalities are involved in this project. For example you may have experienced:
Difficulties accessing care and treatment
Experience of poor quality care and treatment
Poor living conditions such as damp housing
Living in a place with high air pollution
Health inequalities can also be affected by factors such as
How much money you have
Your ethnicity
If you have disabilities
If you’re LGBTQ+
How we’ll support you
Ensuring an inclusive and welcoming space for everyone
Providing training to increase your confidence using Zoom for the online workshops
Lending you a tablet to take part in online workshops if you don’t have a computer
Providing a quiet and comfortable space to take part in online workshops if you do not have this at home
Cover travel and childcare expenses for face-to-face sessions