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Upstream presentations, articles and recognition

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• Age Concern England: Upstream invited to ‘round table’ discussions on evidence to Age Concern/Mental Health Foundation ‘Inquiry into Mental Health and Well-Being in Later Life’ (2005/06). Upstream Case Study for Age Concern/Help the Aged Consultation/Manual on ‘Older People in Rural Areas’. (www.ageconcern.org.uk)
• Arts in Health South West: Upstream presentation at Bristol Conference (Sept. 2006). Upstream also used as Case Study for ‘Shared Territories’: Audit and Analysis of Arts & Health Sector in South West, on behalf of Arts Council England South West and South West Arts and Health Forum (Sept. 2005). (http://artsandhealthsouthwest.org.uk or http://ahsw.org.uk)
• The Care Forum: Upstream presentation at AGM Nov. 2007: ‘Social Enterprise in Health and Social Care’.
• Centre for Public Policy Seminars: ‘Shifting Resources to Prevention and Health Promotion’, (May 2006). Upstream and Healthy Living Alliance presentation.
• Choosing Healthier Communities Conference, North Devon PCT (May 2006). Upstream presentation. First North Devon Conference to bring the PCT and Voluntary Sector together to consider community health issues.
• Community Health & Social Care magazine (together with the NHS Alliance), Issue 8. 2007. Article on NHS Live with Case Study on Upstream.
• Culture South West (Nov. 2007), presentation at conference on ‘Having the Time of Our Lives: Culture and the well-being of the South West’s Older People’ (http://southwestrda.org.uk )
• Department of Health: Upstream featured as Case Study in promotional film for nationwide consultations on ‘Our Health, Our Care, Our Say’ (2005). Also Department of Health Social Enterprise Pathfinder (2007).
• Goodenough College, and Economic and Social Research Council: Upstream presentation at conference on ‘Age and Ageing: Just the Concern of the Old?’ (Dec. 2005) (www.goodenough.ac.uk)
• International Longevity Centre: Malnutrition among Older People in the Community. Upstream represented on Working Group for Report (2006) that recommends Healthy Living Centres as vehicles for delivery of action on key issues. (www.ilcuk.org.uk)
• International Longevity Centre: Upstream paper ‘Unlocking the Community’ published by ILC on its website, 2007. (www.ilcuk.org.uk)
• Local Government Association: Improvement & Development Agency (I&DEA) Knowledge Newsletter (March 2006) – Upstream Case Study in this widely circulated electronic Newsletter (www.idea-knowledge.gov.uk).
• National Association of Local Government Arts Officers (NALGAO): Upstream presentation at Bristol conference (Feb. 2007), ‘The Participation Agenda’. (www.nalgao.org)
• National Healthy Living Alliance: Upstream features as Case Study on the Alliance website, and in the booklet and DVD produced for the Alliance launch. (www.healthylivingalliance.org) 
• NHS Live: Upstream has presented at NHS Live South West Regional Events in 2005/06 and at a national event in 2007. Upstream has also featured in the NHS Live Leaders’ Spring 2006 Newsletter (www.nhslive.nhs.uk or www.institute.nhs.uk) and as an NHS Live Case Study in May 2007 
• NHS Networks: Upstream invited as example of good practice for ‘Learning from Practice’ – commissioning policy examples of practice on NHS Network web Newsletter Nov. 2006 (www.networks.nhs.uk)
• Office of Deputy Prime Minister (now Department of Communities and Local Government) endorsed Upstream as example of good practice, linked to government document on ‘A Sure Start for Later Life’.
• RNIB: Visual Impairment Project: Upstream invited as Case Study in RNIB ‘Making the Link’ project, 2007 (www.rnib.org.uk)
• Scottish Healthy Living Centre Conference, Glasgow (Nov. 2006): Upstream presentation on behalf of the Healthy Living Alliance at annual conference (www.chex.org.uk)
• South West Mental Health and Physical Activity Group: Conference presentation by Upstream (Dec. 2005). Upstream Case Study in South West Mental Health Newsletter No.4 (2006) (Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, www.mentality.org.uk.
• South West Observatory (Regional Government Office) Conference on Older People, Exeter, ‘New Age for the South West?’ (March 2006). Presentation by Upstream and Case Study in the conference programme (www.swo.org.uk)
• Sport England South West: Upstream and Healthy Living Alliance keynote presentation at annual conference, ‘Making an Impact’, in Torquay (Feb. 2007). Presentation titled: ‘Taking risks: making life worth living’. (www.sportengland.org)