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Human Hospitals Public Living Rooms continue to pop up at NHS trusts around the country, this time in Tameside Greater Manchester in the shape of a dome.  

Another one of the teepee Public Living Rooms makes it’s way to a hospital, this time up in Middlesbrough in the wonderful James Cook Hospital alongside the many folk who work for the South Tees NHS trust and those who visit or are a patient.

As part of the Camerados Human Hospitals campaign (and following the success of the Public Living Room at Blackpool Victoria Hospital), another Public Living Room in the form of a teepee arrives in the atrium of Rotherham General Hospital. A welcoming space for the patients, visitors and staff to go on a good day or […]

The whole school community at Church Cowley St James School welcomed Camerados to their school this week to find out more about what being a camerado to others involves. This is the first time Camerados has connected with schools to find out how the movement can work with young folk and what impact Camerados can […]

Carnival fever hit Camerados as they took part in the annual Oxford Cowley Carnival, joining in with the explosion of colour down one of Oxford’s most famous streets, with around 50,000 other folk taking part or watching.

The Big Lottery Fund has awarded a two-year funding programme of £738,000 to Association of Camerados (AOC) to help them build a movement of “Camerados” and roll out Public Living Rooms across the UK. The project will tackle loneliness, restoring people’s confidence and helping build resilience through the power of “looking out for each other”. […]

It is Friday night. I am serving up apple crumble. The hands come up holding bowls to be filled. Strong, working hands. Adolescent girls hands with glittery finger-nails. Beautifully manicured hands of the arthritic oldies. The grubby hands of the gardeners and street homeless. Doubtful hands, ‘is this really for me’, and greedy hands ‘I am ready […]