# Embedding community-driven change: A relational approach to place-based health inequalities

**URL:** <https://community.cherp.org.uk/t/embedding-community-driven-change-a-relational-approach-to-place-based-health-inequalities/300>\
**Category:** Research\
**Tags:** co-production, health-inequalities, social-prescribing, action-research, community-power\
**Created:** [4 September 2026 11:58 UTC](https://community.cherp.org.uk/t/embedding-community-driven-change-a-relational-approach-to-place-based-health-inequalities/300 "2026-09-04T11:58:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Koen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9a28c/32.png) [@Koen](https://community.cherp.org.uk/u/Koen)\
**Post date:** [4 September 2026 11:58 UTC](https://community.cherp.org.uk/t/embedding-community-driven-change-a-relational-approach-to-place-based-health-inequalities/300/1 "2026-09-04T11:58:37Z")

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Presentation of paper about pilot project of the SPARC (Social Prescribing Assets and Relationships in Communities) Network. The main argument is that community-driven change can be embedded by taking a relational approach to place-based health inequalities.

Presented at the International Conference on Integrated Care, Session 15.D, Birmingham, 15 April 2026

[Embedding community-driven change\_ICIC 2026.pdf](https://community.cherp.org.uk/uploads/short-url/5Qwc9VU2YjqmlMlRUWgmZFuEJWi.pdf) (1.6 MB)

[SPARC Network website](https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/centres-institutes/urban-wellbeing/sparc)

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> community power, health inequalities, social prescribing, action research, co production