Acknowledgements

This report was created and coordinated by a fantastic project team: Joseph Adebowale, Jill Cushing, Amy Daubney, Vicky Lawton, Tamsin Macdonald, Tom Mapplethorpe, Elaine Penning, Owen Richardson, Leah Squire, Lisa Waldron and Lucy Wearmouth.

Additional thanks to other council colleagues and partner organisations for their contributions, particularly around the recommendations and partner residents' stories sections. Conversations with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Healthwatch Kirklees also helped shape this report. Particular thanks to the members of staff who conducted and supported the interviews: Claire Baldwin, Jo Cove, Tom Mapplethorpe, Louise Muhammed, Hawwa Pervaiz, Georgia Stephenson, Nea Watkinson, Michelle Williams and to colleagues who voiced the animation.

And finally, I want to give the biggest 'thank you' to those residents of Kirklees who took part in the interviews and so generously shared their experiences. This insight demonstrates the importance of this topic and the scale of the challenge.
Rachel Spencer-Henshall, May 2023