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Seminar

Same Storm, Different Boats: Covid, Community and How We Come Together

17.30 - 19.30
26 Feb 2026
Lecture Theatre D (538), Rose Bowl, City Campus

Health and community leaders will discuss how communities responded to Covid-19 and what this means for future public health action.

Jason Strelitz (The Health Foundation) will summarise his new book 'Same Storm, Different Boats: Covid, Community and How We Come Together'.

In it he shares a candid, moving, and insightful account of the Covid-19 pandemic through the lens of Newham, East London-one of Britain's most diverse communities.

Panel members Raheem Mohammad (Hamara Health Living Centre) and Victoria Eaton (Leeds Public Health) will also give their reflections of the pandemic in Leeds and how different communities responded.

Jason, Raheem, and Victoria will debate questions from the audiance about communities and the future of public health.

The event is chaired by Professor Jane South from the Centre for Health Promotion Research.

The Centre for Health Promotion Research (CHPR) in the School of Health are running a seminar series over the 2025/2026 academic year. There will be one seminar each month, including a mixture of short online sessions at lunchtimes and longer in-person twilight sessions. Contact CHPR@leedsbeckett.ac.uk for more info.

Jason Strelitz is the Assistant Director (Prevention & Healthy Lives) with The Health Foundation. He has worked across the voluntary sector, NHS and local government for 25 years. He was Director of Public Health for London Borough of Newham for 6 years, including during the Covid-19 pandemic

Victoria Eaton has been Director of Public Health at Leeds City Council since March 2020. Previously she worked in a range of public health roles in Leeds, the West Midlands, and across Yorkshire and Humber regions.

Throughout her career, Victoria has had a strong commitment to addressing health inequalities and the social determinants of health, and their impact on physical and mental health.

A professional Youth Worker and qualified teacher, Raheem Mohammad is the Director of Hamara, the largest ethnic minority organisation in West Yorkshire. Raheem is passionate about changing the lives of our future generation and with over 20 years of volunteering and working within the charity sector, Raheem is one of the youngest leaders in the sector demonstrating innovation and ambition within his role.

Jane South is Professor of Health Communities in the Centre for Health Promotion Research at Leeds Beckett University. Jane was previously national advisor to Public Health England on healthy community.