Stoke-on-Trent City Council has been fortunate to be involved in a learning exchange between the UK and the US. The purpose is to contribute to learning and knowledge about reducing health inequalities through tackling the root causes of poor health, such as, employment, housing, education and the environment. This approach prioritises working with communities to harness their capacity for health improvement.

This exchange is part of a wider programme and is supported by the Department of Health, England, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA, the International Union for Health Promotion Education and Health Action Partnership International.

Tuesday 15th November - Five Points South, Surin West and Geocaching!

After our visit to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute we headed back to the hotel for a quick change before venturing out to explore more of Birmingham. Our wanderings took us to Five Points South, a neighbourhood lcoated in the southern section of downtown Birmingham where we met Graydon and Kenitra. After a vote we decided to frequent the Surin West Restaurant and try some of Birmingham's Thai Cuisine.

We would definitely recommend a visit to Surin West
This dinner provided us with the opportunity to get to know our colleagues from the CDC a little better and at the table we were introduced to one of Graydon's hobbies - Geocaching. Having no clue as to what he was talking about we decided to experience first hand what this Geocaching thing was. So, on the way back to the hotel, Graydon (and his phone) navigated us to what can only be described as a dimly lit alley-way where we were meant to find some treasure (aka a Geocache). Here are a few photos of our first attempt at geocaching;


Unfortunately (after 20 minutes of looking high and low) Graydon discovered that there were a number of online messages stating that the Geocache couldn't be found at this location!

Disappointed we headed back to the hotel....but, not wanting to give up, Graydon continued to track our location and announced "...there should be one just over the road!" 


 He was right!...we eventually found a Geocache! We also discovered that there were a number of Geocaches in and around Stoke-on-Trent. Definitely something to take back with us to the UK!
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