The first strand of my research uses the Applied Social Identity Approach to investigate how sharing a group identity enables members of marginalised communities to deal with adversity. It also examines how prejudice and discrimination serves to erode this resilience and how stigma impedes and deters marginalised groups from accessing support services. In a unique application of this approach, I investigate the group dynamics of Social Prescribing. Along with other members of the Groups Identities and Health research group, I have been exploring how and why Social Prescribing (the practice of connecting socially vulnerable individuals to community groups and activities) has its health benefits and how these can be enhanced. I recently led an AHRC funded investigation of placed-based Social Prescribing, examining how third sector organisations can better enable Social Prescribing to cope with and recover from the pandemic. In a second research strand of research, I co-lead an interdisciplinary programme of research into residential mobility and how local communities deal with the stresses of intergroup contact. This work examines how community support can facilitate incomers’ successful integration into new neighbourhoods and how community identity can help existing residents cope with the challenges of an influx of different groups.