Insights

Children's health and food

Three teenagers are looking at a display of crisps on some shop shelves.

Impact on Urban Health

Reports

Evaluation of the Lambeth Schools Superzones convenience store project

Creating a healthier food environment for children and young people.

Urban health

Cara Holmes

Technical Programme Manager, National Retrofit Hub

Opinion

Creating healthier homes in the private rented sector

In 2024, we partnered with the National Retrofit Hub to understand more about how to improve the quality of homes in the private rented sector. In this guest blog, Cara Holmes explores what we learnt.

Health effects of air pollution

People are sitting on wooden benches and listening to a speaker at the Enact Equality event in Parliament. The room has floor to ceiling windows and portraits hung on the walls.

Natasha Feiner

Policy and Influencing Manager

Latest updates

12 Mar 2025

Addressing the unjust burden of air pollution with Enact Equality

In February we joined a thought-provoking discussion in the Houses of Parliament, focused on the intersection of racial justice and air pollution. In this article, we set out our takeaways from the event, as well next steps.

Children's mental health

Children in a school playground playing a ball game.

Impact on Urban Health

Reports

Building Blocks

The UK government has committed to publishing a child poverty strategy. To help inform the government’s work, the Child Poverty Action Group, with support from Save the Children UK, and funding from Impact on Urban Health, has set out how to deliver an effective child poverty strategy.

Financial foundations for adult health

A window looks out onto Greenwich power station. Photograph by Iuliia Dutchak

Impact on Urban Health

Reports

Supporting households in energy debt

We commissioned Clear Consultancy Services to analyse the impact of higher energy debts on individuals, households, and the debt advice sector. The resulting executive summary outlines seven key recommendations for how Ofgem, government, and the energy sector can improve support.

Financial foundations for adult health

Michael Parsons

Cross-Programme Director

Opinion

03 Feb 2025

Why we are changing our name to financial foundations for adult health

The multiple long-terms conditions (MLTC) programme will now be known as the financial foundations for adult health (FFAH) programme.

Urban Health

Colourful lights illuminate a dark tunnel in an arc shape. Photograph by Eric Rai.

Peter Babudu

Executive Director

Opinion

The year in urban health

This year, we’ve worked with over 70 partners to test solutions to the causes of poor health in urban areas. To celebrate just some of their impact this year, we spoke to four of those partners.

Children's health and food