Insights

Explore what we’re learning about improving health in cities.

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Urban health

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Natasha Feiner
Interim Head of Policy & Influencing
Policy
13 Jun 2025

A healthier future starts with children: Our response to the spending review

Read our response to the UK Government's recently announced spending review.

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Health effects of air pollution

People are walking down a street. On the other side, there is scaffolding and construction works taking place, with traffic cones on the road.
Diaraye Barry
Data Visualisation Consultant
Data

Using data to reduce air pollution from construction sites

The Air Pollution Risk Index tool identified areas where improving air quality could have the biggest benefit on people’s health.

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Urban health

A lollipop person standing in the middle of a road. A person pushing a pushchair and another person is behind them, walking across the road.
Rachel Dixon
Rachel Dixon
GLA Civil Society Data and Policy Officer
Opinion

What we’ve learnt through the Civic Data Innovation Challenge

We partnered with the Greater London Authority to launch the Civic Data Innovation Challenge and gain deeper insights about our communities. In this guest blog, Rachel Dixon explores what we learnt.

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Health effects of air pollution

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Ben Pearce
Ben Pearce
Head of Programme
Latest updates

The Government’s backward step on wood-burning stoves puts public health and climate action at risk

The Government's decision to permit wood-burning stoves in new builds contradicts growing evidence about the harmful effects these stoves have on public health and the environment.

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Urban health

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Claud Williams
Claud Williams
Director of Innovation
Latest updates

How we’re innovating to act on health inequalities

We back innovative projects to build health equity and help overcome barriers to good health.

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Children's health and food

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Impact on Urban Health
Latest updates

Why we’re giving kids a commercial break

We're joining forces with our partners Bite Back and have placed 365 billboards across Lambeth and Southwark with one clear message: “We’ve bought this ad space so the junk food giants couldn’t – we’re giving kids a commercial break.”

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Children's health and food

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Impact on Urban Health
Reports

Evaluation of the Lambeth Schools Superzones convenience store project

Creating a healthier food environment for children and young people.

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Urban health

A block of flats.
Cara Holmes
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.

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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.
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Natasha Feiner
Interim Head of Policy & Influencing
Latest updates
12 Mar 2025

Addressing the 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.

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