Opinion

Insights from our team and partners.

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Urban health

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Natalie Lartey
Natalie Lartey
Founder & Director, Wood & Water
Opinion

Centring the voices of young people in the fight for climate justice

Wood & Water partnered with Impact on Urban Health to explore how to make conversations around climate change, health inequalities and racism more inclusive. In this guest blog, Natalie Lartey from Wood & Water shares what we’ve learnt.

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Children's mental health

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Carmen Sumadiwiria
Carmen Sumadiwiria
Policy and Influencing Manager
Opinion

Why tackling child poverty isn’t just about cash

Policy and Influencing Manager Carmen Sumadiwiria explores how improving data sharing can work alongside investment to make a difference to children’s health.

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Health effects of air pollution

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Ben Pearce
Ben Pearce
Head of Programme (Health effects of air pollution)
Opinion

We welcome ambitious air quality targets. Now comes the harder work of delivery.

The new Environmental Improvement Plan sets new targets for air quality. Can the Government meet them?

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Urban health

Patrick Lee
Patrick Lee
Communications Manager
Opinion

Our changing climate is an urban health emergency

The climate crisis is making urban areas increasingly dangerous places to live, with marginalised communities in cities the most affected.

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Urban health

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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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Urban health

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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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Financial foundations for adult health

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Michael Parsons
Michael Parsons
Head of Programme (Financial foundations for adult health)
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.

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Urban Health

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Peter Babudu
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.

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Children's health and food

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Nikita Sinclair
Nikita Sinclair
Head of Programme (Children's health and food)
Opinion
19 Nov 2024

“A policy that does what it’s meant to do”

Evaluating the Mayor of London’s universal primary free school meals policy.

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