Opinion

Children's health and food

Rebecca Sunter

Programme Director

Opinion

30 Sep 2019

Supporting schools to provide healthy options

We're working with local schools to ensure healthy food and physical activity become the norm for all children throughout the day.

Children's health and food

Carole Coulon

Portfolio Manager

Opinion

30 Sep 2019

Giving families access to healthy options

Positively changing home environments can be difficult. We share the work we're doing to improve children's health in homes and early years settings.

Children's health and food

Jessica Attard

Portfolio Manager

Opinion

30 Sep 2019

Creating change in streets to tackle childhood obesity

Sharing how we're working across sectors to address obesogenic streets and what our next steps are through our ‘streets’ strand.

Multiple long-term conditions

Rohan Martyres

Programme Director (maternity cover)

Opinion

30 Sep 2019

The health impacts of work, finance and housing

We discuss how we’re developing the social risk factors strand of our programme, and the types of organisations we’re looking to work with.

Health effects of air pollution

Kate Langford

Programme Director

Opinion

24 Sep 2019

Combating the health effects of poor air quality

Poor air quality is one the key environmental factors that drives poor health in cities. Here's how we're learning for our urban health programme.

Children's health and food

Sarah Hickey

Interim Executive Director

Opinion

20 Sep 2019

What will it take to close the gap?

How we're working to bring the rates of childhood obesity down in neighbourhoods with the lowest incomes to the level of those in more affluent areas.

Multiple long-term conditions

Matt Towner

Programme Director

Opinion

18 Sep 2019

How meaningful employment can support better health

Sharing the research we commissioned into the potential role employment can play in slowing progression from one long-term condition to many.

Urban health

Rosa Vaquero

Head of Communications

Opinion

04 Jun 2019

What actions today can boost future health in our cities?

We spoke to international urban health experts about what we must do today to make sure health in cities is equitable and thriving in the future.

Urban health

Rosa Vaquero

Head of Communications

Opinion

14 May 2019

16 experts on how place-based approaches can improve future health

We spoke with experts in health, community-building, design and more to understand how urban health can be improved in the future.