Opinion

Insights from our team and partners.

Children's health and food

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Ben Reynolds
Ben Reynolds
Deputy CEO at Sustain
Opinion
05 Apr 2023

Raise a glass to the Sugary Drinks tax – 5 today!

Five years on from the implementation of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL), we catch up with Ben Reynolds and Kat Jenner for their reflections on the impact of the levy, and whether this success could be mirrored in other product reformulation.

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Children's health and food

Child waiting for school dinner
Louise Foreman
Louise Foreman
Portfolio Manager
Opinion
03 Apr 2023

Expanding access to free school meals – a leap forward for child health

Louise Foreman and Nikita Sinclair, Portfolio Managers, Children’s Health and Food programme, explain why we should expand free school meals for all.

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Research and development

Woman on her phone at the bus stop
Dominique Barron
Dominique Barron
Design Researcher at Promising Trouble
Opinion
30 Mar 2023

Digital inclusion, accessibility, and health

Dominique Barron, Design Researcher at Promising Trouble, explores how affordable access to the internet can help close the health inequality gap.

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Urban health

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Natasha Feiner
Policy and Influencing Manager
Opinion
07 Mar 2023

Spring Budget: how can the Government level up health in 2023?

We’ve picked out four priorities we think the Government should be considering in the lead up to the Spring Budget.

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Health effects of air pollution

Billboard showing 'This is Awkward' campaign
Oliver Lord
Oliver Lord
UK Head of Clean Cities Campaign
Opinion
16 Feb 2023

Using local elections to improve cities’ air quality

Oliver Lord, Head of Clean Cities Campaign UK, explains how the #ThisIsAwkward campaign aimed to improve air quality and people’s health.

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Children's health and food

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Rebecca Sunter
Rebecca Sunter
Programme Director
Opinion
10 Feb 2023

Children’s health and food: new name, same aim

In the first half of our ten-year programme, we have learned so much about how to effectively talk about this work to improve children’s health and diets. To reflect this, we have decided to change the childhood obesity programme’s name.

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Multiple long-term conditions

Two people walking through an underpass in Peckham
Barbara Reichwein
Barbara Reichwein
Programme Director
Opinion
03 Feb 2023

Inflation may have peaked, but it’s no reason to celebrate

Economic figures are moving in the right direction; but they only scratch the surface of what’s happening in deprived communities.

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Urban health

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Gabby Allen
Gabrielle Allen
Portfolio Manager
Opinion
23 Jan 2023

Shifting the Power in Research: Lessons for funders from Cape Town

Our Portfolio Manager, Gabrielle Allen, reflects on her time at a workshop all about bridging the gap between research and communities.

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Health effects of air pollution

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Kate Langford
Kate Langford
Programme Director
Opinion
03 Nov 2022

Burning fossil fuels is causing a global health crisis

Carbon emissions aren’t just contributing to climate change. Kate Langford writes for New Statesman.

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