Insights

Financial foundations for adult health

Polly Mackenzie

Chief Executive, Demos

Opinion

04 Oct 2019

Financial interventions to slow progression to multiple conditions

Our work shows a strong link between a lack of financial security and ill-health. We're designing financial interventions to promote better health.

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Financial foundations for adult health

Impact on Urban Health

Reports

03 Oct 2019

Less money, more problems

Alleviating health conditions and financial difficulty

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Financial foundations for adult health

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.

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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.

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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.

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Financial foundations for adult health

Matt Towner

Director of Programmes

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.

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