Insights

Data

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Impact on Urban Health

Data

08 Jul 2025

Urban Health Index 2025

Explore the Urban Health Index, which looks at the social and environmental factors that shape the health of people living in Lambeth and Southwark.

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.

Health effects of air pollution

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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.

Urban health

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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.

Health effects of air pollution

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Ben Pearce

Head of Programme (Health effects of air pollution)

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.

Innovation

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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.

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.”

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.

Urban health

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.