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Explore what we’re learning about improving health in cities.

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Health and secure homes

Exploring the impact of housing on our health

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Health inequity in Lambeth

Working with King's College London to better understand the impact of health inequity in our place

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Health and neighbourhoods

Exploring how the places where we live impact our health

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Health and money

Exploring the impact of finances on our health

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Health and work

Exploring the impact of employment on our health

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Rohan Martyres
Rohan Martyres
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Opinion
24 Mar 2021

One year on from lockdown: building back fairer

Programme Director Rohan Martyres shares his reflections on the impact of COVID-19 on local health inequity, and what it means for our work.

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01 Feb 2021

FinWell: London financial diaries

Addressing the twin challenges of poor health and financial difficulty

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Shannon’s story

Shannon is a 55-year-old single mother with four teenagers. Her precarious working conditions negatively impacted her health, especially when she couldn’t take paid time off work when she needed it.

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Andrea’s story

Andrea is a 44-year-old and originally from Latin America. Her housing conditions were extremely bad, and they made her feel sick. Though the damp in her house made her asthma worse, better housing was unaffordable to her.

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