Health and wellbeing UK
This article focuses on information specific to the United Kingdom. Please see our Health and wellbeing page for a topic overview.
Covid 19[edit | edit source]
- Find your local group, covidmutualaid.org addedd 14:17, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
Health and climate[edit | edit source]
Green Gym[edit | edit source]
The Conservation Volunteers' Green Gym programme aims to provide people with a way to enhance their fitness and health while taking action to improve the outdoor environment. It can be seen as enabling people to get fit who would not normally attend a conventional gym or sports centre. W
Resources[edit | edit source]
- Centre for Ageing Better, independent charitable foundation
- Resources from the UK Healthy Cities Network
- Sustainable development: The key to tackling health inequalities, Sustainable Development Commission, 2010
Apps for sustainability[edit | edit source]
Splashpath, find your local swimming pools
Citizens data initiative[edit | edit source]
- Centre for Thriving Places, added 16:59, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
- Community Wellbeing Index. Enter your post code to get an index for your community, communitywellbeing.coop.co.uk
Networks[edit | edit source]
Walking for Health describes itself as "England’s largest network of health walks with over 360 active walking schemes, helping people across the country lead a more active lifestyle... improving the mental and physical well-being of thousands of people." / Walking for Health
Video[edit | edit source]
News and comment[edit | edit source]
2020
Over 200 community support groups spring up as neighbours offer support during Coronavirus outbreak, Mutual Aid Press Release, [1] Mar 15
2019
Air pollution is now a 'health emergency', head of NHS England warns. [2] Oct 21 ...Environment quality UK news
Mind over natter: the English town with a big mental health plan. [3] Sep 11 ...Cambridgeshire
Urban co-design for better wellbeing and health: Healthy New Town. [4] Jan 9 ...Urban sustainability UK
2018
Prototyping a ‘Citizen Research Centre’ by Sarah Drummond, Nov 14 [5]
Future proofing with kindness. [6] Oct 9 ...Food UK news
Can we radically transform the way we deliver health and social care in the UK? Feb 26 [7]
The town that’s found a potent cure for illness – community, Feb 21, George Monbiot. [8] ...Somerset
We need to talk about ageing – and it’s about far more than the NHS, Feb 4, John Harris. [9]
Saving the NHS means forcing us to change the way we lead our lives, Nick Cohen, Jan 28. [10]
2017
Huge health gap revealed between UK’s rich and poor, Dec 23 [11]
Yes, This Is Britain’s Happiest Place. (It Looks Beautiful in the Rain.) Nov 13 [12] ...Yorkshire and the Humber news
Caring Town: Fiona Ward, May 3 [13] ...Totnes
People, place and partnerships in health, May 2 [14]
Being poor kills – to improve public health the government must tackle inequality, Apr 10 [15]
2015
Health hackers: the patients taking medical innovation into their own hands, October 26 [16]
Top doctor: social inequality in UK costing 550 lives every day, September 10 [17]
Blogs
- The Future Patient, A manifesto for patient-led health and healthcare
- UK nurse against climate change
See also[edit | edit source]
- Health and wellbeing
- local information can be found, or shared, via our many UK location pages
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External links[edit | edit source]
- NHS Sustainable Development Unit
- planetary health emergency, sustainablehealthcare.org.uk