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

Health and climate

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Green Gym

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

Apps for sustainability

Splashpath, find your local swimming pools

Citizens data initiative

Networks

Network of Wellbeing

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

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News and comment

2020

Over 200 community support groups spring up as neighbours offer support during Coronavirus outbreak, Mutual Aid Press Release, [1] Mar 15

2019

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Extinction Rebellion

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Google Docs
  2. ↑ The Independent
  3. ↑ The Guardian
  4. ↑ What Works Centre for Wellbeing
  5. ↑ Medium
  6. ↑ incredibleedible.org.uk
  7. ↑ thersa.org
  8. ↑ The Guardian
  9. ↑ The Guardian
  10. ↑ The Guardian
  11. ↑ The Guardian
  12. ↑ nytimes.com
  13. ↑ farnearer.org
  14. ↑ nesta.org.uk
  15. ↑ leftfootforward.org
  16. ↑ The Guardian
  17. ↑ The Guardian
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