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  • How we’ve supported our Trust in 2020

    How we’ve supported our Trust in 2020

    18 December, 2020

    Our Trust Funding Director Colin Kinloch shares how, in a year like no other, we've ensured that we do as much as we can to look after those that have made it their work to look after us.

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  • Impact on Urban Health: unlocking the potential for cities to be healthier

    Impact on Urban Health: unlocking the potential for cities to be healthier

    15 December, 2020

    Our Chief Executive, Kieron Boyle, shares why we've launched Impact on Urban Health to showcase the work of our urban health programmes.

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    • Urban health
  • Life always has stories: a guest blog from community researcher Elaine

    Life always has stories: a guest blog from community researcher Elaine

    19 November, 2020

    In this guest blog we meet Elaine Brown, a member of the community research team we are working with as part of our collaboration with The Social Innovation Partnership (TSIP).

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  • Collective responses to emergency COVID funding

    Collective responses to emergency COVID funding

    16 November, 2020

    Stephen Bediako, from The Social Innovation Partnership, shares the approach to our new project to distribute emergency funding to support organisations in our place through the pandemic.

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  • The Government’s winter package takes some steps to tackling inequities around children's diets

    The Government’s winter package takes some steps to tackling inequities around children's diets

    12 November, 2020

    Our Programme Director, Sarah Hickey, shares how the government's winter package takes steps to temporarily mitigate - but far from solves - the underlying inequities around children’s diet and health.

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    • Childhood obesity
  • Is it working? A closer look at our Collaboration for Healthier Lives UK Initiative in Lambeth and Southwark

    Is it working? A closer look at our Collaboration for Healthier Lives UK Initiative in Lambeth and Southwark

    15 October, 2020

    Sharon Bligh, Healthier Lives Director at The Consumer Goods Forum, shares lessons learnt from our collaboration to test in-store health initiatives.

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  • Lessons learned from tackling health inequalities

    Lessons learned from tackling health inequalities

    02 October, 2020

    Our Chief Executive, Kieron Boyle, shares with Charity Finance the lessons we've learned from tackling health inequalities.

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    • Urban health
  • SMASH app user research: Young people’s responses to the opportunity for healthier food on the go

    SMASH app user research: Young people’s responses to the opportunity for healthier food on the go

    29 September, 2020

     Exploring the research behind the new app SMASH, which aims to nudge young people to select healthier options when in those outlets.

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    • Childhood obesity
  • Impact investing for social change with the new SMASH app

    Impact investing for social change with the new SMASH app

    28 September, 2020

    Our Chief Executive, Kieron Boyle, shares how invested in a new app, SMASH, to support more systemic change and reduce youth obesity.

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    • Childhood obesity
  • How a COVID-19 financial shield can protect the health of those on low-incomes

    How a COVID-19 financial shield can protect the health of those on low-incomes

    20 August, 2020

    Our Portfolio Manager, Rohan Martyres, shares how we're working on a scheme to financially protect those on low-incomes.

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    • Multiple long-term conditions
  • Our part to play in the new National Food Strategy

    Our part to play in the new National Food Strategy

    30 July, 2020

    Our Programme Director, Sarah Hickey, explains our role in the new National Food Strategy.

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    • Childhood obesity
  • The collective responsibility for urban health

    The collective responsibility for urban health

    27 July, 2020

    Chief Executive Kieron Boyle shares what we've learnt from COVID-19 and why we need a collective response to urban health.

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    • Urban health
  • How we’re collaborating with the commercial sector for big changes to children’s health

    How we’re collaborating with the commercial sector for big changes to children’s health

    30 June, 2020

    Our Programme Director, Sarah Hickey, shares how we’re collaborating with the commercial sector to tackle the inequality that prevents children from accessing nutritious food.

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    • Childhood obesity
  • Learning from COVID-19 to find ways to build back cleaner air

    Learning from COVID-19 to find ways to build back cleaner air

    02 June, 2020

    Kate Langford, our Programme Director, shares how we're learning from, and adapting to, COVID-19 to find ways to build back cleaner air.

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    • COVID-19
  • Supporting the staff and patients of our Trust during COVID-19

    Supporting the staff and patients of our Trust during COVID-19

    01 June, 2020

    Colin Kinloch, our Trust Funding Director, shares how we've been working closely with the Trust during COVID-19 to find and develop projects focused on improving staff wellbeing and increasing support to patients.

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    • COVID-19
  •  How we are acting on health inequalities through the COVID-19 pandemic, and beyond

    How we are acting on health inequalities through the COVID-19 pandemic, and beyond

    06 May, 2020

    Our Programme Director for multiple long-term conditions, Barbara Reichwein, shares how we're acting on health inequalities in response to COVID-19.

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    • COVID-19
  • How we’re working to improve children’s access to nutritious food during COVID-19 outbreak

    How we’re working to improve children’s access to nutritious food during COVID-19 outbreak

    30 April, 2020

    Our childhood obesity Programme Director, Sarah Hickey, explains how we're working to improve children's health in the pandemic.

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    • COVID-19
  • Supporting communities most affected by the pandemic

    Supporting communities most affected by the pandemic

    23 April, 2020

    As a funder, our priority is to support our partners and the communities most affected by COVID-19. Our Portfolio Director, Louise Mousseau, sets out the actions we've taken to date and how we're adapting our work in response to a changing environment.

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    • COVID-19
  • How we're responding to the pandemic

    How we're responding to the pandemic

    30 March, 2020

    Chief Executive Kieron Boyle shares the work we're doing now to support frontline workers and essential services, as well as longer-term planning we're undertaking.

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    • COVID-19
  • Air pollution and children's health

    Air pollution and children's health

    12 March, 2020

    How can we protect children’s health from air pollution? Larissa Lockwood from Global Action Plan shares the simple steps we can all take to help our families avoid toxic air and cut down on the pollution we emit.

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    • Health effects of air pollution
  • Solving air pollution is within our reach – but we need better evidence around what works

    Solving air pollution is within our reach – but we need better evidence around what works

    12 March, 2020

    Is solving ai pollution within our reach? Dr Frank Kelly from King's College London shares how there’s a gap to be filled on testing interventions that both assess improvements to air quality and its impact on health.

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    • Health effects of air pollution
  • Cleaner air is good for everyone – and vital for those with heart conditions

    Cleaner air is good for everyone – and vital for those with heart conditions

    12 March, 2020

    How does toxic air worsen the health of people with heart conditions? Jacob West from the British Heart Foundation shares how the time is now to clean up our dirty air and what we can all do to demand change for clean air.

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    • Health effects of air pollution
  • Tackling the heath effects of air pollution – the key lessons guiding our approach

    Tackling the heath effects of air pollution – the key lessons guiding our approach

    11 March, 2020

    We know that tackling the health effects of air pollution won't be easy. Our Programme Director, Kate Langford, shares the key lessons guiding our approach to our urban health programme.

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    • Health effects of air pollution
  • Why health inequalities have not changed since 2010

    Why health inequalities have not changed since 2010

    27 February, 2020

    Ten years after the Marmot Review, our Chief Executive, Kieron Boyle, looks back and explores why health inequalities have not changed.

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    • Multiple long-term conditions
  • Ten years on from the Marmot Review – what we know about addressing health inequalities

    Ten years on from the Marmot Review – what we know about addressing health inequalities

    25 February, 2020

    Our Programme Director for multiple long-term conditions, Barbara Reichwein, reflects on persisting health inequalities ten years on from the Marmot Review.

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    • Multiple long-term conditions
  • Making convenience stores healthier – what we’ve learned from our local pilot

    Making convenience stores healthier – what we’ve learned from our local pilot

    20 February, 2020

    Our Portfolio Manager, Jessica Attard, shares what we're learning about what changes are possible to make convenience stores healthier.

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    • Childhood obesity
  • Ensuring healthier and longer lives: focusing on place and social determinants

    Ensuring healthier and longer lives: focusing on place and social determinants

    12 February, 2020

    What helps us live longer and healthier? Following the release of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Longevity's new strategy, Barbara Reichwein shares how we need to focus further upstream from healthcare into the systems that drive underlying health inequalities for people to live healthy lives for as long as possible.

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    • Multiple long-term conditions
  • What is an endowment for?

    What is an endowment for?

    09 February, 2020

    How can we, and do we, use our endowment to have the greatest possible positive health impact? Our Chief Executive, Kieron Boyle, share how impact investing adds another means of extending our impact beyond grant-making alone.

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    • Impact investing
  • Improving fast food in Southwark: a data-driven approach

    Improving fast food in Southwark: a data-driven approach

    13 January, 2020

    Anthony Lobo from Southwark Council shares how we're working together to use the Mayor’s Healthier Catering Commitment framework to drive local improvements to fast food locally.

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    • Childhood obesity
  • Learning from London’s Foodscape

    Learning from London’s Foodscape

    10 January, 2020

    How does urban street design shape the way young people experience food in Southwark? Sophia Schuff from urban design planners, Gehl, shares how we got under the skin of young people’s daily habits to understand how the built environment could improve childhood obesity.

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    • Childhood obesity
  • Collaborating for the future to improve children's health

    Collaborating for the future to improve children's health

    13 December, 2019

    Our Portfolio Manager, Jessica Attard, shares what we’re learning from our collaboration with The Consumer Goods Forum and about how to positively change food environments to tackle childhood obesity.

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    • Childhood obesity
  • Looking back and thinking ahead – a message from our Chief Executive

    Looking back and thinking ahead – a message from our Chief Executive

    13 December, 2019

    As the decade draws to a close our Chief Executive, Kieron Boyle, reflects on what’s changed at the Charity over the past ten years, and what that might mean for the next ten.

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    • Urban health
  • Supporting our Trust in 2019

    Supporting our Trust in 2019

    13 December, 2019

    As we look back at 2019 our Trust Funding Director, Colin Kinloch, shares what he's most proud of and how we have continued to support the best clinical experience for patients and the staff treating them.

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    • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
  • How is our work on childhood obesity informing Government policy?

    How is our work on childhood obesity informing Government policy?

    31 October, 2019

    Sarah Hickey, Programme Director of our childhood obesity programme, explores recent developments in UK health policies, and how the evidence we've gathered has informed wider scale action.

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    • Childhood obesity
  • Designing financial interventions to help slow down people's progression to multiple long-term health conditions

    Designing financial interventions to help slow down people's progression to multiple long-term health conditions

    04 October, 2019

    Alongside Demos, we explored the connection between people's personal finances and poor health, and identified four key ways to better design financial interventions to help people with multiple long-term conditions. 

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    • Multiple long-term conditions
  • Our urban health learning project - the ten global cities we look to learn from

    Our urban health learning project - the ten global cities we look to learn from

    04 October, 2019

    Our Policy and Partnerships Manager, Rowena Estwick, shares how we're working to understand the opportunities and barriers to equitable health in urban areas, comparing our boroughs to neighbourhoods elsewhere in the world.

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    • Urban health
  • Work, finance and housing: addressing key social factors of multiple long-term conditions

    Work, finance and housing: addressing key social factors of multiple long-term conditions

    30 September, 2019

    Our Portfolio Managers, Rohan Martyres and Matt Towner, explore the social risk factors strand of our programme on multiple long-term conditions, and how we plan to support improvements to wider social aspects of how people live, work and age.

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    • Multiple long-term conditions
  • Giving families access to healthy options to tackle childhood obesity

    Giving families access to healthy options to tackle childhood obesity

    30 September, 2019

    Our Portfolio Manager, Carole Coulon, reflects on the homes strand of our childhood obesity programme, the challenges we've faced, and how we're testing projects with partners to improve children's health in homes and early years settings. 

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    • Childhood obesity
  • Supporting schools to provide healthy options to improve children's health

    Supporting schools to provide healthy options to improve children's health

    30 September, 2019

    Our Portfolio Manager, Rebecca Sunter, delves into the work we're doing with schools to reduce childhood obesity, what we've learned, and what it'll take to make impactful change throughout school environments. 

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    • Childhood obesity
  • Creating change across our streets to tackle childhood obesity

    Creating change across our streets to tackle childhood obesity

    30 September, 2019

    Our Portfolio Manager, Jessica Attard, explores what we've learned so far through the streets strand of our childhood obesity programme, how we're working across sectors to address our obesogenic streets, and what our next steps are.

     

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    • Childhood obesity
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