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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • What visiting a city farm reminded me about health in the UK and the US

    What visiting a city farm reminded me about health in the UK and the US

    06 August, 2019

    Erica Levine from the Arnold Institute for Global Health writes about our learning partnership, comparing efforts in improving health in New York and London.

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    • Urban health
  • International views: What actions today can boost future health in our cities?

    International views: What actions today can boost future health in our cities?

    04 June, 2019

    We asked some of the international experts speaking on at our joint event with the King's Fund what actions must happen today to make sure that future health in cities is equitable and thriving.

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    • Urban health
  • Understanding urban health: Thinking large and small

    Understanding urban health: Thinking large and small

    28 May, 2019

    Improving population health in towns and cities requires both an overarching city-wide strategy and a granular understanding of the needs of local neighbourhoods, as Chris Naylor and Kieron Boyle explain.

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    • Urban health
  • A message for our partners and supporters

    A message for our partners and supporters

    19 December, 2018

    2018 has been a year of deepening our understanding of urban health, of learning and sharing, and of building the foundations to become a more effective funder and a stronger fundraising charity.

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    • Urban health
  • What we’ve learned developing our programmes

    What we’ve learned developing our programmes

    07 August, 2018

    Last year we launched two long-term programmes of work – on childhood obesity and multiple long-term conditions. Our development phase had a profound impact on the way we designed, and are now delivering, them.

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    • Urban health
  • A whole-system approach to health inequalities must start with being honest

    A whole-system approach to health inequalities must start with being honest

    15 February, 2018

    Our Partnerships Manager Rowena Estwick attended the recent Health in All Policies (HiAP) 2018 conference and has written a blog on the important place honesty has in shaping a whole-system approach to health inequalities.

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    • Urban health
  • What we are asking the Mayor to do about health inequalities

    What we are asking the Mayor to do about health inequalities

    15 December, 2017

    Our Partnerships Manager Rowena Estwick has written a blog on the Mayor of London's new draft Health Inequalities strategy and its welcomed focus on childhood obesity. 

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    • Urban health
  • Testing and learning to tackle health challenges

    Testing and learning to tackle health challenges

    20 November, 2017

    Our Chief Executive Kieron Boyle, on how we're testing approaches as part of the development phase of our childhood obesity and multiple long-term conditions programmes. 

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    • Urban health
  • Five lessons from Australia on working with communities

    Five lessons from Australia on working with communities

    07 September, 2017

    Following his recent trip to Australia, our Chief Executive Kieron Boyle reflects on lessons learned and what it takes to work well with communities.

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Registered Charity No. 1160316
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Registered Charity No. 1160316 | Company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales No. 9341980 

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