Equipping placemakers to shape a thriving and equitable city
The built environment plays a crucial role in our overall happiness. We brought together industry experts to explore how urban design foster wellbeing as part of our Happy London project. Our Happy London panel event challenged conventional approaches to urban development by examining how thoughtful design and community engagement can … Read more
Our new report offers practical insights and research on how the built environment and health sectors can collaborate more effectively to improve health outcomes for communities in London and beyond.
There is great potential for the built environment sector to contribute to tackling health inequalities in our cities. But how do we navigate the health sector to deliver positive change? This seminar explored tangible tactics to navigate the health sector, overcome issues of language, timescale, budgets and different working cultures, and collaborate effectively with health colleagues.
We explore how neighbourhood scale projects are making a difference to health in Islington as part of our Health Neighbourhoods: working together programme.
What would it look like if we put health at the heart of a park service? London Boroughs Camden and Islington are working together to achieve this. The ambitious Parks for Health project seeks to change parks and green spaces from passive health enablers to play a central role in … Read more
What can we learn from overseas about partnership working and engaging communities for healthier places? FoL took a trip across the pond for our first ever international site visit to learn about New York City Housing Authority’s Connected Communities programme.