1 / 6

Health Projects in the South West

Health Projects in the South West. Mark Bridges Regional Health Lead Natural England. Integration. Health is a specific topic area, but also integrated within other topic areas as well Such as the benefits of the Access To Natural Green Space Standard (ANGST)

alden
Download Presentation

Health Projects in the South West

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Health Projects in the South West Mark Bridges Regional Health Lead Natural England

  2. Integration • Health is a specific topic area, but also integrated within other topic areas as well • Such as the benefits of the Access To Natural Green Space Standard (ANGST) • Volunteering Activities on NNRS, LNRs, National Parks, AONBs etc • Promotion of access to the countryside • etc

  3. Specific Health Projects • Sustainability SW – Planting Places • Swindon GE Pilot – Woodland Games • Expansion of WHI

  4. 3G Woodland Games • Swindon has a very high GDP • High levels of poor health • Activities using the Great Western Community Forest • Focussing on Families (3 Generations) • Encouraging activity by “Stealth”, aiming to make using the countryside fun

  5. http://www.whi.org.uk/ • Very successful initiative • 20 schemes funded in the SW, now 45+ • Growing sustainable, and involving a wide range of partnerships • Huge potential to create new partnerships and expand influence • E.g. NHS Alliance

  6. NE Funding • The Credit Crunch! • Develop the evidence base • Need to be even more participative and/or develop new partnerships

More Related