The Healthier Place, Healthier Future Podcast
By Healthier Place, Healthier Future
Food brings us together on many different levels, from where food is produced and consumed to sitting together around a dinner table together.
The Healthier Place Healthier Future Podcast is produced by the Pennine Lancashire Childhood Obesity Trailblazer team and aims to open the discussion on our relationship between the food environment and health.
The Healthier Place, Healthier Future Podcast Mar 11, 2021
Use it or Lose It
How can Councillors spearhead community activity? In this episode, Emily Whyman, Project Officer for Healthier Place, Healthier Future (HPHF) project talks to Councillor Maryam Batan, representing the Audley and Queens Park Ward for Blackburn with Darwen, UK. Listen to this episode to find out an honest account of the highs, lows and in-between bits of supporting community and personal health.
How Joining Forces Leads to Change - The Big School Connect
"Schools should be at the very heart of the community."
In this episode, Emily Whyman, Project Officer for Healthier Place, Healthier Future (HPHF) project talks to Chris Willan, Headteacher of Water Primary School, Rossendale, UK. Listen to this podcast to find out about the 'whole schools approach' to embedding health and wellbeing into educational settings and the innovative, collaborative and exciting new project in Rossendale - The Big School Connect 🏃🏾♀️🎽
Find out more about The Big School Connect here.
Planning for Health
How can planning set the foundations for healthier environments? In this episode, Emily Whyman, Project Officer for Healthier Place, Healthier Future (HPHF) project talks to Dr Tim Townshend, Professor of Urban Design for Health at the University of Newcastle, UK. Listen to this episode to find out about toxic highstreets, greening effects for improving health and food production on the fringes of society.
Addressing Health Inequalities Through Activity
Collaboration is key to positive change. In this episode, Emily Whyman, Project Officer for Healthier Place, Healthier Future (HPHF) project talks to Alison Whitakker-Stuart, Communications and Marketing Lead for Together an Active Future (TaAF), the Sport England Local Delivery Pilot in Pennine Lancashire. HPHF and TaAF have collaborated on different projects in a creative way to address the root causes of health inequalities.
What it Means to be a Councillor and How to Start a Conversation Over Bins
What does it mean to be a councillor? In this episode, Emily Whyman, Project Officer for Healthier Place, Healthier Future project talks to local councillor and food activist Jackie Floyd. From the legendary effects of Florence Nightingale, equal food system and bins, this episode covers the relationship between our societal structures, the welfare state and most importantly, the effects these elements have on our health.
Introducing Healthier Environments
In this episode Emily Whyman, Project Officer for Healthier Place, Healthier Future discusses with Lancashire County Councillor and Health and Wellbeing Cabinet member Shaun Turner how to introduce healthier environments and places into public space. Shaun is unique in being a Health and Wellbeing Cabinet member whilst also owns a chip shop - we discuss how it is possible to own a takeaway whilst serving a healthier offer.
Explaining the Healthier Place, Healthier Future Project
In this episode Emily Whyman, Project Officer for Healthier Place, Healthier Future discusses with programme managers Alex Holt and Beth Wolfenden the project in a nutshell. The podcast discusses the four levers of the project - planning, businesses, elected members and the social movement, including the effect of the Coronavirus Crisis 2019 (COVID-19) on public health and the project progress.