🆕🤔What’s next for our Programme? We’ve recently updated our webpages to highlight ✅the work we’ve undertaken since the Programme began 🤝the support we can continue to provide for anyone looking to take a place-based approach Find out more here➡️bit.ly/3WL1jaa

Sharing the learning from the Shaping Places for Wellbeing Place-Based Approach work. For anyone who wants to develop their understanding of taking/implementing place-based approaches, this series of workshops will be a great resource.

Success for this work was always about expanding place based approaches beyond the amazing Project Towns we have supported. THIS HITS THAT MARK 🎯 🎯🎯🎯

The Shaping Places for Wellbeing Programme has been running since 2021 & supports anyone looking to take a place-based approach. The first of 4 online masterclasses will be taking place on Wed 18th Sep, 11:00am - 12:00pm improvementservice.org.uk/events/shaping…

🚨📢Just over one week to go until our first Masterclass gets underway on Wednesday 18th September! Have you signed up yet? Register and find out more about the webinar here: bit.ly/3z0ziln

Planning Hub could drive innovation and diverse expertise, says RTPI Scotland rtpi.org.uk/news/2024/sept…

The Place and Wellbeing Outcomes fall into 5 overarching themes. The outcomes are interlinked; interventions in one outcome will have a knock-on impact on achieving other outcomes, and therefore a place-based, collaborative approach is driven to enable their delivery. 🧩🏡🌍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. Politician claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data. Great, @citynewsTO. toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/10/…

We are looking for a part time Planning Improvement Officer to support development of the National Planning Improvement Framework. An opportunity for a graduate, early career professional or to give experience alongside completing your planning masters myjobscotland.gov.uk/organisations/…

Making one decision in a place can have unintentional positive impacts in other areas of the same place. This video discusses such an instance where a hypothetical decision has seen an office building 🏢relocated to the town centre. Watch on YouTube👇 bit.ly/3M8wMx6

China now has enough wind and solar to power every home in the country: buff.ly/3lHWtKq We have the solutions. Dump fossil fuels and implement them. #ActOnClimate #climateemergency #climate #energy #renewables

Ready to be inspired in a ballroom on a Monday morning‼️ At the Learning Together 4 Better Lives event in Aberdeen. 👂 about Health Determinants Research Collaboration work across the city. Packed programme including session on Place & Wellbeing (of course🤷‍♀️😊) #hdrcAberdeen

Excellent introductions from Angela Scott & Martin Murchie👏 ➡️Partnership btwn @AberdeenCouncil, NHS Grampian, academia & community ➡️Raising awareness of the non medical factors that influence health ➡️Investing time to get data & evidence into decision making #hdrcAberdeen

The potential savings to the NHS of active travel interventions massively outweigh the costs of those interventions. 2024 Science 🧵

A study in Glasgow found those with cycling commutes had a 47% lower risk of dying of all causes, 10% lower risk of hospitalisation, 24% lower risk of hospitalisation for a heart condition, 24% lower risk of hospitalisation for cancer bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/e0…

A study in London found that £100m of spending generated £1bn in health benefits. Low Traffic Neighbourhoods had a return on investment in the range 50:1 - 200:1. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Seven countries now generate 100% of their electricity from renewable energy: buff.ly/3QoK4r0 It Can Be Done. We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables #vote

ACTIVE TRAVEL means making journeys in physically active ways - like walking, wheeling (using a wheelchair or mobility aid), cycling, or scootering 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽🚲🛴 Find out how ACTIVE TRAVEL impacts the Fraserburgh Community here: bit.ly/3RHKWaY

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