Improving the quality of our homes & communities for an ageing population. A pleasure to join this Housing LIN webinar chaired by Jeremy Porteus, with Dr Cecilia Zecca & Richard Griffiths Cartwright Pickard Recording here: bit.ly/46edeQF #CompassionatePlaces #PlaceQuality

We really like this and big thanks also Natasha for your guest #HLINBlog on compassionate places and presenting at our recent #HAPPIHour housinglin.org.uk/blogs/Loneline…

“It will ensure mental health is given the same attention and focus as physical health."🔥🔥🔥 We're excited by how prominent mental health was in today's #KingsSpeech. This is just the start. We'll keep pushing to make sure the new UK government delivers on these promises💪

#OpenAccess #EvidenceReview published! The design of neighbourhood open spaces to improve mental health: a critical review of restorative spatial characteristics and their applicability in design practice. Anne J. J. Grave, Louis Neven and Masi Mohammadi; 2024.

💭What is planning for? ☑️The planning system has huge potential to transform places and people’s lives. 👏Great to see Lord Nigel Crisp in House of Lords today, noting the need for a strong focus on health, wellbeing and the environment in planning.

Love this and absolutely agree. We need to shape places to help us reconnect with ourselves & our needs, to each other, to a new sense of civicness/equity - and to the natural world around us #reconnection #CompassionatePlaces

Human Wellbeing at the Heart of Design How places can better serve people's needs, health & happiness through human-focused approaches for architecture & placemaking: 📽️bit.ly/46oZORS Thanks Matthew Barac for the invitation to present AAD Research, LondonMet #PlaceQuality

The World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on Social Connection is running a survey to map the network of organisations working to foster social connection. If you’re part of an organisation or initiative aiming to improve social connection, follow the link here before August 11thto contribute to the

As our communities grow, new homes need to support wellbeing and inclusion for everyone. Our new toolkit with Hey Neighbour Collective (find us on Bluesky!) tackles this challenge, offering evidence-based design strategies to nurture wellbeing in multi-unit housing: happycities.com/projects/build…

Could you help us evaluate mapping of relationships to improve our understanding of how health and planning considerations interact and could be influenced? 📋Take part in our short survey bit.ly/3AoBIL2 Neil Carhart @pablo_newberry Daniel Black

Excited to be presenting at this 1day event bringing together neuroscientists, architects & designers to discuss how the neuroscience of mental mapping can help build better buildings. Register inperson /online (free): bit.ly/3MzBDXT #neuroarchitecture #healthycities

A society that fails to value community, connection, mutual care & deep belonging, is a society that is facing away from the essence of what it means to be human. In such a cold & callous place, an epidemic of acute distress will surely ensue. - paraphrasing Dr. Gabor Maté

“If women designed cities, they would be planned for proximity instead of motorised mobility. This supports a transition from car-centric cities to ones where traffic has evaporated, and people work with nature to create places that function at a speed conducive to living well.”

Vg article on #AccessibleHousing by Amy Francis-Smith. We will also be exploring this at next week’s #HAPPIhour, the 1st of our autumn prog. Join us on 10/9 at 4pm for this FREE webinar, taking place during #ForAccessibleHomes week. Sign up here👇 housinglin.org.uk/Events/HAPPI-H…

Currently in Mauritius immersed in awe-inspiring nature & reconnecting with my roots 🌴🌸💕 #biophilia #culture #natureconnection #wellbeing

With #Housing & #Neighbourhoods a proven social determinant of #Health, this Town & Country Planning Association guide gives the why, where & how planning for healthy homes & healthy places is a must. It’s now also a key resource on our curated #Planning webpage ⬇️ housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/Pl… #NHSplan

Could we shape cities and spaces through the lens of #compassion? What could our surroundings do for us if they were designed explicitly based on the impacts on human beings? An fantastic experience to share a model for “Human Impact Design” at Healthy City Design Healthy City Design 2025 International Congress

Last week Professor Chris Whitty made a powerful speech underlining the importance of the #BuiltEnvironment to #PublicHealth - my opinion piece for Architects’ Journal, below. #housing #health Healthy City Design 2026 International Congress: