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My Active Travel Journey in Greater Manchester Georgina Shadrick is a Research Assistant at the University of Manchester and part of our transport case study. As a Public Health Research Assistant, she is part of a team looking into the factors that enable and restrict people’s ability to be active and what that means for… Read more

Where next for research into healthier urban development decision-making? Expert panelists discuss priorities for healthier urban places On 2nd July we hosted 150 public and private sector professionals and academics to mark the end of six years of research from TRUUD. The programme involved six universities, more than 40 researchers and hundreds of stakeholders, all… Read more

Housing growth, economic growth and/or long-term health? This blog by Geoff Bates (University of Bath, Institute for Policy Research) and Daniel Black (University of Bristol Medical School) was first published by the University of Bath Institute for Policy Research. The government’s ambitious manifesto pledge to build 1.5 million new homes received a boost in last… Read more

Is now a good time for messaging and tools to embed health in planning to resonate? Harry Knibb, Director with Oxford Properties has been working with TRUUD’s Changing Mindsets team during the last year to test how evidence influences pro-health thinking among urban development professionals. Here he reflects on what is needed to bring health… Read more

Changing Mindsets: A Developer’s Perspective on Prioritising Health in Urban Planning Zoe Sharpe, Senior Development Manager, Dandara Living has been working with our Changing Mindsets team for the last 12 months, bringing her unique experience, insights and influence to aid our work to increase the prioritisation of health and health inequalities by professionals working in… Read more

New design codes will support healthier practices Last week the Quality of Life Foundation in partnership with Tibbalds, the Town and Country Planning Association, TRUUD and Henley Business School published new Design Codes for Health and Wellbeing. The TRUUD real estate lead, Professor Kathy Pain at the University of Reading Henley Business School is a… Read more

The re-integration of health in urban development policymaking is still needed to shift from curative to preventative policies Housing and urban environments are critical to public health. Poor conditions worsen inequalities, while healthier spaces prevent disease. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for transformative change in urban development policy, but progress has been stalled by… Read more