…and environmental benefits including include promoting local distinctiveness, pride and a sense of place, stimulating inward investment and regeneration, and promoting wellbeing through encouraging physical activity, participation and volunteering, and providing leisure and learning opportunities.

In theory this is already acknowledged in the longstanding duty of National Parks "to foster the socio-economic wellbeing of communities", but as Glover (p109) observes, this is inconsistently applied by National Parks in practice.

…Leadership and Governance Fundraising Enterprise and Business Support Communications and Engagement In addition, the programme has delivered responsively by adding in wellbeing, inclusion and legal support strands.

…Leadership and Governance Fundraising Enterprise and Business Support Communications and Engagement In addition, the programme has delivered responsively by adding in wellbeing, inclusion and legal support strands.

We are passionate about promoting the importance of heritage to prosperity, wellbeing, our environment, creativity and social resilience. We know the power of heritage to change people’s lives and improve wellbeing.

Mission 8 (Wellbeing): Improved wellbeing in every area of the UK Mission 9 (Pride in Place): Rise in people’s pride in place ("such as people’s satisfaction with their town centre and engagement in local culture and community").

Mission 8 (Wellbeing): Improved wellbeing in every area of the UK Mission 9 (Pride in Place): Rise in people’s pride in place ("such as people’s satisfaction with their town centre and engagement in local culture and community").

The positive impacts of engagement with heritage on health and wellbeing save the NHS money and improve quality of life.1 Never has this been more apparent than over the last 18 months. A quote from surveys conducted for Heritage sites, value and wellbeing: learning from the COVID-19 pandemic in England2 Heritage is valuable.

We agree that Industrial Heritage has great potential to improve health and wellbeing, address climate change through the re-use of historic industrial buildings and play a role in the government’s levelling up agenda.

It is also important to take into consideration the other benefits of maintaining existing buildings and the historic environment landscape – the social, health & wellbeing, cultural and economic benefits to the area in which the building is located.

It is also important to recognise the important role that heritage plays in our wellbeing economy, being an essential part of the social fabric of our society – as evidenced by the case studies in our 2019 report on Heritage, Health and Wellbeing.