…initiative will help everyone invested in parks to take action and find new ways to ensure they are safeguarded so they are able to fulfil their potential to deliver health and wellbeing.” Hilary McGrady, Director-General of National Trust, said: “The National Trust was founded in the late 19th century to protect urban green space from development…

Three categories are awarded each year: The Marsh Award for Community Archaeology recognises and promotes the results of research and/or fieldwork led by community groups which have made a substantial contribution to knowledge and wellbeing.

…the statement ‘it is important to me that heritage buildings or places are well looked after’ The historic environment is important for our health and wellbeing: the wellbeing benefits of participating in and engaging with heritage are increasingly being recognised in the public health sector, with the concept of ‘social prescribing…

The term ‘cultural value’ includes all the societal benefits that arts and culture can bring including impact on the economy, on communities and cities, and impact on health and wellbeing.

This approach was welcomed by Ed Vaizey, chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing.

University College London and Canterbury Christ Church University have won two prestigious Royal Society of Public Health Awards, one for ‘Health & Wellbeing’ in the category ‘Arts and Health’ and the other, a special commendation for ‘Sustainable Development’ awarded by the RSPH panel of judges.

· Making sure that there are high quality, accessible, natural spaces close to where people live and work, particularly in urban areas, and encouraging more people to spend time in them to benefit their health and wellbeing.

There is a significant shift in the language and emphasis of the Green Book – guidance: economic appraisal is about “how government can improve social welfare or wellbeing, referred to in the Green Book as social value”. In the previous Green Book, the word wellbeing did not occur even once.

The Council will support government in the implementation of heritage policy in England and bring the sector’s issues, challenges and opportunities to the attention of government such as planning, environmental protection, social and economic development, education, health and wellbeing.

on physical and mental wellbeing, house prices, community cohesion).

A Second Report from the National Alliance for Museums, Health and Wellbeing has been published prior to the Alliance’s merger with the National Alliance for Arts, Health and Wellbeing to form the new Culture Health and Wellbeing Alliance.

An online mapping survey has been launched by university researchers working to mitigate the negative impact environmental noise has on city dwellers’ health and wellbeing by identifying and preserving places with positive soundscapes.