Election 2024: Enable healthy communities

Enable healthy communities

To bring about healthy and sustainable communities, we’re calling on all political parties to commit to a cross-government fund to grow community-based health services, address inequalities in access to natural spaces and give every child the best start in life.

Right now in the UK, poor quality living conditions are damaging people's health and cutting lives short. It is the most disadvantaged and the most vulnerable who are bearing the bring of this situation. Those living in the most deprived areas are ten times less likely to live in the greenest areas. More than one third of the population - nearly 9.5 million households in England – are unable to access green places near their home. The current situation is unfair – but it does not have to be like this.

Improving access to natural, wildlife-rich places where we live, learn and work will transform people’s lives, improving health, happiness, and hope across communities.

What are we doing?

Spending time in nature has been shown to help lower blood pressure, reduce stress hormone levels and ease anxiety, but growing numbers of people are disconnected from nature. BBOWT works with urban communities across our region to help people and nature thrive together. Our projects include:

• Engaging with Nature in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
• Nextdoor Nature in Reading and Slough
• Wild Banbury
• Wild Bicester

What you can do

Ask your candidates in local and national elections what their parties are doing to address The Wildlife Trusts' priorities and what they will do locally if elected.

If you are a candidate in local or national elections, contact us to find out how you can work with us on these five priorities.

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