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UK Healthy Cities Network

UK Healthy Cities Network. Stephen Woods UK Healthy Cities Network Co-ordinator smwoods2@uclan.ac.uk www.healthycities.org.uk. The Healthy Cities Movement.

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UK Healthy Cities Network

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  1. UK Healthy Cities Network Stephen WoodsUK Healthy Cities Network Co-ordinatorsmwoods2@uclan.ac.ukwww.healthycities.org.uk

  2. The Healthy Cities Movement Initiated by WHO in the mid-1980s as a small-scale project that aimed ‘to put health on the agenda of decision-makers in the cities of Europe’, Healthy Cities quickly fired the imagination of politicians, professionals and citizens worldwide. It is now a global movement for public health and sustainable development with over 25 years’ experience of incubating new ideas and developing creative solutions to old and new challenges.

  3. Wider determinants of Health - Equity • wider determinants of health • vulnerable and disadvantaged groups • equity, solidarity, sustainability, empowerment, intersectoral collaboration, • community development and participatory governance. • Change agent

  4. Primary Goal The primary goal of WHO Healthy Cities is to put health high on the social, economic and political agenda of local government. Its aims are to: • enhance learning and build capacity through sharing ideas, experience and best practice • widen participation in the Healthy Cities movement and support member towns and cities to develop and test innovative approaches to emerging public health issues • become a strong collective voice for health, wellbeing, equity and sustainable development – informing and influencing local, regional, country and national policy.

  5. UK Healthy Cities Network Membership (20) *Denotes cities with WHO designated status

  6. UK Healthy Cities NetworkNew Towns/Cities/LA’s/DC’s/Boroughsexpressing interest include – • East Staffs (assessment) • Southampton • Plymouth • Coventry • Birmingham • Sandwell • Kirklees • Calderdale • Blackburn with Darwen • Salford • Newport • Wrexham • Lancaster • Perth • Chelmsford • Knowsley • Grimsby • Localities across Cumbria • Westminster • Redbridge • Kensington and Chelsea • Hammersmith and Fulham

  7. What is a Network / Benefits? “An interconnected system of things or people.” “Something resembling an openwork fabric or structure in form or concept, especially: a system of lines or channels that cross or interconnect; a complex, interconnected group or system; or an extended group of people with similar interests or concerns who interact and remain in informal contact for mutual assistance or support.” • Being part of a values-based movement Being part of an active and dynamic network www.freedictionary.com

  8. Phase V of the WHO European Healthy Cities Network runs from 2009-2013 Overarching theme – Health and Health Equity in All Local Policies Caring and supportive environments. Healthy living. Healthy urban environment and design.

  9. Phase V of the WHO European Healthy Cities Network runs from 2009-2013 European Sub NetworksHealthy Ageing – Udine Healthy Urban Environment - Glasgow Health Equity - Belfast Health Literacy - Liverpool

  10. WHO guide to global age friendly cities 2007 demystifyng the myths of ageing

  11. Update on Sub Network EUROPEAN SUB NETWORK (DRAFT) STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN FOR HEALTHY AGEING IN EUROPE 2012-2016 EU – European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012 WHO - Work around the dependency ratio – A new model dependency ratio for European cities

  12. Age-Friendly Cities: the WHO Global initiativeGlobal age-friendly cities: a guide (WHO, Geneva, 2007) VALUING OLDER PEOPLE – ASSET BASED INSPIRATIONAL; SPREADING LIKE WILDFIRE TO CITIES ACROSS GLOBE COMPREHENSIVE: 8 DOMAINS SILO’S OF WORK TASK TO HARMONISE WITH HEALTHY AGEING SUB-NETWORK UK AGEING WELL NETWORK

  13. Demographics – Population Changes • At aggregate level across the North, the population will continue to grow throughout the period 2011- 2036, but will also age considerably. • The numbers of people with Limiting Long Term Illnesses (LLTI) will rise • The labour force (as currently defined) will fall • The Old Age Support Ratio (OSR) will increase. • The old-age support ratio is an important indicator of the pressures that demographics pose for pension systems. It measures how many people there are of working age (16-64) relative to the number of retirement age (65+). At the moment, there are just over four people of working age for every one of pension age on average.

  14. Demographics – Population Changes – Local Information Source N8 Research Partnership www.n8research.org.uk/research-themes/demographic-change/research-reports

  15. Demographics – Population Changes – Local Information Source N8 Research Partnership www.n8research.org.uk/research-themes/demographic-change/research-reports

  16. Demographics – Population Changes – Local Information LLTI – Projected population with limiting long-term illness, 2011 and 2036

  17. Costs of Social Care

  18. Costs of Pensions The old-age-dependency ratio is the ratio of the number of elderly people at an age when they are generally economically inactive (i.e. aged 65 and over), compared to the number of people of working age (i.e. 15-64 years old). The old-age-support ratio is an important indicator of the pressures that demographics pose for pension systems. It measures how many people there are of working age (16-64) relative to the number of retirement age (65+).

  19. Dublin Declaration - Making the world a better place to grow old in Asset based - their rights, their needs, their potentials, and highlight the positive social, economic and cultural contribution they make. • Engagement • Urban environments – safe, sharable … • Neighbourhoods and communities • Transport systems • Social and cultural • Employment and volunteering • Support and Health services Developing a Pan Lancashire version - Charter

  20. For further information on how to join the UK Healthy Cities Network, visit www.healthycities.org.uk smwoods2@uclan.ac.uk

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