In this continuation of our hugely successful 2018 event in Cardiff, industry experts will lead talks, and interactive workshops to create a multifaceted virtual CPD experience for practitioners across the whole landscape sector.
Discuss how landscape underpins public health and wellbeing; see the benefits of green infrastructure for healthier communities; and achieve positive health and wellbeing outcomes through sustainable design and effective urban planning.
Meet the Speakers:
- Julia Thrift, Director of Healthier Placemaking at TCPA
- Jane Houghton, Senior Adviser of Green Infrastructure Standards for Natural England
- Ed Baker, Director of Broadway Malyan (based in Singapore)
- Jane Findlay, LI President and Founding Director of Fira
- Harmony Ridgley, Adult Lifestyle Policy Implementation Officer at Public Health England
- Sarah Preston, Senior Advisor for Natural England’s Outdoors for All programmes
- Kenji Shermer, Urban Designer for East Devon District Council
and many more!
Session Highlights:
- Virtual site visits with Iain Tuckett (Coin Street Community Builders) and Valarie Beirne (Bankside Urban Forest)
- Get to grips with the very latest evidence linking green infrastructure to stronger, healthier, happier, more resilient and more equal communities
- Reframe the debate: hear how a health-led leads to better understanding and more effective design outcomes
- Discover the challenges of maintaining high-quality public realm in Central London and the benefits of community-led development
- Understand the policy and evidence base that informs the Healthy Active by Design (HAbD) framework, with exemplary case studies from Australia and elsewhere
- See how to implement a comprehensive design checklist within a development process, ensuring healthy outcomes from inception to implementation
- Become confident, equipped and inspired to advocate for healthier environments for all
- Discover the collaborative Health in all Policies (HiAP) approach that is bringing all sectors in Northern Ireland together towards a shared vision
- Facilitate healthy play and create safe, sustainable, long-lasting play areas to accommodate large numbers of children of all ages
- Hear the NHS’s latest ambitions for nature-based interventions, preventative care and social prescribing
- Get the latest on national partnership work being undertaken across government