What we do

Our Themes

In each of these areas, we are working with local communities, local authorities and other national organisations to understand how we can help families live healthier and more active lives.

Healthy Livelihoods

Working to stop children starting life in poverty

Healthy Learning

Working to provide a better start in life for children

Healthy Places

Creating better environments that support healthy behaviours for children and families in deprived areas

Food and Healthy Weight

Bringing together people with an interest in improving food systems and promoting environments to support activity and play in children and families

Play and Physical Activity

Play and Physical activity is a cross-cutting ActEarly theme which is developing research to support better environments and services that can provide opportunities for play and being more active

Evaluation

Finding out what works, how it works and for who

Citizen Science & Co-Production

Using Citizen Science and an Asset Based Community Development approach

Our Places

In each of these areas, we are working with local communities, local authorities and other national organisations to understand how we can help families live healthier and more active lives.

Bradford

Bradford is the fifth largest city in the UK and has some of the highest levels of poverty and ill-health. It is ethnically diverse, with a large South Asian community and a rising prevalence of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Tower Hamlets

Tower Hamlets has one of the fastest growing, youngest, and most diverse populations in the UK. Levels of poverty remain high, particularly among pensioners and children, and the need for in-work welfare support is rising. Healthy life expectancy in the borough remains below the national average.