BBOWT Community Officer Barbara Polonara with members of the Slough Ujala Foundation community in the new community garden. Picture: Pete Hughes
Healthy communities
Enable healthy communities
To bring about healthy and sustainable communities, we’re calling on the new government to commit to a 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
Engaging with Nature
This Berkshire-based project aims to harness the healing power of nature to support people’s mental health, working alongside mental health charities in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
What you can do
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If you would like more help or advice, please email publicaffairs@bbowt.org.uk
