The Pennine Lancashire Healthier Place, Healthier Future Programme, was one of five Childhood Obesity Trailblazers commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care.
The national programme was established to support the Government’s ambition to halve childhood obesity and significantly reduce the gap in obesity between children from the most and least deprived areas by 2030. The three-year Trailblazer Programme delivered from March 2019 to June 2022, in partnership with the Local Government Association, with support from Public Health England (now the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities) aims to promote innovative action to tackle childhood obesity and associated health inequalities and generate useful learning on ‘what works’ in different communities.
The Healthier Place, Healthier Future project explained

 

Healthier Place, Healthier Future took a system-wide approach to transforming food environments

The Pennine Lancashire trailblazing vision is to implement a coordinated, systems approach to tackling childhood obesity across a complex geographical and political landscape, linking four levers for change to target high deprivation wards with concentrations of fast-food establishments and childhood obesity. The overarching project aim was to address the lack of diversity across local high streets and shop parades in some of the most disadvantaged neighbourhoods across Pennine Lancashire, by exploring current or underused levers for change, particularly around the accessibility and consumption of unhealthy food, to positively impact on childhood obesity.

Taking both a top-down and bottom-up approach, HPHF has worked with system leaders to engage and inspire action to support healthy weight and more broadly the health and wellbeing agenda; with food businesses to encourage a healthier offer; with planning authorities to support a healthier place and with the community to drive change and push for a healthier, accessible and affordable food environment.

A local programme evaluation is available which demonstrates how HPHF has increased awareness of the way in which district councils can contribute towards addressing issues such as childhood obesity and health. There is a clear commitment across districts and the county to continue to collaborate and to embed some of the successful approaches to reducing the prevalence of childhood obesity within Pennine and the wider Lancashire footprint.

Resources

A range of resources including toolkits, infographics, podcasts and reports have been developed during the delivery of the Trailblazer and are available via the links below.

Healthier Place, Healthier Future Podcast

Healthier Place, Healthier Future Podcast

The HPHF is produced by the Pennine Lancashire Childhood Obesity Trailblazer team and aims to open the discussion on our relationship between the food environment and health.

Planning for Healthy Food Environments

Planning for Healthy Food Environments

The ‘Planning for Healthy Food Environments’ toolkit was developed in partnership with Sustain, to support the creation of healthier communities through health-promoting planning policies.

'Gets Hangry' - a toolkit for social action

'Gets Hangry' - a toolkit for social action

This toolkit documents the two #GetsHangry campaigns in Burnley and Hyndburn, delivered as part of HPHF, to inspire and encourage others to engage young people in the food agenda.

Max's not so sweet dream book and colouring pages

Max's not so sweet dream book and colouring pages

Developed as part of HPHF, Max’s Not So Sweet Dream takes you on an imaginary tale of a young boy who dreams of a sugar-filled fantasy, which quickly begins to turn sour.

Creative Consultaton Toolkit

Creative Consultaton Toolkit

This toolkit is presented as a ‘library’ of the creative consultation activities facilitated as part of the Pennine Lancashire Childhood Obesity Trailblazer: Healthier Place, Healthier Future.

Health and Wellbeing Infographics

Health and Wellbeing Infographics

Developed in partnership with Together an Active Future (TaAF), these infographics present a range of health and wellbeing data from across the six local authorities involved in HPHF. 

Great Big Pan Challenge Toolkit

Great Big Pan Challenge Toolkit

This toolkit is the complete ‘how-to’ and learnings to help you run your own Great Big Pan Challenge, a competition which ran in Summer 2020 during lockdown and aimed to facilitate conversations around food insecurity. 

Food Activity Books for Children

Food Activity Books for Children

These printable activity books were developed to find out about children’s eating and exercising habits during the Covid-19 lockdown, suitable for ages 8-10 and 11-12. 

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES INFOGRAPHICS

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES INFOGRAPHICS

These infographics represent the challenges and opportunities to promote healthy weight across all six districts.

FOUR LEVERS OF CHANGE

FOUR LEVERS OF CHANGE

This document provides an overview of each of the four levers of change prioritised in HPHF, including: system leadership, social movement, business development and planning.

HPHF LESSON PLANS FOR AGES 4-12

HPHF LESSON PLANS FOR AGES 4-12

A range of lesson plans addressing issues such as sugar and health, food waste and junk food marketing were developed as part of HPHF. These include PowerPoint lessons and supporting delivery notes.

ABOUT US

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What we Do

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Policy Change

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Campaigns

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Research

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Events

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