Creating healthy places is becoming a bigger part of policy across the UK and Ireland, especially on the back of COVID-19 where many of us developed a greater appreciation of the places where we live and work. This webinar will look to explore how we can make this happen looking at how planners can work with other professionals and communities to improve the quality of our neighbourhoods, towns, and cities to embed health benefits into decisions on how we design and use these places. It will examine the role of active travel, designing for children and people, mental health and how concepts such as twenty-minute neighbourhoods can support these ambitions.
Irene Beautyman
Place & Wellbeing Partnership Lead at the Improvement Service & Public Health Scotland
Irene Beautyman
Place & Wellbeing Partnership Lead at the Improvement Service & Public Health Scotland
Bridging public health and local government to support place based approaches for the health of people and planet. Leading local and national action through Shaping Places for Wellbeing Programme. Increasing understanding of shared wellbeing ambitions, supporting policy and action to reduce Scotland’s health inequalities while meeting net-zero emissions.
Robbie Calvert
RTPI Policy, Practice and Research Officer
Robbie Calvert
RTPI Policy, Practice and Research Officer
Robbie has undertaken a variety of roles in his early career across planning practice, policy and research work. Whilst working for the Cairngorms National Park Authority, Robbie dealt with a variety of complex and high profile planning applications in the development management team. Working for the RTPI Robbie has published a number of research reports and held a key role in influencing and shaping the Planning (Scotland) 2019 Act. through its parliamentary passage. As an active ambassador for the profession, Robbie undertakes a range of voluntary positions including in his role with Planning Aid Scotland’s Planning Advice Service.
Sarah Lewis MRTPI
Planning Practice Officer
Sarah Lewis MRTPI
Planning Practice Officer
Matthew Price
Team Leader, Transport Vision, Policy and Strategy at Cardiff Council
Matthew Price
Team Leader, Transport Vision, Policy and Strategy at Cardiff Council
Matt is a chartered town planner with nearly 30 years' experience in local government and the voluntary sector. Matt worked in development management and urban regeneration before becoming Sustrans Cymru's Director for Wales in 2000, a position he held until 2007 when he joined Cardiff Council. In his current role, Matt leads a team focussing on active travel and road safety policy and delivery. This includes developing a plan for Cardiff's future active travel network and an Active Travel Schools programme that combines support for travel behaviour change and infrastructure improvements to facilitate walking scooting and cycling to school.
