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HAPPEN School Health Network
Additional Resources for Schools
1 – Health in Wales
Project aim
Swansea has received designation from the World Health Organisation to enter Phase VI
(2014-2018) of the Healthy City Initiative. The overarching goals involved improving health
for all, reducing health inequalities and improving leadership and participatory governance
for health
The core themes of the Healthy City Initiative are:
-Life Course and Empowering People
-Tackling major public health challenges
-Strengthening people centred health systems and public health capacity
-Creating resilient communities and supportive environments
The Creating an Active and Healthy Swansea Group focuses on promoting community
approaches to physical health and nutrition with particular emphasis on young people and
healthy eating in and around schools.
What does the project entail?
The Healthy City Initiative involves key partners at strategic level to determine strategy and
policy to develop initiatives linked to the core themes that will benefit the community to live
longer and healthier lives.
Health and wellbeing considerations must be taken into account when determining policy
and procedures that impact on citizens of Swansea.
The Healthy City Directory has been developed as a resource to signpost professionals to
local and community health and wellbeing resources.
