Supporting Healthy and Inclusive Neighbourhood Environments HIT

The Supporting Healthy Inclusive Neighbourhood Environments Health Integration Team (SHINE HIT) aims to create healthier built environments that help people to maintain health and well-being. SHINE will achieve this by integrating health, well-being and social inclusion with urban development, transport and planning, to reduce preventable health risks and promote evidenced based interventions that support healthier behaviours.

The membership includes academics from Bristol’s universities, local authority members, health members and VCSE that support local communities and public contributors. The leadership team has been expanded to broaden SHINE’s expertise base. See who’s involved.

SHINE supports the generation of research and insights that directly influence planning and investment decisions, producing positive outcomes that improve people’s health and well-being and social inclusion of community assets.

Aims and objectives

SHINE aims to provide research and evidence generation that relates to community voices and known health inequalities to promote healthy and inclusive neighbourhood environments that support health, and well-being, and individuals to maintain health and well-being, staying well and prevent illness.